STA SUB-COMMITTEE ON ROAD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (RRS): RESULTS OF STUDY SHARED WITH NRAs

One of the most active Sub-Committees within STA’s Technical Committee on Safety & Security (TC2) has just concluded a long-term body of work to make Road Restraint Systems (RRS) safer for the future.

The study has been going on since 2016 and has united 11 STA members and several renowned academicians and experts. It is safe to say that the investigation into a number of existing RRS products on the market has yielded very interesting and revolutionary results.

The preliminary results of the study were shared with 50+ representatives from European National Road Authorities during an online webinar held on 7 March 2023. The webinar served to explore several avenues to better approval and certification processes of RRS in Europe.

Although the EN1317 standard laid a solid baseline and outlined precisely all testing and certification requirements, the market has noted that many systems are pushing the limits of such requirements to lower costs.