Applications for Crash Attenuator Systems
The Department of Transportation (DOT) places highway impact attenuators strategically to help drivers avoid hitting rigid, unforgiving objects. Motorists can, for example, collide with rigid objects when they want to access a highway offramp and switch lanes at the last minute or when they lose control and depart from their lane toward a hazardous roadside fixture. To reduce the force of impact and safeguard motorists, vehicles, and roadside fixtures, DOT places permanent vehicle crash barriers at guardrail end terminals, highway offramps, toll booths, and splits in a lane for ongoing protection.
Impact attenuators also find application in temporary safety systems — protecting workers, equipment, and structures from vehicle impacts for a period. You can place them at construction sites or use temporary crash barriers to close off a lane when repairing a stretch of road.
