TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Development of the Midwest Guardrail System for Standard and Reduced Post Spacing and in Combination With Curbs: Part Two JO - Accident reconstruction journal A1 - Polivka, Karla A1 - Faller, Ronald A1 - Sicking, Dean A1 - Reid, John A1 - Rohde, John A1 - Holloway, James A1 - Kuipers, Beau A1 - Bielenberg, Bob SP - 35 EP - 49 VL - 18 IS - 3 N2 - This paper, the 2nd in a series, describes testing of the Midwest Guardrail System (MGS) with standard post spacing installed with the top guardrail height set at the design's nominal rail height. The 4,491 lb pickup truck test vehicle impacted the MGS with a nominal height at a speed of 63 mph at an angle of 25 deg. A summary of test results and sequential photographs from the testing are provided, and additional photographs of the crash test are also included.
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