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Safety protector minimises impact of collision

The first safety protector in the world designed for mitigating impacts of passenger cars and motorcyclists against road culvert ends.
February 26, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Cidro Crossafe safety protector
7615 Cidro, the first safety protector in the world designed for mitigating impacts of passenger cars and motorcyclists against road culvert ends. This protector has been tested in an accredited crash test laboratory, using the same impact test acceptance criteria as the one used for road safety barriers in the standards EN 1317-2 and TS 1317-8.%$Linker: 2 Asset <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 4 93192 0 oLinkExternal www.cidro.es Cidro Website false /EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=93192 false false%>

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