Even after recent, high-profile rail crashes, the effort to mandate side underride guards doesn't account for the threat of further disaster, admitting huge costs with little benefit.

One way to make neck guards and other protective equipment more widely worn would be to introduce mandates for players of a certain age, which is similar to how helmets became compulsory in the NHL.

1 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct a rail movement May 16, 2024, that includes more than 800 pieces of ...

A woman who lives in a Pontiac house says a damaged guard rail in front of her home is no way to live. The guard rail shows how dangerous the area can be because of an accident.