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SIDE GUARD
SIDE GUARD
11.8"max
11.8"
9.8"
max
min
4.7" max
TOP VIEW
Drivers View
About half of all cyclists killed by large trucks and about a fourth of all pedestrians killed by trucks first hit the side of the truck and might have been saved by sideguards.- Alex Epstein, USDOT
of vehicles in US4%
TRUCKS
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends sideguards on heavy single-unit trucks, trailers, and truck tractors. ----single-unit trucks over 10,000 lbs., trailers over 10,000 lbs., and truck tractors over 26,000 lbs.
OK
OK
BLIND SPOT
BLIND SPOT
BLIND SPOT
NO
TRAILER TRACK
CAB TRACK
BLIND SPOT
NO
NO
Cause And
Typically50"
SIDE GUARD13.8" max
13.8" max
SIDE VIEW
8 out of the 9 involved large vehicles, at least four might have been prevented by truck sideguards.
Boston Area cyclist fatalites 2012-2014
WHAT ARE THEY?
BLIND SPOTS OTHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Crossover Mirrors &Wide-angle Lenses
Area AClass IV wide anglemirror field of vision
Area BClass V close proximitymirror field of vision
6.56 ft
9.02 ft
14.75 ft
32.8 ft
82.02 ft
49.21 ft
3.28 ft
4.92 ft5.74 ft
Drivers’s eyelineCLASS V
Close Proximity Mirror
CLASS IVWide Angle Mirror
11%
FATA
LITIE
S
7%
FATA
LITI
ES
SIDEGUARDS SAVE LIVES
European Union
Japan
China
Portland, ORE.
Brazil
New York state
Washington, D.C.
Boston, Cambridge,
Somerville, & Newton,
MASS.
Legislation or other
Legislation implemented
mandates pending
The European Union, Japan, China, and Brazil have mandatory sideguard laws. Legislation or other mandates pending in the US: Portland, Washington DC, Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Newton and NYC – various regulations and pilots.
EU sideguard law (Regulation 73) Applies to all vehicles in the European Union over 3.5 metric tons (7,700 lbs.) Can be met by vehicle design or sideguards; tool boxes, spare wheels, etc. can be integrated Sideguards can use horizontal rails or continuous flat surface: Flush with vehicle, smooth face, max ground clearance 550 mm / 21.7”; Better: 350 mm/13.8” Standards for strength (1 kN or 220 lbs. horizontal static force); Better: 2 kN/440 lbs.
A Pending NY State bill: trucks over 26,000 lbs. and operating in NYC to install sideguards. NY State law: trucks registered in NYS over 26,000 lbs. and operating in NYC must install crossover mirrors for forward blind spot.
Making it a law
61% decrease in cyclist fatality rate
20%decrease in pedestrian fatality rate
In the U.K.