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Article: New findings from North Dakota State University in the area of life sciences described.(Report)
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- Life Science Weekly
- Article date:
- May 12, 2009
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According to recent research published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, "The North Dakota Legislature recently passed a law exempting the state's agricultural truck fleet from a federal safety program requirement for rear-guard equipment on large trucks. This equipment has been shown to reduce crash severity when a passenger vehicle collides with the rear of the truck."
"This study uses truck fleet, truck crash, and injury severity data to estimate the public safety benefit derived from passenger-vehicle underride protection during rear-end crashes involving large agricultural trucks in North Dakota. A benefit-cost analysis of crash injury avoidance is ...
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