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> a guardrail will “deflect a vehicle back to the roadway [or] slow the vehicle down to a complete stop.” Your car will probably be damaged, but guardrails can
by zardo 3y ago
> a guardrail will “deflect a vehicle back to the roadway [or] slow the vehicle down to a complete stop.” Your car will probably be damaged, but guardrails can prevent something much worse.
Unless that vehicle is a motorcycle in which case the guard rail turns survivable crashes into fatal ones.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoUnless the thing that guard-rail prevents is heading directly into on-coming traffic.
- selectodude 3y agoOr driving down the side of a mountain.
- ericfrazier 3y agoWeird hill, bro.
- sonicanatidae 3y agoIt's a motorcycle. Almost any crash on a motorcycle is going to cause serious injuries/death. Guardrails contribute, but let's be real. Lay down a bike while driving at a good clip, or hit anything, guardrail or not, and you're going to have a bad time.
- zardo 3y ago> Almost any crash on a motorcycle is going to cause serious injuries/death. Protective gear will usually leave the rider uninjured if they don't hit something.
- sonicanatidae 3y agoDo you know how many motorcycle riders I see without anything on more than a t-shirt and jeans? They all wear a helmet, and I get riding leathers are hot, but a t-shirt?