Lamp Post Impact - Features

The metal does not tear at any point, so there will be no live contact points anywhere, and if you'd have watched the full clip, the car is not totalled, it can be driven off after that, and this video shows that the person inside would not be injured, as the deceleration is much less violent.

So, which one would you rather crash into? one which is buried in concrete and will hardly budge if you ram it at 50 Mph, or one that slows you down gently and then allows you to drive off?

I agree, the car isnt totalled, yet the rest of my comment is completely valid. I know - I install them. The lamp post connections that power the column are at waist height for maintenance reasons. Upon crashing into one of these "new" lamp posts the "Light stainless steel" as the presenter puts it, would make contact with live parts.A column would not have to tear to make contact. On the contrary, its the sturdy structure that often saves the column and car coming into contact with live parts.

A person crashing into one of these light, stainless steel columns would certainly demolish the PLASTIC casing around the live parts within, thus putting the crushed base of the lamp post into contact with exposed live parts, which would then put the car into contact with live parts. Granted, if EACH one of these new colums had a separate point of isolation from a nearby mini-feedar pillar, then the column could be isolated, but as it stands, most installations have a "looped" service...

if you look at the slow mo you can see it only whips a couple of feet behing the car. Not an ideal solution but id rather run into one of these than an old style lamp post.