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A crash attenuator is a “nice to have” kind of feature. The minimum drivable roadway conditions can be, and often are, worse. We have higher standards for huma
by finnthehuman 8y ago
A crash attenuator is a “nice to have” kind of feature. The minimum drivable roadway conditions can be, and often are, worse. We have higher standards for human drivers and it wouldn’t be news except for the autopilot.
Unless you want to ramp up caltrans to the point where it can fix non-essential parts of any and every roadway within hours of degredeation, it’s entirely impractical to expect them to be in perfect shape.
- jonhendry18 8y agoThe simplest form of attenuator is just a group of plastic barrels filled with sand or water, which ought to be pretty quick and easy to replace. If California uses something fancier, then sand or water barrels would be an easy stopgap measure.