Another big pile up on I35

[cyclonespiker33]

The high tension cable guardrails are placed closer to the road because they need to be placed in sub grade to keep their strength. Placing that along the road where the base is already in place is more cost effective. Plus, like someone else mentioned, having that in the middle of the median would cause some minor drainage issues.

If your car is sliding off the road into the cable where it currently is, chances are you would still hit it in the middle of the median as well, especially in snowy conditions. However, if this pileup was on the opposite side of the interstate, nearly nobody would have ran into it. So we can place the cable in the middle of the median where it would be hit from both directions or we can place it on one side where it is hit half of the time.

All in all, seems like a simple decision to me.

 

[BoxsterCy]

We should be able to embed a countdown clock here, one to countdown till the next big I-35 multi car pileup. Set up some over and under timelines for betting etc.

 

[VTXCyRyD]

Says a driver who always must be behind someone's bumper.

Try to be a "safe" driver in Germany like that (hanging out in the passing lane) and see how long it takes for you to get pulled over and get a ticket.

People being "safe" in the left lane also cause accidents and contribute to the tailgating problem.

 

[ArgentCy]

Germany doesn't have a speed limit, our highways have much lower speed limits. Plus speed limits are irrelevant in bad weather because a safe speed is much lower. When there is bad weather there is often only one lane that is clearer than the other and that makes any passing more dangerous.

Occasionally those slower cars in the right lane need to pass and should speed up "somewhat" to get around traffic.