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Originally Posted by Jim Garfield
Whoever is responsible for the guardrail should be held accountable. There should be no scenario imaginable that would allow a car to go under the guardrail like that.
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I agree with Jim.
It appears that the bottom of the guardrail is about the height of the door handle. My Toyota daily would go under this rail and it end up in my lap - even at 60 km/hr.
It looks like this guardrail will only function with a large truck.
What a tragedy
design took a life. Had the rail deflected the 991(?), the driver might have survived after scrubbing off speed with the road and multiple energy-absorbing impacts. That is what current automotive design is all about.
The guardrail designer (and bureaucrats who approved it) have never been to a race track with modern barriers. I would hope that guardrail would never pass the ‘engineering laugh test’ in the States.
Best,
Grady