Biker friendly mesh barrier installed in Durham

[Bob]

I wondered if you have anything like this in NZ?

'A new type of crash barrier is being trialled in County Durham, UK. The Biker-Safe system is being fitted to a stretch of the A689 at Killhope.

A Durham Police spokesman said: "Normal roadside barriers are designed to retain cars, vans and trucks, but can be deadly for motorcyclists who collide with them. Biker-Safe has been designed to address the problem.”

"A containment mesh is fitted to the lower section of the barrier to absorb the energy of the rider during impact. This ensures they do not strike the barrier support upright, which is one of the main causes of serious or fatal injuries." '

[CookMySock]

Thats great. We won't need to slow down around that corner corner now.

Steve

[unrealone]

Hasn't something like this (think it's called "mototube") been made already in France?

[Mom]

I wondered if you have anything like this in NZ?

'A new type of crash barrier is being trialled in County Durham, UK. The Biker-Safe system is being fitted to a stretch of the A689 at Killhope.

A Durham Police spokesman said: "Normal roadside barriers are designed to retain cars, vans and trucks, but can be deadly for motorcyclists who collide with them. Biker-Safe has been designed to address the problem.”

"A containment mesh is fitted to the lower section of the barrier to absorb the energy of the rider during impact. This ensures they do not strike the barrier support upright, which is one of the main causes of serious or fatal injuries." '

Do you have a link or something for this?

[Bob]

Do you have a link or something for this?

Do none of you people ever believe me? :scratch:

As it happens, I have come up with a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyorseqq8W4

From there, understand a company called Signpost Solutions has come up with the product:

http://www.signfix.co.uk/news-details.asp?NID=62


I don't make this stuff up you know! I actually hunt these news items down :sherlock:

[p.dath]

I hope this proves sucessfull (and doesn't end up killing some other type of road user). This seems like a real solution to the cheese cutter.

[MSTRS]

Looks like it is great for covering Armco. But would it work on cheesecutters? No top rail to which to affix it.

[Mr Merde]

..... This seems like a real solution to the cheese cutter.

Which means that in all probability, it will not be used here in NZ.

The reasoning being that the LTNZ ( or whatever they call themselves now) do not want toi spend money on road safety for what is a minority of this countries road users. Especially when they can spend it on measures that will cement their own position more firmly in the beaurocracy that is government departments.

[StoneY]

I hope this proves sucessfull (and doesn't end up killing some other type of road user). This seems like a real solution to the cheese cutter.

Maaate ANYTHING is better than the chees cutter, including nothing at all except white paint!

Mates of mine in the UK are over the moon with this trial, if it works NZ should adopt the system.

It looks like it could even be added to the cheese cutters we have now (the way it looks) to lessen the chance of being decapitated, shredded, and generally diced, as simple as stretching some high quality nylon netting accross the supports!
Aweome idea and very functional!

[ready4whatever]

still looks nasty to me and still would rather not hit anything :baby:

[robo555]

Do none of you people ever believe me? :scratch:

As it happens, I have come up with a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyorseqq8W4

From there, understand a company called Signpost Solutions has come up with the product:

http://www.signfix.co.uk/news-details.asp?NID=62


I don't make this stuff up you know! I actually hunt these news items down :sherlock:

I'm sure people believe you, but links are handy so we can actually see what these things look like, and to find out more info about them.

[StoneY]

still looks nasty to me and still would rather not hit anything :baby:

Oh true that mate, true that
I have NO intentions of being the test dummy, none at all.

But anything that makes them damn cables less dangerous to us the better, surely
:niceone:

[sunhuntin]

i posted c&p articles in the cheesecutter campaign board.

[fliplid]

Go this item on a mail today...

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/biker-friendly-central-reservation/7785.html

supposed to make "safety" barriers safer.

[StoneY]

Go this item on a mail today...

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/biker-friendly-central-reservation/7785.html

supposed to make "safety" barriers safer.

Well spotted mate- think it will make its way down here before we all have to put the trainer wheels and geriatric nappies on?:whistle: