As Safety Concerns Grow, More States Ban Use of a Guardrail Unit

The New York Times: Concern over the safety of guardrails manufactured by Trinity Industries spread further on Wednesday as two more states said they would ban the use of the company’s ET-Plus rail head, which is thought to have a dangerous defect.

A day after the Federal Highway Administration demanded that the ET-Plus be retested for safety, Oregon and Mississippi became the sixth and seventh states to prohibit further installation of the system. The federal agency had defended the product for more than two years, even after it learned that Trinity had changed the design in 2005 without notifying the government, as required.

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