Departure terminals, also known as trailing terminals, are the specially designed end pieces located at the trailing end of a steel guardrail system.
Departure terminals are designed to anchor the guardrail system and introduce the necessary tensile and flexural strength required for safe vehicle containment and re-direction throughout the length-of-need section.
Whilst some end terminals also provide the additional feature of reducing the severity of an impact near or at the end of the system, this does not apply to departure terminals. As a consequence, departure terminals should only be used when they are located outside the clear zone of approaching traffic or when shielded from approach traffic by another barrier.
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