Life-Saving German Technology on Indian Highways: How One TTMA Prevented a Multi-Casualty Disaster on NH-53

Pithora (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 4: Ravi Kumar along with 39 other labours was doing what highway maintenance workers do every morning—preparing to trim overgrown grass along the National Highway 53 divider. He was reaching for his trimmer when the white sedan crossed into his lane at 110 km/h. The driver was asleep. Kumar, focused on his work, had three seconds left.

Then physics intervened.

What Stood Between Life and Death

At exactly 9:28 AM, a Trailer Truck Mounted Attenuator (TTMA)—engineered by Germany’s Nordic…