I hate these barriers and avoid being around them like the plague. RIP http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/nor...-fatal-accident-in-Mississippi-227682731.html
Not the cables fault...Toyota vs slow merging bike jumping to left lane being punted off road. I would rather have the cables there to catch the cars from crossing over anyday vs not having them. It has helped here on 985 a bunch
Sadly, there isn't much any barrier that can be designed to stop a car or semi that will be safe for a bike. It sucks, but there's not much any way around it.
This isn't about who's fault it was but that the barriers are unsafe for cars and deadly for motorcycles. Be careful when you are in the area where they are used. There is little margin for error when you leave the pavement.
Two ways to look at it: those barriers hurt if you run into them but they help if they keep a car from coming across and hitting you head on.
Fucking IL-DOT out them in I90 at the WI/IL border. They had them ON the fucking fog line. They are removed for now, they are widening the interstate to 6 lanes. Its one thing to put them IN the median, its a whole extreme level of stupid to put them on the fog line with no run off what so ever. They are so concerned with crossover accidents, put k-rails (jersey barriers) up or if the median is wide enough, gravel traps.
+1 Not a fan of the way these things are done. Build a wall, make gravel traps, sink a moat, anything but a cable guillotine.
Just like racing if yu run off the track long enough you will hit something hard. It is a interstate hwy mostly straight 65-70 mph how hard is it to stay on the tarmac? It is like some of the cruiser guys I hear talking I had to lay it down to not hit something....Just like the guys in the mountains stupid cagers do not know the rules of the road...The tar snakes limit me on how fast I can go...you crash here and they may never find you...I did the dragon in 60 seconds flat...ect Bikes have 2 wheels and the road was made for 4. Be smart and be safe the person to save you is you behind the controls of the bike.
When some idtio smacking on a cheeseburger changes lanes into you, or even better a semi? You can get punted by someone else in a moment. And there are those cables, sometimes not even 10 ft off the road, just waiting.
Yup, there are inherent problems with most any partition system. Even the wrong hit on a concrete barrier will shoot you back out. That's a complex problem that still needs more development.
I'm trying to remember if I've ever seen these cable barriers? They must not be used as often in Cali as I can't remember seeing them. Looked it up on Wikipedia and they aren't used in Europe, because of danger to motorcyclists.
