More 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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The Nevada Department of Transportation has announced they will no longer allow any new ET-Plus guardrail end terminals to be installed along their state’s roads and highways. This decision comes after the revelation that the manufacturing company, Trinity Industries, failed to disclose critic...
Learn MoreAfter months upon months of litigation, rumors, and negotiation, the Federal Highway Administration has approved a retesting program for the ET-Plus guardrail. The guardrail, which has been suspected of being unsafe for some time, has recently been banned from installation in nearly thirty states ou...
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Oklahoma, along with numerous other states, has now banned a controversial guardrail end from being installed on its highways. The guardrail end – Dallas-based Trinity Highway Products’ ET-PLUS model – has been blamed for numerous serious and fatal motor vehicle accidents. At press time, News On 6 i...
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