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Controversial Guardrail Nearly 4x More Likely Involved In Fatal Accident, Study
2014-10-28 23:58:23| Automakers - Topix.net
A university study has concluded that the redesigned version of a controversial but widely-used guardrail system places motorists at a higher risk of serious injury and fatality on America's highways than its previous version. The study, first reported by ABC News last month before it was finalized, was conducted by the University of Alabama-Birmingham and examined serious and fatal accidents in Missouri and Ohio.
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Controversial guardrail system must face new tests
2014-10-27 11:05:14| Railroads - Topix.net
The federal government has ordered a highway guardrail manufacturer accused of selling guardrails that can fail and pierce cars like spears to submit a plan for additional testing by Friday. The move comes in the wake of a landmark jury verdict last week, which found Trinity Industries defrauded the federal government after it failed to disclose design changes in its guardrail end terminal known as the ET-Plus.
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Guardrail Maker to Halt Device Sales Amid Safety Concerns
2014-10-25 22:27:32| Railroads - Topix.net
In a wreck in North Carolina, a guardrail pierced the car of N.C. man Jay Traylor, severing his legs. Trinity Industries is halting sales of its controversial ET-Plus guardrail system, a device meant to protect motorists across the country that instead has been blamed by accident victims for dozens of injuries and deaths.
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Deadly Highway Guardrail Design Questioned
2014-10-24 11:34:31| Railroads - Topix.net
After five deaths, several states have stopped installing FHWA-approved guardrails which have been said "to turn into spears" when hit by vehicles. An Oct. 20 jury verdict awarded $175 million to a whistleblower to be paid by the rail manufacturer.
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Jury Rules Against TX Company In Guardrail Case
2014-10-23 02:46:00| Railroads - Topix.net
A jury has decided that a Texas company should pay $175 million in a case involving the safety of thousands of guardrails on highways around the country. A whistleblower charged that the company changed the design of caps at each end of the guardrails a decade ago that made them more dangerous, then failed to properly test the units or tell government transportation officials about the change for years.
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