A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.

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A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.
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There's a guard rail guy on YouTube who investigates how the guard rails have been fitted. They often have bolts and the tension wire incorrectly installed so much so that they don't even effectively stop small vehicles. That guy lost a family member to this type of accident and so is on a crusade kinda.

My kinda superhero

https://m.youtube.com/@TheGuardrailGuy

It's sad because you can hear the frustration in his voice that for the sake of better training lives could be saved.

I am contracted to a utility and I get to see just how much time they spend on teaching people about safety. We still see deaths and serious injuries because some people are so lazy they don't give a fuck if they kill someone.