Incompatibility issues. They already found at least 144 guardrail systems incorrectly installed. Cdot has today for the first time confirmed what we already told viewers. A 23u days ago. A few days ago. That several tkpwarbd guardrailn installed with mismatching parts. Made from two competitors. The parts do not work together. In one case leading to horrific injuries for a driver. They wont know until they hit the road. If you leave the roadway. And impact one of the these. That is not compatible. That the guardrail and the end cap are not perform the way they are supposed to. Theres a potential. That you could have a guardrail. Not pr epbt you from prevent you from crashing into something. Stkpwr. Serious warning. And one that the federal government the federal Highway Administration has told me. That they have sent out to all 50 states. Tonight. Well have more on that. Tonight at nine. Thank you. To pinpoint weather. Snow keeping drivers at slow speeds in the high country. Some parts
For answers. And we responded. Our investigation uncovered state workers. Screwing together guardrail parts from two different systems. Engineers call it frankensteining. And today. Cdot admitted in gear hearts crash because of the installation error. She was badly hurt. When the guardrail failed to function as designed. All drivers they too might be at risk. If they crash into a guardrail. This holiday season. Just a few days. Cdot said it already found 144 tpard rail systems along the highway. Which were installed incorrectly. Fix this issue for the future, cdot is im34re789ing a new trafficking which will include pictures of 42 thousand end cap terminals. When they are mismatched. They dont slide correctly. Because of your investigation. Now the state and federal government is looking into this issue. Interesting. They sent letter to all 50 states warning of this. Already the feds have heard back. States go yeah we were aware. Well look swao into it too. Tonight. Another investigati