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> you know there will be people pushing the clearance, so they should think about failsafes. I'd imaging you'd just put up height restriction bars on all the r
by aaron695 10y ago
> you know there will be people pushing the clearance, so they should think about failsafes.
I'd imaging you'd just put up height restriction bars on all the roads entering the path.
Add in a sensor that checks the height of other transport around in case a car somehow got higher after passing a safety bar. ....
You'd reduce accidents to normal levels.
The Chinese would have thought of this on day one....
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"To prevent traffic accidents, Mr. Song said guardrails would be constructed between the bus tracks and the car lanes that pass through the elevated bus. The rails would be able to absorb at least 70 percent of a collision’s impact to reduce damage to the bus and other vehicles. Lanes for the elevated bus would be limited to passenger vehicles no higher than 7.2 feet, and the buses are designed to meet zoning and bridge height regulations in each city."
- mc32 10y agoI hope so, but sometimes we're optimistic about the behavior of others. Restricting the height of vehicles able to enter a multilane multi purpose roadway is going to be tough. People will sabotage those just so they can use the same roadway to make deliveries, make a living, etc. But, who knows, maybe you're right and they have devised such a solution. Another issue is people trying to turn away from the lanes of the elevated bus as the bus approaches --thinking they can beat it, unless getting in and out of those lanes is restricted to a few well managed merge and exit areas.
- williamscales 10y agoI guess since there will be guard rails that access will be controlled. Do people often sabotage train tracks? It seems similar.
- netsharc 10y agoJust equip this vehicle with a horizontal version of this: https://youtu.be/rF1vfMM3W08?t=130 https://youtu.be/rF1vfMM3W08?t=130