NHTSA Denies Petition for Rear Underride Guard Improvements
Agency Says Request Lacks ‘New or Different Information’
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has denied a petition from four individuals asking it to further toughen existing U.S. rear underride guard requirements to a level beyond the strict levels currently in place in Canada.
“The agency is denying the petition because it does not provide new or different information that would warrant initiation of a rulemaking at this time,” NHTSA said in a July 15 Federal Register post. The petition was filed Aug. 18, 2022, by Jerry and Marianne Karth, Eric Hein and Lois Durso-Hawkins, parents who have lost children in underride crashes. The petition was dated roughly one month after NHTSA issued an updated rear guard standard.
