{"id":299336584,"date":"2014-06-27T13:03:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T13:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=299336584"},"modified":"2014-06-27T13:03:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T13:03:04","slug":"ntsb-recommends-truck-side-guards-to-protect-pedestrians-and-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=299336584","title":{"rendered":"NTSB Recommends Truck Side Guards to Protect Pedestrians and Cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Angie Schmitt, Streets Blog<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30444\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streetsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sideguard1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30444\" alt=\"Semi-trucks may soon be required to come equipped with side guards that help protect cyclists. Photo: Systemic Failure\" src=\"https:\/\/streetsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sideguard1.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tractor-trailer trucks may soon be required to come equipped with side guards that prevent pedestrians and cyclists from being crushed. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/systemicfailure.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/25\/ntsb-adopts-safety-recommendations-for-truck-blind-spots-and-side-guards\/\">Systemic Failure<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Death rates of vulnerable road users involved in collisions with tractor-trailers were high: 152.8 per 1,000 involved pedestrians\/cyclists and 119.5 per 1,000 motorcyclists. In comparison, death rates were 2.0 per 1,000 involved tractor-trailer occupants and 10.9 per 1,000 involved passenger vehicle occupants.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/streetsblog.net\/2014\/06\/25\/ntsb-recommends-truck-side-guards-to-protect-pedestrians-and-cyclists\/\">https:\/\/streetsblog.net\/2014\/06\/25\/ntsb-recommends-truck-side-guards-to-protect-pedestrians-and-cyclists\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Angie Schmitt, Streets Blog Tractor-trailer trucks may soon be required to come equipped with side guards that prevent pedestrians and cyclists from being crushed. Photo: Systemic Failure &#8230; Death rates of vulnerable road users involved in collisions with tractor-trailers were high: 152.8 per 1,000 involved pedestrians\/cyclists and 119.5 per 1,000 motorcyclists. In comparison, death &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=299336584\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NTSB Recommends Truck Side Guards to Protect Pedestrians and Cyclists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299336584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299336584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299336584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299336584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299336584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=299336584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=299336584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}