NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - For the second time in less than a year, a failed crash test is raising concerns that highway guardrails may not be able to handle electric vehicles (EVs). In a recent test ...

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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:55:42 GMT — You drive by them every day and hardly ever notice them, until you need them Guardrails have saved countless lives, including Thomas Blanchfield. He'll never forget the ...

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Flexible solar panels placed on top of steel W-beam guardrails in Holland could be the answer to rider concerns about the safety of some barriers. The solar panels create a smooth top on the guard ...

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- It's one of the most terrifying things you can imagine on the road. Your car strikes the butt end of a guardrail at 65 miles per hour and a shaft of steel penetrates the exterior ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., July 8, 2011 -- A dinner celebration on Aberdeen Proving Ground during the 2011 Special Electronic Mission Aircraft conference represented more than just an opportunity ...

Bradley J. Abeln of Polo, Mo., died in an accident in Clay County last January in which his Ford Bronco crashed broadside into the end of a guardrail, according to court records. Critics of the ...

An ad hoc committee will develop an appropriate research design for evaluating the in-service crash performance of the more common energy-absorbing W-beam guardrail end treatments currently installed ...