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You know how dangerous every opening in those is? If someone drifted into it, sure injury or death. Plus it would interfere with sight lines and cost crap tons of money.
Most people who blame every little thing on cell phones are just whining and waiting on autonomous cars to come save us all. You should do the same. There would be no need for these then.
Pro tip: accidents happened before cell phones ever existed.
Thumbs down on that idea. I think by the time they ever got those erected on all the roads that could handle them, I'd say there will be new technology built into cars which will make it impossible to text in cars if you are the driver.
I can't find the link, but I'm sure I saw that they already have something in Australia? that stops the driver from texting.
You just don't grasp the size of the change you are proposing. US Highways and bridges are already grossly underfunded, mainly maintenance. To do what you are proposing, US taxpayers would have to:
- Buy and install the barriers and the cost of billions upon billions of dollars.
- Buy additional right-of-way to widen existing roads to fit the new barriers.
- The vast majority of rural roads do not meet current DOT standards and are "grandfathered" in. If you start construction on them, you'll have to upgrade them to meet current standards. Add yet more billions of dollars.
To get the ball rolling I'd suggest you personally donate a few million to the US Highway trust fund.
No one knows how to drive. And there are no traffic laws. And cars are a waste of money and resources.
That's not true.
I drive my truck around safely every day. I get a lot of work done with it. I don't own a cell phone, because to me, that is the thing that is a waste of money and resources.
You kids need to grow up, or learn to choose your toys more wisely.
In this day in age with cell phone texting, calling, and usage, why don't we reconsider using three to four feet concrete barriers to prevent head-on collisions. I can't believe the only thing stopping a car going in the opposite direction from hitting you is about four feet of space and plastic yellow bubbles on the ground. Thanks!
You know, traffic fatalities - at least in the United States - are a lot lower today than they were 50 years, ago, and since there are a lot more people and drivers and miles driven today, that means the accident rate has fallen even more precipitously.
You've made an erroneous assumption based not on actual data but on perception. You think of the 'good old days, when driving was safe' but, like a great many assumptions of supposedly wonderful days gone by, it's wrong.
As for the 'why'? Because it's not practical. It's like a 10 mph speed limit. That would save a lot of lives, but the costs in time would be too high. So, too, would the costs of the barriers you mention on every street.
They're called cable barriers and they are already in place on parts of many roads in my state that have been identified as high accident corridors. They're cheaper than concrete barriers, they're a lot lighter, easier to install, and take up a lot less room on the road.
When one realizes how bad of a condition our infrastructure is in and that we are putting money in other areas, to add the billions to place Jersey Barriers all over the nation is just not an idea that can be considered.
You know how dangerous every opening in those is? If someone drifted into it, sure injury or death. Plus it would interfere with sight lines and cost crap tons of money.
Most people who blame every little thing on cell phones are just whining and waiting on autonomous cars to come save us all. You should do the same. There would be no need for these then.
Pro tip: accidents happened before cell phones ever existed.
Actually a large amount of roads where I live aren't too long, so you won't need a break in the barriers. And I rather see 90% of a two-way road barrier'ed up than 0%. Also, are autonomous cars going to be mandatory or optional in the future? and how long is it going to take for this to happen? Thanks!
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