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To: HotHunt

Vehicles cross the median on split interstate highways quite often. (Bad driving conditions, drivers falling asleep, etc)

Here in Iowa they’ve started erecting cable “catch” fences in the median. In just one year they have seen a dramatic reduction in fatalities.


14 posted on 07/29/2012 8:46:47 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small, Miss Small)
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To: 2111USMC

“...they’ve started erecting cable “catch” fences in the median.”

You ought to see what the cable fences do to a motorcyclist. It’s like going through a cheese slicer.


25 posted on 07/29/2012 9:03:48 PM PDT by beelzepug ("Blind obedience to arbitrary rules is a sign of mental illness")
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To: 2111USMC

Those catch fences sound like a good idea. I hope it catches on here. People are too distracted these days while driving and this stuff is happening too often.


30 posted on 07/29/2012 10:14:37 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The NRA did not create James "The Joker" Holmes. Harvey Weinstein's Hollywood did.)
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