Kentucky Secretary of Transportation Mike Hancock believes there to be hundreds of potentially malfunctioning guardrail end terminals on the state’s roads and highways. WLWT.com reports that Kentucky state regulators are investigating the use of the ET-Plus model of guardrail cap and whether i...
Learn MoreMore than 30 states have suspended the use of a controversial highway guardrail head. Now, the Canadian province of Quebec has joined the suspension in hopes of adequately protecting their citizens from malfunctioning safety equipment. Quebec’s Transportation Ministry has removed the ET-Plus model o...
Learn MoreMissouri regulators are the latest to ban the use of a controversial piece of highway safety equipment. The ET-Plus, manufactured by Trinity Industries, is a guardrail end terminal that has been known to malfunction due to a change in design that went unreported to federal regulators. The Missouri D...
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New details surrounding plans to test the safety of a controversial highway guardrail have been released today. ABCnews.com reports that Southwest Institute, an independent research institute, will conduct a series of eight crash tests. If any of the ET-Plus guardrails fail the test, the Federal Hig...
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has announced that they will not be suspending the installation of the Trinity ET-Plus guardrail terminals that are currently under investigation. Instead, the NCDOT will wait for federal regulators to make the decision, according to WNCN.com. ...
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