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Guardrail crash test failed, engineering expert says
2015-02-07 06:27:51| Railroads - Topix.net
NORFOLK, Va. - The head of a highway guardrail that's supposed to absorb energy from a crash failed the last of eight tests, penetrating the passenger side of a small car, according to a court document filed Guardrail crash test failed, engineering expert says NORFOLK, Va.
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Guardrail passes first round of crash tests
2015-02-07 02:23:18| Railroads - Topix.net
The Federal Highway Administration said the product that's been called potentially deadly and dangerous passed the tests. But newly filed court paperwork says this story isn't over just yet.
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Here's What Happens When You Crash Into the End of a Guardrail
2015-01-21 19:01:56| Railroads - Topix.net
We salute the year's most stunning technological moments in film, including miniature hotels, digital aliens, lots of fake blood, and... Unless they're nosing into one, most drivers don't think much about guardrails. But a claimed increase in the number of accidents in which guardrails have impaled cars has recently vaulted the roadside protectors into the news.
What Happens If You Crash Into the Pointy End of a Guardrail?
2015-01-19 18:18:39| Railroads - Topix.net
Unless they're nosing into one, most drivers don't think much about guardrails. But a claimed increase in the number of accidents in which guardrails have impaled cars has recently vaulted the roadside protectors into the news.
Trinity guardrail study is faulted in new review
2015-01-12 12:28:06| Railroads - Topix.net
A study linking deadly highway crashes to a Trinity Industries Inc. guardrail system was found to have fundamental flaws by independent reviewers brought in after states banned the safety devices. At least 42 states and the District of Columbia have suspended installations of the system, some of them based partly on the study of Trinity's ET-Plus guardrail end terminal, which is designed to absorb the impact of a crash.
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