Those concrete vehicle barriers...

...seem to work pretty well:

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Mother
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No Kidding!! OUCH!!!!!!!!!

Reply to
Cassillis

ahem wouldn't want to try that myself Derek

Reply to
Derek

Well just cos it is a big truck don't mean its got a hard nose.

I guess there is a right and a wrong way to do evrything.

Reply to
Larry

Not really a good idea unless you are professor Pat Pending in the convertacar.

Reply to
Larry

"Mother" wrote

On a serious note, why can't we have those too? Almost weekly I hear of vehicles breaking through the crash barrier on motorways with drivers on that carriageway then possibly having a "head on" (much more lethal than a side swipe) so why not. Looks like the M25 where it's being widened will have similar concrete barriers.

Reply to
Bob Hobden

I'd be happier with safer drivers and no need for such barriers. Utopia is somewhat far away though, and concrete is cheaper than education.

Reply to
Mother

It takes a hell of a lot to cross the barrier. I recently witnessed a large Sprinter hit one at about 30 degrees (after overtaking me at about 100mph) and it landed on the right side of the carriageway (albeit the wrong way up).

Surprisingly effective are the rope barriers, which are designed to snap off their posts and provide a less drastic stopping action whilst keeping the vehicle out of the opposing lane. Had the Sprinter lost control a few miles further up near Meadowhall he might well have stayed the right way up.

But the answer to your question is almost certainly 'cost'...

Reply to
Tim Hobbs

if you watch it slowly just after impact you can see the rear bogie completely disconnected form the chassis. how fast you reckon it was going?

70 ks an hour?

Sam.

Reply to
Samuel

I bet a volvo would get though it.

Phil

Mother wrote:

Reply to
Phil Clarke

On or around Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:48:21 +0100, Mother enlightened us thusly:

Blimey. that's quite impressive stopping power.

Reply to
Austin Shackles

In news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Austin Shackles blithered:

Indeed, begs the question, how well is the iceberg rooted?

Reply to
GbH

Saw a truck hit that around Jc 35 (M1) a few years ago, like you say very effictive & cheaper to install than armco too.

Wouldn't have though either system would help much if you are on a bike!

Nige

-- Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"

Reply to
Nige

Only if you painted a motorbike on the concrete.

Reply to
davepseudonym

My Volvo has just made no impact on a Mazda 626.

Mazda - scuffed bumper Volvo - new rear door, new rear wing, nearside respray and blend

I'm getting a lot of stick...

Reply to
Tim Hobbs

Keyboard!

Reply to
Mother

This must be fake, I've seen the movies and vehicles ALWAYS explode in a huge fireball which destroys the entire vehicle when they hit things!

Alex

Reply to
Alex

Mebe they have slightly more than .5L of fuel in them...

I'd be more interested to see the follow-up footage where the guys in the following van go "whoa look at tha......" as they forget to break.

Reply to
Mother

On or around Wed, 10 Aug 2005 21:05:13 +0100, Mother enlightened us thusly:

I should imagine remaining unbroken after hitting something that hard would be next-to-impossible.

Reply to
Austin Shackles

Not very well. Did you see "Iceberg Cowboys" on Discovery channel - oil rig supply ships dragging 'bergs around in "Iceberg Alley" off the Grand Banks.

Steve

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Steve Taylor

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