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Previously Undisclosed Video Shows Highway Guardrail Failing in Crash Tests
2014-10-16 00:11:14| Railroads - Topix.net
The videos, produced between 2005 and 2006 by Texas-based guardrail maker Trinity Industries, show cars ramming into what a company executive said was an "experimental" configuration of its ET-Plus guardrail system. In five tests done with small passenger cars, plaintiffs in the case against Trinity say that rather than absorbing the impact as the guardrail is designed to do, the metal structures failed, in two cases causing the car to roll over and in another apparently impaling the vehicle.
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Highway Guardrail Impalement Injuries, Deaths Lead to Lawsuits
2014-10-14 14:27:09| Automakers - Topix.net
A handful of states are reconsidering a certain brand of highway guardrails after investigations revealed they were harming drivers instead of protecting them. Trinity Industries, the manufacturer of the highway guardrails, reportedly made a change to its design in 2005, one that allegedly can cause the guardrail to impale an impacting vehicle rather than curl out of its way.
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Trinity Industries guardrail trial begins Monday
2014-10-12 05:29:10| Railroads - Topix.net
It's a question of just one inch of steel, but it could be worth $1 billion to a giant Dallas company whose federal trial starts Monday in Marshall. A whistleblower is suing Trinity Industries for a small change it made in the design of guardrails it sells to state highway departments across America.
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NDOT removes specific guardrail from preferred product list
2014-10-11 11:25:12| Railroads - Topix.net
A specific guardrail meant to protect drivers, is now suspected of impaling cars and killing drivers in other states, and now Nevada is one of three states has decided not to use the guardrails in question. The ET-Plus guardrails are the center of multiple lawsuits in parts of the country.
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Two states suspend new guardrail use, cite safety concerns
2014-09-29 09:51:26| Railroads - Topix.net
Transportation officials in two states said they are halting the use of a widely-installed guardrail end terminal that was the subject of an ABC News investigation while they further investigate potential safety hazards. "Our internal observations, as well as our review of available information, indicates to us the ET-Plus guardrail end treatment is not performing as intended and could pose the risk of malfunctioning," the Missouri Department of Transportation said today, referring to a newer version guardrail end piece.
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