The company that makes the X-Lite has said the product passed crash safety tests conducted by a company which is owned by the same company that makes the X-Lite terminal. One of those people killed was his daughter Hannah who died in a guardrail crash last November. Stephen Eimers said four people have died in X-Lite related crashes in Tennessee within the past year. “If FHWA identifies safety concers, FHWA should consider revoking the Septemletter of eligibility for the X-Lite Terminal Guard rail.”Įarlier this week, an East Tennessee father met with the Department of Transportation in Washington asking for the nationwide ban.
“In light of these events and growing evidence of safety concerns, FHWA should ask state departments of transportation and the manufacturer to voluntarily provide information on road accidents or petential defects related to the X-Lite guard rail unit,” Senators Alexander and Corker wrote in the letter co-signed by U.S. That terminal is currently being replaced as past of VDOT’s risk-based assessment program.
Virginia’s Department of Transportation removed the X-Lite end terminal from its approved list last year after independent crash testing. And in October, TDOT ordered the product to be pulled from Tennessee roads starting this spring. Corker & Alexanderīut last year, Tennessee’s Departments of Transportation removed the X-Lite terminal from its approved products list based on crash data. The eligibility letter indicates the product has been tested and is eligible for federal reimbursements for states that use it.
to consider revoking its letter of eligibility for the X-Lite Terminal Guard rail issued in 2011. In the letter, they asked FHWA Acting Deputy Administrator Butch Waidelich, Jr. WASHINGTON D.C.(WJHL)- There’s a new call for the federal government to take action after safety concerns connected to a specific guardrail end terminal.įriday, United States Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) sent a letter to the Federal Highway Administration.