- Opitilira theka la dzikolo, mayiko 30, tsopano alengeza kuti ayimitsanso kuyimitsa njira yolondera m'misewu yapadziko lonse lapansi, otsutsawo atanena kuti ndikubisala kusintha kowopsa kwa kamangidwe kachitetezo komwe kwachititsa pafupifupi zaka khumi ndi ziwiri zapitazo.
Khoti lamilandu ku Texas lomwe linapeza koyambirira kwa mwezi uno kuti opanga ma guardrail a Trinity Industries ananyenga boma posintha zinthu mu 2005 popanda kudziwitsa akuluakulu a mayendedwe a boma kapena boma, ndipo mayiko ambiri adalengeza kuti aletsa ET-Plus guardrails watsopano. pakuwonongeka - ndalama zomwe zikuyembekezeredwa kuwirikiza katatu pansi pa ulamuliro walamulo.
Maiko 30 anena kuti sayikanso makina a ET-Plus, pomwe zowonjezera zaposachedwa ndi Kentucky, Tennessee, Kansas, Georgia, ndi kwawo kwa Trinity ku Texas. Boma la Virginia lidati sabata yatha likukonzekera zochotsa misewu yayikulu. , koma angalingalire kuzisiya m’malo ngati Utatu ungatsimikizire kuti matembenuzidwe osinthidwawo ali osungika.
Dongosolo la ET-Plus linali mutu wa kafukufuku wa ABC News "20/20" mu Seputembala, womwe udayang'ana zomwe anthu omwe adachita ngoziyo adachita ngozi zomwe zidasinthidwa kuti zisamayende bwino galimoto ikagundidwa ndi kutsogolo. monga momwe anapangidwira, njanji ya mlonda “imatsekereza” ndi kupita molunjika m’galimoto, nthaŵi zina kudula miyendo ya dalaivala.
Malinga ndi imelo yamkati yomwe inapezedwa ndi ABC News, wogwira ntchito pakampaniyo adayerekeza kuti kusintha kwina - kuchepetsa chidutswa chachitsulo kumapeto kwa chitetezo cha mainchesi 5 mpaka mainchesi 4 - kungapulumutse kampaniyo $ 2 pa guardrail., kapena $50,000 pachaka.
Bungwe la Federal Highway Administration lapereka Utatu mpaka pa Oct. 31 kuti lipereke ndondomeko zoyesa zowonongeka kapena kuyang'anizana ndi ndondomeko zoyimitsa malonda ake m'dziko lonse. Ena mwa mayiko 28 adanena kuti ziletso za ET-Plus zili m'malo osachepera mpaka zotsatira za ngoziyi. mayeso alipo.
Utatu wakhala akusungabe kuti malo oteteza chitetezo ndi otetezeka, podziwa kuti FHWA inavomereza kugwiritsa ntchito zida zowonongeka ku 2012 pambuyo pofunsa mafunso okhudza kusintha. pakuchita ndi kukhulupirika kwa dongosolo la ET-Plus.