Trinity Highway Products Questions Virginia’s Crash Testing Process
September 18 2015 - 5:54PM
Business Wire
Trinity Highway Products, LLC (“Trinity Highway”), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE: TRN), questions
the circumstances under which the Virginia Department of
Transportation (“VDOT”) is conducting a series of six crash tests
on the Trinity Highway ET Plus® System.
Today, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (“TTI”), the
designer of the ET Plus® System, released a statement that it has
no confidence in the crash tests being performed by VDOT. Please
see the following link for TTI’s statement:
https://tti.tamu.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TTI-Statement-on-Virginia-Crash-Tests-FINAL-09-18-15.pdf.
VDOT is conducting arbitrary, non-standard crash testing of the
ET Plus® System. In Trinity Highway’s opinion, VDOT’s intention is
to create the appearance that the product has failed crash tests
for purposes of litigation. Trinity Highway shares TTI’s lack of
confidence in the crash tests being performed by VDOT.
VDOT’s further testing of the most-tested roadway safety device
is unnecessary. Changing the standards under which such tests are
conducted is unsound and of utmost concern. It is altogether
indefensible that one roadside safety product would be tested to a
different set of standards than all others.
Earlier this year, the ET Plus® System successfully passed all
eight crash tests that were requested by the Federal Highway
Administration (“FHWA”), which included two tests requested by
VDOT. FHWA and VDOT officials reviewed and approved Trinity
Highway’s comprehensive written test plan and observed each test.
All eight standard tests were successfully conducted under National
Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 350 guidelines and the
data and outcome of each test was reviewed and validated by an
independent expert and professor at Virginia Tech. Last week, a
joint task force of FHWA and the American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials determined there are no
performance limitations unique to the ET Plus® System and that no
further crash testing is warranted.
Trinity’s ET Plus® System has been thoroughly reviewed by
federal and state highway officials and multiple independent
experts. Since its introduction, the ET Plus® System has been
accepted by the FHWA for use on the nation’s roadways and has an
unbroken chain of eligibility for federal aid reimbursement.
For additional facts and information related to the ET Plus®
System and continued updates on this matter, you can refer to
http://etplusfacts.com/Virginia.
For more information related to TTI guardrail resources:
http://tti.tamu.edu/etguardrailresources/
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which provide products and services to the energy, transportation,
chemical, and construction sectors. Trinity reports its financial
results in five principal business segments: the Rail Group, the
Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group, the Inland Barge
Group, the Construction Products Group, and the Energy Equipment
Group. For more information, visit: www.trin.net.
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