NTSB Details Recommendations to Motor Carrier Safety Admin.
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Press Release Summary:
For H-11-2, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is to work with Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, as appropriate, to develop and disseminate guidance that will assist hazardous materials carriers in implementing comprehensive cargo tank motor vehicle rollover prevention programs. Recommendation H-11-3 requires all in-use cargo tank trailers with gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 lb to be retrofitted with rollover stability control system.
Original Press Release:
NTSB Safety Recommendations H-11-2 and -3
National Transportation Safety Board makes the following recommendations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration:
Work with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, as appropriate, to develop and disseminate guidance that will assist hazardous materials carriers in implementing comprehensive cargo tank motor vehicle rollover prevention programs, including the active participation of drivers, dispatchers, and management through training, loading practices, delivery schedules, and acquisition of equipment. (H-11-2)
Require all in-use cargo tank trailers with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds to be retrofitted with a rollover stability control system. (H-11-3)
http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/2011/H-11-002-003.pdf
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