ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Department of Transportation says it will suspend installation of a type of guardrail that has been banned or removed from roads in nearly 30 other states. <br />
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WSB-TV reports the Georgia Department of Transportation has issued a moratorium on installing ET-Plus guardrail models throughout the state after reviewing information provided by the Federal Highway Administration. <br />
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The ends of the guard rails are supposed to slow vehicles down by flattening the rail out after impact and bending the rail away from a car that strikes it. Instead, some of the guardrails have been reported to slice through cars after impact. <br />
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A federal jury last week found the maker of the guard rails, Trinity Industries, guilty of defrauding the government by shrinking the design to cut costs. <br />
