WASHINGTON (AP) — Bungwe la Federal Highway Administration lati njira zotetezera magalimoto pamsewu zopangidwa ndi Sany Industries Inc ndi Road Systems Inc zili ndi "mavuto achitetezo" pazochitika zina zenizeni za ngozi, zomwe zikupempha kuti pawunikidwenso miyezo mdziko lonselo kuti ateteze bwino madalaivala aku America.
Bungwe loyang'anira magalimoto linatulutsa lipoti Lachisanu lomwe linapeza "zofooka pakuchita bwino" m'mitundu isanu ya ma guardrail, itatu yopangidwa ndi Trinity ndi iwiri yopangidwa ndi Road Systems. Bungweli linapeza kuti ma model anali ndi zolakwika pakuchita bwino kwa magalimoto chifukwa cha kugwa kwa mbali ndi ngodya yotsika kumapeto kwa guardrail, zomwe nthawi zina zimapangitsa kuti guardrail ilowe mgalimoto.
Trinity yakhala ikuwunikidwa kwambiri chaka chathachi pambuyo poti oweruza milandu adapeza kuti kampaniyo yalephera kuulula kusintha kwa njira yake yolumikizira mpanda ya ET-Plus komwe kudachitika pafupifupi zaka khumi zapitazo. Mu Juni, woweruza milandu wa federal yemwe ankayang'anira nkhaniyi adalamula kampaniyo kuti ilipire $663 miliyoni.
Kampani ya Trinity yomwe ili ku Dallas inati ET-Plus yapambana mayeso ambiri a ngozi "kuposa galimoto ina iliyonse m'gulu lake." Kampaniyo idachita apilo chigamulocho ndipo idati ikukhulupirira kuti "umboniwo ukusonyeza kuti palibe chinyengo chilichonse."
ET-Plus idapangidwa kuti ikhale choyatsira magalimoto pamsewu ndipo idayikidwa kumapeto kwa chotchingira. Milandu yoposa 20 ikunena kuti mtundu wosinthidwa wa Trinity wa ET-Plus umalephera kugwira ntchito ikagundana, osati kungolephera kuchepetsa galimotoyo, komanso kulowa mkati mwake. Pali zida pafupifupi 200,000 zomwe zayikidwa m'misewu ikuluikulu ya US, malinga ndi Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Mlandu wa odandaulawo ukunena kuti mtundu wosinthidwa wa Trinity, ET-Plus, wapha anthu osachepera asanu ndi anayi.
Mu Marichi, bungwe la Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) linapatsa ET-Plus mlingo wokwanira pambuyo pa mayeso asanu ndi atatu a ngozi kutengera miyezo yakale yachitetezo.
Mu lipoti lomwe linatulutsidwa Lachisanu, bungwe la Federal Highway Administration ndi mgwirizano wa akuluakulu a misewu ya boma adalimbikitsa kulimbitsa miyezo yachitetezo cha zida zatsopano zoyikika pamsewu mdziko lonselo kuti athetse zina mwa zovuta zomwe zapezeka.
Olemba lipotilo adasankha ngozi 161 kuti ziwunikidwe mwatsatanetsatane, makamaka zomwe zimakhudza imfa, kuvulala kwambiri, kugubuduzika ndi kubowoledwa kwa magalimoto.
Ngozi zonse kupatula 22 zomwe zidachitika zidakhudza zotchinga za Sany. Bungweli linati pazochitika 71 mwa izi, ofufuza adatha kuzindikira kuti makinawo adakhudzidwa ndi makina osinthidwa a ET-Plus. Kafukufuku wasonyeza kuti kulephera kumeneku kudachitika chifukwa cha ngozi zomwe zidachitika komanso zolakwika pakukhazikitsa.
Mu ngozi zina, zotchinga zinabooledwa ndi magalimoto, pomwe zina zinagubuduzika kapena kutsika kwambiri. Olembawo adati analibe deta yokwanira yoyerekeza chitetezo cha makina osiyanasiyana otchinga, koma anganene kuti mavuto a magwiridwe antchito sanali kokha pamakina osinthidwa a ET-Plus.
John Durkos, wolankhulira Road Systems, anati zinthu zomwe kampani ya Big Spring, ku Texas, ikupanga “tsopano zikupereka zotsatira zabwino kwambiri panjira.”
Eller wa ku Trinity adayamika oyang'anira chifukwa cha "kuwunika kwawo mokwanira" machitidwe oletsa mphamvu ndipo adati akugwirizana ndi lingaliro la kampaniyo kuti ET-Plus "ndi makina olimba omwe amagwira ntchito monga momwe adapangidwira."
Woyang'anira akuvomereza kuti mayeso ake sangakhudze ngozi zonse zomwe zingachitike ndipo zinthu zambiri zingakhudze momwe mpanda umagwirira ntchito pamalopo.
Lipotilo linati, “Mkhalidwe wa ngozi zenizeni umasiyana kwambiri ndi zochitika zoyeserera ngozi.” “Anthu ambiri m'gulu la anthu oteteza magalimoto amazindikira kuti ngakhale pakhale njira zabwino kwambiri zopangira ma terminal, ngozi zimachitika zomwe zimaposa zomwe amayembekezera chifukwa cha kusiyana kwa magalimoto, momwe zinthu zilili m'munda, ndi momwe amagwiritsidwira ntchito.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., akulimbikitsa bungwe la Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) kuti lilamulire kuti ET-Plus ichotsedwe m'misewu ikuluikulu mdziko lonselo. Iye anati Lachisanu kuti mayiko ayamba kuyesanso zida za ET-Plus paokha, zomwe "zikusonyeza kusakhulupirira bungweli."
Dipatimenti Yoona za Mayendedwe ku Virginia yati ichita mayeso akeake a ngozi za ET-Plus kuyambira kumapeto kwa mwezi uno. M'mayeso awiri, magalimoto adagundana kumapeto kwa chotchinga pang'onopang'ono - chimodzi mwa zinthu zomwe zili pachiwopsezo zomwe zatchulidwa mu lipotilo la federal.
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