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WARNING: Ensure that your installation, repair, and maintenance
meet all appropriate Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
(MUTCD) and local standards. Failure to follow this warning could
result in serious injury or death in the event of a collision.
WARNING: Ensure that the Guardrail you install is terminated, as
dictated by the state/specifying agency, pursuant to FHWA
acceptance. Failure to follow this warning could result in serious
injury or death in the event of a collision.
WARNING: Do NOT install SYTP™ at location 1. Failure to
follow this warning could result in serious injury or death in the
event of a collision.
WARNING: Do NOT install 6’0” CRT post at location 1. Failure to
follow this warning could result in serious injury or death in the
event of a collision.
WARNING: Do NOT bolt the rail panel to the post at location 1 in
any of the ET-PLUS™ systems. Failure to follow this warning
could result in serious injury or death in the event of a collision.
WARNING: Do NOT bolt the rail to the HBA™ post at location 2.
Failure to follow this warning could result in serious injury or death
in the event of a collision.
WARNING: Ensure that there is proper site grading for tube and
post placement, as dictated by the state/specifying agency,
pursuant to FHWA acceptance. Failure to follow this warning
could result in serious injury or death in the event of a collision.
WARNING: Ensure that the proper Leaveout (specified area of
open space in the pavement) around the posts is reserved and
filled with state/specifying agency approved backfill material that
will not prevent movement, for any posts installed in rigid
pavement such as any thickness of concrete or asphalt. Failure to
follow this warning could result in serious injury or death in the
event of a collision.
WARNING: Ensure that all of the ET-PLUS™
systems Warnings,
Cautions, and Important statements within the ET-PLUS™
systems Manual are completely followed. Failure to follow this
warning could result in serious injury or death in the event of a
collision.
WARNING: Always use safety precautions when performing
installation, maintenance, repair, mixing chemicals, and/or moving
heavy equipment. Wear steel toe shoes, gloves, safety goggles,
and back protection. Failure to follow this warning could result in
serious injury or death to the workers and/or bystanders.
WARNING: Ensure all wood blocks or composite blocks used with
steel posts are routered. Failure to follow this warning could result
in serious injury or death in the event of a collision.
WARNING: Ensure that this installation conforms with the
guidance provided by the AASHTO Roadside Design Guide,
including, but not limited to, those regarding placement on curbs.
Failure to follow this warning could result in serious injury or death
in the event of a collision.
WARNING: Any grout, backfill, or other materials (such as
concrete, asphalt, or soil) must be low enough so as not to
obstruct, constrain, or otherwise engage the bearing plate. Failure
to eliminate the interaction of soil or materials with the bearing
plate will hinder the performance of the ET-PLUS™ systems and
could result in serious injury or death in the event of a collision.
CAUTION: Ensure before installing, maintaining, or repairing the
ET-PLUS™ systems that no parts are frayed, damaged, or broken.
Failure to follow this warning could result in serious injury to the
workers and/or bystanders.
Revised: March 2010