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High-riders are unstable and can flip over easily in accidents, according to Del. Tata and other speakers.
“They also have braking problems. They all have visibility problems,” said John Hanna of the Transportation Safety Division of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Mr. Hanna said 13 percent of accidents involving high-rider trucks result in fatalities. The average rate of fatalities in other accidents is less than 1 percent, he said.
Dave McAllister of the DMV’s crash investigation team said that of the 15 fatalities from high-rider crashes in Virginia last year, six people died in vehicles that collided with elevated trucks.
He said five of those six deaths could be attributed to override or underride, a problem created when a high-rider’s raised bumpers slam into the passenger compartment of a standard-sized vehicle.
Del. Tata’s bill, which already has won House approval, was referred to a subcommittee.
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