Bill > S3775

This bill, titled the "Stop Underrides Act 2.0," aims to reduce deaths and injuries from underride crashes, which occur when a smaller vehicle slides underneath a larger truck or trailer. It mandates the Secretary of Transportation to establish performance standards for side underride guards, requiring them on new trailers, semitrailers, and single-unit trucks within two years of the regulations being finalized, with these guards designed to prevent passenger vehicles from sliding underneath and to stop Vulnerable Road Users (like pedestrians and cyclists) from going under the truck. The bill also requires the reconvening of the Advisory Committee on Underride Protection, expands its membership to include families of victims, and increases its meeting frequency, while also establishing a public website for underride research and data, and commissioning studies by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to further investigate underride crash prevention and reporting.