Class A Tire Blow and Roll-over
I am sure this is old and has been posted before but made me wonder.... How much did the driver's actions play into the final outcome? Link to YouTube video
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Road barriers, just like cars frame need to be engineered.
I live close to a point where 4-lanes, 45 mph divided highway merge into 2-lane 30 mph curvy road.
At the end of the merge, before the road turns engineers put steel barrier on wood posts.
Those are 6x10 posts, so pretty strong, but the way whole thing is engineered, first couple of posts have big holes drilled at ground level, so easy to shear, while the metal rail has cable that holds the end from rolling up.
Every few years the rail gets shear off. Couple years ago it was elderly driver of pickup, this spring drunk driver of Mitsubishi sport car.
He managed to shear off 14 of those wood posts.
I went there the morning after accidents. The wreck was cleared, but still about 10,000 small pieces covered the area. I could see chunks of headlights 25 feet from chunks of radiator.
We have been pretty sure the accident was fatal, but later found out that driver walk away with minor scratches.
Well design barrier and car airbags really work.
I live close to a point where 4-lanes, 45 mph divided highway merge into 2-lane 30 mph curvy road.
At the end of the merge, before the road turns engineers put steel barrier on wood posts.
Those are 6x10 posts, so pretty strong, but the way whole thing is engineered, first couple of posts have big holes drilled at ground level, so easy to shear, while the metal rail has cable that holds the end from rolling up.
Every few years the rail gets shear off. Couple years ago it was elderly driver of pickup, this spring drunk driver of Mitsubishi sport car.
He managed to shear off 14 of those wood posts.
I went there the morning after accidents. The wreck was cleared, but still about 10,000 small pieces covered the area. I could see chunks of headlights 25 feet from chunks of radiator.
We have been pretty sure the accident was fatal, but later found out that driver walk away with minor scratches.
Well design barrier and car airbags really work.
