NHTSA PROPOSES REFLECTIVE MARKINGS

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking designed to help prevent passenger cars from striking and perhaps underriding trailers on dark roads. NHTSA proposes to require a conspicuous array of reflectors or reflective tapes on the sides and rear of 1993-model dump, flatbed, tank and van trailers over 10,000-lb GVWR and having a width of at least 80 inches. NHTSA suggests marking a trailer's sides and rear with a continuous strip of 2-inch-wide, red-and-white-block-pattern reflective tape. Other bars of white reflective tapes are also required, as well as markings that would highlght the top corners of the sides and rear.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Chilton Company, Incorporated

  One Chilton Way
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19089
• Authors:
  • Cross, R
• Publication Date: 1992-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20
• Serial:
  • Commercial Carrier Journal
  • Volume: 149
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Randall Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1099-4173

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Dump trucks; Prevention; Reflectorized materials; Regulation; Safety; Trailers; Trucks; Vans; Vehicle safety
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Old TRIS Terms: Flat bed; Rule making; Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00618914
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 29 1992 12:00AM