NI to change Central reservation barriers for bikers safety

[Bender]

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Makes a change, thing the gets me up here are the hundreds of rods they sink into embankments and leave sticking out, anyone high sided into them is not walking away. 

[husoi]

Seriously???

 

Commendable, however a little bit behind the time...

 

Back in early 90's on a sunny country, on what has been considered the largest gathering for bikers safety purposes ever in that country. Bikers from MC's (and many not affiliated) got together with the collaboration of the ACP (equivalent to RAC in that country) and relevant Councils, started putting old car tyres around the metal posts on the normal crash barriers.

2 years later the government, recognising the benefits and following a study by the relevant authorities and insurance companies, decided to ask bikers to stop this and instead fitted flat barriers underneath the traditional barriers.

 

An example of this can be seen in the picture below.

 

 

Years later, a French company started manufacturing the ones in this pic, however the experiment was abandoned as several of these units were vandalized because they were made of extruded polyurethane.

 

Nowadays, is very common to see the flat metal barriers fitted at medium and higher risk spots with most newer roads to have them fitted during construction.

[Bender]

The fact they recognised it at all is a miracle

 

We had a bad crash involving cars and a van, the wire crash barrier shredded the car, they pulled up over 6mile of it and replaced it with normal crash barriers