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?
TurboJimmy, I don't see how you can say that... 'The driver, on the other hand, did not. I really didn't see any sort of corrective action at all'..... You know, all of us at one time or another have been distracted and maybe not in the best position if it were to happen to us. NOBODY is 100% ready for the unexpected. We sure hope that we are but it's not realistic.
If you watch the video very slowly (hit start and stop quickly), you can almost get a frame by frame movement of the coach. He hit is brakes more than I thought (you can see the lights on the toad too).
I don't know why the coach veered left at the very end, believe me, I'm sure he was making every effort possible to straighten that coach out.
I try to put myself in people's shoes and give them the benefit of the doubt.
Also, I don't care for the cable barriers either. Trying to hold a 30,000# plus vehicle is difficult.
MM.
