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Guardrail safety questioned after critics and accident victims raise serious concerns
2015-10-20 22:45:52| Railroads - Topix.net
We hardly notice them when we're driving - guardrails along the side of the highway. They're easy to overlook when they're doing their job but when they don't work, some say the consequences can be deadly.
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Pickup Goes Airborne in Virginia's Guardrail Test as Part of Legal Battle With Trinity
2015-10-05 19:12:00| Railroads - Topix.net
A pickup went airborne and a small car came to an upright stop in two crash tests of a guardrail safety device linked in lawsuits to at least nine deaths. The tests Oct. 2 at the Karco Engineering testing facility in the desert northeast of Los Angeles were the last of a series of six by Virginia's transportation department to help decide whether to replace thousands of Trinity Industries Inc. guardrail systems lining its roadways.
Guardrail maker questions VDOT's motive for tests
2015-09-23 23:55:50| Railroads - Topix.net
A fact-finding mission that one guardrail manufacturer says is being skewed for specific results. It's a 10 on Your Side follow-up to a story we've been updating you on for nearly a year.
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Study Finds Guardrail Design Falls Short in Some Types of Crashes
2015-09-12 14:57:33| ENR.com: Headline News
FHWA-AASHTO review of "real world" crash data finds certain guardrails have "performance limitations" in some kinds of accidents.
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Amid Safety Fears, Feds Release Guardrail Crash Findings
2015-09-11 23:52:00| Railroads - Topix.net
The finding comes as the maker of the guardrail system, Trinity Industries, faces a federal investigation into its dealings with state and federal safety officials and is fighting a state Department of Transportation over new crash tests for the embattled guardrail system. The Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials had created a task force to investigate crashes in which vehicles hit guardrail end terminals after it was revealed in 2012 that one of the guardrail makers, Trinity, had modified one of its end terminal models, the ET-Plus, years before and failed to notify state or federal officials as required.
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