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Safety Innovations: The Crash Attenuator Truck

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Safety Innovations: The Crash Attenuator Truck

There are all kinds of safety innovations that have been making Texas highways less dangerous for years and years, and you are likely aware of a lot of them. You know about seat belts. You know about air bags. You probably know about emergency brake assist and backup cameras. But do you know about crash attenuator trucks

 

The crash attenuator truck is a piece of equipment designed to mitigate the damage done in a car accident. Despite the fact that many have never even heard the term “crash attenuator truck”, these machines save a lot of lives. 

 

You have almost certainly seen a crash attenuator at some point, even if you didn’t know that was what you were looking at. Crash attenuators are affixed to the ends of most roadside barriers on Texas highways. They are typically metal or plastic structures that are marked with yellow and black diagonal stripes. 

 

A crash attenuator truck is just a truck with a crash attenuator affixed to the bed. Crash attenuator trucks are particularly useful on construction sites, because they are mobile and can be placed wherever they need to be. 

 

Crash attenuators are basically energy absorbers. When a car crashes into a crash attenuator or a crash attenuator truck, the clever piece of equipment absorbs the kinetic energy generated by the impact and disperses it. 

 

When a car runs into something that is not designed to absorb kinetic energy, the motorist may fly through the windshield or end up with horrible internal damage as their organs try to keep flying forward after the rest of their body has stopped. This is why having crash attenuators in places where there is a high risk of car crashes is so important. 

 

Next time you’re talking about all of the car safety innovations we have come up with over the years, don’t forget to include the crash attenuator and the crash attenuator truck

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