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| Trinity Stops Shipment of Allegedly Defective Guardrails |
| 2014-10-26 |
| [Bloomberg] A unit of Trinity Industries Inc. (TRN), which faces deepening government scrutiny over allegedly deadly changes it made to its highway guardrail systems, said it will stop shipping the product pending additional crash testing. No discussion of the number of people saved by guardrails. Yes, you leave the motorway and hit something, you may be injured or killed. Trinity stock booming, we'll use Lawfare to get a piece of the action through the court system. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Guardrails are tested and accepted in a "system" method - current standard is Midwest Guardrail System (since this summer). ANY deviation (metal thickness, post spacing or embement depth) exposes the municipality or state to a lawsuit when it doesn't perform correct (i.e.: impalement as Gorb notes) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-10-26 11:42 |
| #3 What's the new way? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-10-26 10:44 |
| #2 In Texas they still teach that the correct way to stop a car with failed brakes is to rub along the guardrail. This was current in the 1930's. Model T stuff. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-10-26 10:10 |
| #1 It's my understanding they quietly made unsanctioned changes to the thickness of the metal to save money, and now they buckle in a way that impales cars when someone his the guardrail end-on. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-10-26 09:55 |