rollover News Updates

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week proposed requiring all new heavy-duty vehicles to have electronic stability systems that reduce rollovers and loss of control, which the government said could prevent up to 56% of vehicle rollovers and 14% of loss-of-control crashes.

American Transportation Research Institute has completed the first phase of a truck rollover study that it said could result in highway improvements and electronic notification systems to warn drivers as they approach areas where roll-overs are prevalent.

The American Transportation Research Institute last week released findings from the first phase of its three-part research effort aimed at mitigating large truck rollovers.

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging regulators to require rollover-prevention technology on fuel-tanker trucks, following its probe of a 2009 crash in Indianapolis, Bloomberg reported Friday.

The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday issued a slate of regulatory recommendations aimed at reducing the number of cargo tank truck rollovers.

Two of the biggest truck component makers, Bendix Corp. and Meritor WABCO, are maneuvering over which will benefit more when the Department of Transportation acts to reduce heavy-duty truck rollovers, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.