turbojimmy wrote:
I don't get the cable barrier haters. While perhaps not as effective as a solid barrier, they clearly "redirected" the path of the rig. He didn't shoot into oncoming lanes at speed. Instead it rolled and slid onto the lanes. Without the cables, he would have shot across that median and into oncoming traffic at a rate of speed that would have given oncoming drivers little to no time to react. And, he would have shot into the woods on the other side probably killing both the driver and passenger. I think the cables did an effective job. The driver, on the other hand, did not. I really didn't see any sort of corrective action at all. Maybe he was in the back making a sandwich?
I'm not sure where you drive but I would rather see something that stops the vehicles that can do the most damage to on coming traffic than something like this that just stops automobiles. I see a lot of trucks on the highways and a simple search of the internet will turn up many many big rig wrecks on the interstates.
