Cable barrier crash test

[aloisbembel]

This is an egg slicer for human bodies

[surredneck66]

looks like fun

[PS3Cruore]

Holy that thing accelerated fast!

[beaman220]

Just like running over turtles. Right back on the road. lol

[superbird426]

we have dose in sweden effective thoe

[MrCoryjohnson1]

i took out 5 wooden posts on onea these kind of guardrails in a 1997 Gmc Jimmy a few years ago and i'm still driving it. didn't "have to" fix anything. I love those guardrails and i really love that jimmy.

[ArticMuse]

this thing is not very consistent. on real roads, some car types may successfully be diverted some just topple over, go underneath, over it. and also some are not installed properly like installed on top of a tall pavement. its just crap.

[Glowingeyes99]

sure lets throw the car back into traffic

[Keybindz]

These are terrible. On I-65 out here in Kentucky, they put them practically on the edge of the round. That car rebounded back out farther than the angle it went in at. If anything, it'll slingshot the car back into the freeway. Given, these aren't lined up two feet from the interstate the entire time, but there are a few areas where they're two feet from the side of the road, for a good ten miles at a time.

[seapeddler]

Might cut a motorcyclist in half.

[FangSmiley]

@seapeddler More likely the motorcyclist has already fallen off the cycle by the time it collides into one of these, but assuming he hangs on - odds are he would be launched - as he would if it was a standard metal guardrail.

[seapeddler]

@FangSmiley Miracles happen. That's why they have airshows, and ejection seats.

I hope.

[20mlt09]

nooo not an sd1

[pberglin]

that car might need an alignment after

[SL2Fan]

I want to see the last test... #14....hmmm?

[rdkls]

Good for cars

But they chop up motorcyclists like nothing else

[getalife04]

These cable carriers are saving lots of lives in the US. Just yesterday a semi tractor trailer was stopped from crossing over into on coming traffic and saved lots of lives.

[stwade]

i'd say that's a pretty effective guardrail...it does minimal damage to the car and also eliminated a lot of the whiplash that comes from running into something.

[TheYounggun1219]

@stwade but still not safe for roads. what about mororcyclist? thats like a damn chees grader

[stwade]

@TheYounggun1219 people shouldn't be strapping a high performance engine between their legs and go careening down the road. There are much more inexpensive ways to toy with death or paralysis. Like sitting on rail road tracks...thats free

[kazimann]

SD1 RIP

[codprawn]

A Rover SD1 saved my life - 80mph off a motorway - no crash barrier - concrete ditch at the bottom of a 20' embankment and I walked away!!! Brilliant cars!!!

[nipperoid]

did it run?

[codprawn]

No chance - 80mph into solid concrete - even the block was crushed!!! Crash tests are done at 30 or 40mph!!!

[MrRunout]

ya see, crash tests doesn't neccessarily prove anything, eh?

[mibars]

I've seen them in Chech republic - These are metal poles linked with steel wire - The idea is that wire will not allow car to go trouch, when bending and smashing poles disperse energy. The bad thing is that they tend to "catch" a car which even slightly touches the barrier - In normal barrier car slides on a flat part of a barrier, here wires are little behind poles - so even touching it will smash your car hard. Ah - They don't seem bikers friendly too.

[MK5B]

We have them on most highways in Australia now... as they are much more effective than the metal ones. As for the bikies... tough luck if you manage to crash into one. :P

[weecraiglikescars]

cool

[kusza123]

they're illegal in alot of countries because they chop up people (i.e. motorbikers) when they hit them.

[mehdieminem]

no man the fuckin chop the people in side the car too when car hits them hard

[curtjames]

The metal barriers are quite effective at chopping up bikers as well. :( I witnessed the aftermath of that one time.

[raonipaes]

holy shit...i've never seen this kind of barrier...Looks like some kind of rubber wire or something.

It seems pretty effective with those drunk drivers.

[volvomantom]

Why'd they have to use an SD1? :(

[Gaz5976]

Know are mate, Rovers always cop it!!

[nipperoid]

yeah poor sd1 :(

[nipperoid]

luckily this sd1 was scrapped 3 years before this happened and it wasnt the v8 model Date of Liability 01 10 1986 Date of First Registration 17 04 1978 Year of Manufacture 1978 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2597CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour GOLD Vehicle Type Approval null

[aenigmate]

Why dont they put this kind of barrier on the roads? Are they too expensive?

[DblM18]

can anyone clarify what this is exactly?