Pickup Goes Airborne After Virginia Tests Trinity Guardrail System October 6, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee and Valerie Reitman A pickup went airborne while a small car came to an upright stop in two crash tests of a guardrail...
After Guardrail Review, Highway Regulator Urges Standards Revamp September 15, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee U.S. highway guardrail systems made by Trinity Industries Inc. and Road Systems Inc. have “safety performance issues” in some real-world...
Trinity Guardrail to Undergo Further Testing in Virginia August 31, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system will undergo additional crash testing by Virginia, raising new questions about a device on roadways...
Guardrail Fraud Award Grows to $663M to Trinity’s Dismay June 11, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee Trinity Industries Inc., maker of a highway guardrail safety system tied to at least nine deaths, must pay $663 million...
Trinity Guardrail Review Faulted by Product Safety Institute March 23, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee A U.S. highway agency’s favorable analysis of Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system was criticized by a nonprofit safety group, which...
Trinity Guardrail System Passes First Mandated Crash Tests February 11, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system, which has come under scrutiny for locking when hit and piercing cars instead of helping...
Feds Open Website for Public Reporting of Guardrail Flaws January 2, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee A U.S. highway regulator opened an Internet portal this week allowing the public to report accidents tied to a Trinity...
Kansas, Missouri Suspend ET-Plus Guardrail Installations December 31, 2014 Missouri and Kansas transportation officials have suspended installations of a guardrail system over concerns about its safety. Critics of the...
Kentucky Looking Into Faulty Guardrails November 12, 2014 State officials are planning an evaluation of potentially faulty guardrail heads on Kentucky roads and highways. Transportation Secretary Mike Hancock...
Highway Official Stood By Guardrail System Even as Doubt Mounted November 5, 2014 By Patrick G. Lee U.S. highway safety officials defended a widely used guardrail system’s crashworthiness even as they worried whether its design had been...