Guardrail Crash Testing Begins in Texas

A series of federally mandated crash tests have begun on a controversial piece of highway safety equipment. The ET-Plus, designed by Trinity Industries, has been known to malfunction in car accidents. Rather than protect passengers by folding backward under the weight of the collision, the ET-Plus h...

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Kentucky Prepares to Act on Defective Guardrails

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is awaiting results from federally mandated crash test results of the ET-Plus guardrail. The guardrail model has made headlines recently for its alleged defectiveness. Kentucky is one of thirty states to temporarily ban its installation. The ET-Plus guardrail was ...

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Nashville Removes Potentially Defective Guardrails

Nashville, Tennessee road crews have begun work to remove the twenty ET-Plus guardrail end terminals in the metro area. This marks the first such kind of removal of the allegedly defective device, though the guardrail head has been temporarily banned in more than thirty states across the country. Ci...

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Dangerous Guardrails Remain on VA, NC Roads

A new report from wfmynews2.com reveals that dangerous guardrail heads remain on roads throughout Virginia, North Carolina and other states across the country. Though more than thirty states have temporarily banned the installation of the ET-Plus guardrail end terminal, experts say few of these pote...

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Safety of Guardrails Called into Question by Accident Victims

A Kentucky man is questioning the role of a potentially malfunctioning safety device after losing a leg in an accident. WKYT.com reports that earlier last month, Chris Cavanaugh hit mud on the roadway and slid into a guardrail. Rather than folding backward and away from the car like it was designed ...

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