Talk:Impact attenuator
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[edit]Geographic scope? Just in US? A photo? A source for the 17,000 lives saved would be nice.--ReddyRose 17:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
- Did you follow the link given, in the search for a source for the 17,000 lives saved? 68.145.166.216 06:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
- The link states "Some officials estimate those barrels have saved as many as 17,000 lives since they were first deployed in the late 1960s." I'd be curious to know just whom the journalist's sources are: they could be the barrier manufacturer, transportation engineers, university researchers, or just some random people. I'd hesitate to say that this statement is reliably accurate when it reads "Some officials..." --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 06:14, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, OK. Yeah, I'm with ya on that, but as has been drummed into me many times, "Wikipedia is not here to determine the truth of statements, just that they be verifiable". We leave it to the readers as to how gullible they wish to be. 68.145.166.216 02:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
- The link states "Some officials estimate those barrels have saved as many as 17,000 lives since they were first deployed in the late 1960s." I'd be curious to know just whom the journalist's sources are: they could be the barrier manufacturer, transportation engineers, university researchers, or just some random people. I'd hesitate to say that this statement is reliably accurate when it reads "Some officials..." --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 06:14, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
Really, I'm not sure that this is the appropriate title for this article. I have contacted the Texas Transportation institute which conducts thousands of crash tests and research on highway safety and they did not recognize this as the name of these barrels. I think people just call the "sand barrels" and it would be more appropriate to title the article thus. Also check this manufacturer: Energy Absorption Systems, Inc.: ----Eric Schrader
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Concern About Paragraph under "Truck Mounted Attenuators"
[edit]Hello I am New to Wikipedia but I saw that the citation for the bellow paragraph was from an article from the company website of Mobile Barriers LLC, a company that sells truck mounted attenuators. I do not necessarily disagree with the ideas expressed in the paragraph, however I worry that it might fall under WP:VENDOR or WP:BIASED guide lines. Wanted to make a note of that here.
"TMA vehicles are better suited for protecting emergency or construction workers on roadways than non-specialized vehicles, such as firetrucks. TMA vehicles have several benefits over firetrucks, such as lower purchase and repair cost, improved firefighting capacity (because firetrucks are available for use and won't be damaged), and enhanced safety for the occupants of the impacting vehicles. This is because TMA vehicles are designed to absorb the energy of the impact, while firetrucks are too rigid and can cause severe injuries or death.[13]" JanetPlanet518 (talk) 02:01, 20 October 2025 (UTC)