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Ditch
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13th Jul 05 at 13:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.postandcolumn.co.uk/jerol.htm

I work for Hertfordshire Highways road safety team, and we have just recieved details of these new Lamp columns designed to crumple upon impact....

take a look at the photos at the bottom of the page... you wouldnt expect that to happen if you hit a lighting column at 100mph!!

We will definitely be seeing more of these I reckon!
chr15barn3s
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13th Jul 05 at 14:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
that sounds like a pretty good idea, but what about all the power and wires inside them?

[Edited on 13-07-2005 by chr15barn3s]
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13th Jul 05 at 14:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I remembetr seeing these on Fifth Gear not so long ago. The designer just drove into one at about 50mph with no special safety features he was that confident of it.

Good idea if you ask me
Rob H
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Surely If its crumnpling on impact, then its active road saftey? Passive would be lights that are very bright, so avoid the accidents in the first place? .

Deffinatly a good idea, although i did think that current metal posts had to give a certain amount, hence the reason why they were all put in to replace the concrete ones .
Ditch
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13th Jul 05 at 14:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They called it passive.. not me

current metal posts have no real absorbtion properties... just usual mild steel properties... Ie. not very bendy


This company have also produced Lattix sign posts, which are basically criss cross steel posts made up of little strands rather than one thick one... so when you twat it it just crumples!


All good stuff IMO, can deffo see it saving a few lives!

[Edited on 13-07-2005 by Ditch]
Ditch
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oh, and its 100kmph not mph

still, hitting a steel post at 60mph you would expect a total wreck of a car
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I would prefer it to stay where it is when I'm out in the convertible. Would be nice to uproot if for the forward impact, until it hits you on the head.
Ditch
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shouldnt be such a cheap skate in the first place, buy a car with a roof ffs...
ryzer
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13th Jul 05 at 14:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats a really good point ian, never thought about that 1 lol
leeshez
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This sounds ok, untill kids realise that they are soft and fall when you swing on them
Ditch
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they wouldnt be soft though, just frangible
MatthewR
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what about padestrians???
Ditch
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what about them?
MatthewR
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what if one falls on them after being uprooted duting a crash
Dan B
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The one shown in the 5th Gear test shattered the BACK window when it folded over......while it might not be peppering you in the face with glass, it's going to cause some damage to someone sitting in the back!
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14th Jul 05 at 13:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I say it it stupid.

People that want to crash into lampost derve to die.
MatthewR
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quote:
Originally posted by richard_syko
I say it it stupid.

People that want to crash into lampost derve to die.



 
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