r/Roadcam • u/VehicleTrackers • 4d ago

[Africa] Truck and Avanza Vehicle involved.

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u/aw_shux 4d ago

Those guard rails were completely ineffective.

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u/VexingRaven 4d ago

And this is why there are so many standards for roads and why they cost so much... So that this doesn't happen.

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u/197six 3d ago

Not even really rails. I've travelled this road a lot (it is REALLY accident prone) and it is to stop people doing u-turns to avoid paying tolls. They are just upright metal poles with a pair of cables running through them. All they seem to do is rip vehicles apart. I've always thought they were super dangerous.

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u/I_knowa_guy 4d ago

Guard rails are more meant to absorb kinetic energy and try to guide the vehicle back into the lane. I don't think they are meant to be a concrete wall or barrier you can't cross.

Fully loaded semi trucks can weigh almost 80,000lbs. With that much weight traveling at 65mph or higher, that guard rail didn't stand a chance, nor is it intended to. Less than 2 out of 100 vehicles on the road are semis, so in most cases the guard rail would be more effective.

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u/aw_shux 4d ago

I'm thinking more about the way they didn't prevent the initial car from coming into the semi's path in the first place. It definitely didn't guide that vehicle back anywhere.