The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week issued a new guidance document to provide clarity around the requirements for rear impact guard certification labels. On rear impact guards, ...

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has petitioned federal regulators to eliminate a requirement that manufacturer certification stickers be on truck and trailer rear underride guards. The purpose ...

A 2019 petition by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance asking the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to amend the regulations related to rear impact guards on trailers has been denied.

Impact guard damage is not an out-of-service violation, but it does stop a trucker from receiving a CVSA sticker, Wirachowsky said. One of the problems with the current requirement is that it’s not ...

Rear impact guards (also known as underride guards and ICC bumpers) have been required on most commercial vehicles for nearly 70 years, but they are not included on the list of components to be ...

East Trailers, LLC (East Trailers) is recalling certain 2024-2026 Beast and Beast II trailers. An improper weld may fail, causing the rear impact guard to detach. As such, these vehicles fail to ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed to include the rear impact (underride) guard on the list of items to be examined during the required annual inspection for each commercial ...