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General Banter / Re: Great idea that protects drivers, but riders?
« on: May 24, 2014, 01:32:16 PM »
Actually this idea protects more than car drivers. While the driver and passengers in a car crossing the median and going into oncoming traffic certainly are at risk of injury, the occupants of any and all vehicles traveling in the opposite direction are at significant risk of injury. While a cable divider my maim or be fatal to a rider hitting one, I'd guess that motorcyclists struck by a car crossing the center median would be unlikely to survive.
I'd also guess that cars crossing the center median represent a multiplier risk, highly likely to collide with at least one vehicle and probably likely to collide with multiple vehicles. From this perspective, it might make sense to consider this in the context of protecting oncoming traffic more than protecting the driver of the vehicle at risk of crossing the center median.
Viewed in the context of reducing fatalities and injuries to all motor vehicle occupants, I'd guess that the risk to motorcyclists is far out weighed by the risk to all oncoming occupants.
I'd also guess that cars crossing the center median represent a multiplier risk, highly likely to collide with at least one vehicle and probably likely to collide with multiple vehicles. From this perspective, it might make sense to consider this in the context of protecting oncoming traffic more than protecting the driver of the vehicle at risk of crossing the center median.
Viewed in the context of reducing fatalities and injuries to all motor vehicle occupants, I'd guess that the risk to motorcyclists is far out weighed by the risk to all oncoming occupants.