defective highway guardrails News

U.S. highway guardrail systems made by Trinity Industries Inc. and Road Systems Inc. have “safety performance issues” in some real-world crash scenarios, the Federal Highway Administration said as it urged a national overhaul of standards to better protect American drivers. …

Trinity Industries Inc.’s courtroom defense of the safety of its highway guardrails prompted a federal judge to declare a mistrial because of “serious concerns” about a company witness’s truthfulness. U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap in Marshall, Texas, ruled yesterday that …