Weeeeeeeeeee

[Kemet]

Watching 5th Gear on telly at the moment and saw something interesting....

http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain.jsp?lnk=401&featureid=518&show=s10e3&section=Consumer

And that was just a car.... I wonder how a bike would fair???:doh:

[Kemet]

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[FROSTY]

pretty messy I'd suggest

[Big Dog]

Well duh. Given that these are the same shape as the roll over ramps the stunt persons use...

So, has anyone investigated what happens on the Wire Rope barriers that are in a similar shape on the ends?

[WarlockNZ]

I would imagine the car would tip over a lot quicker and not launch as high..

I can show what they can do tho.

82971

Now that's scary!.

anf then there's this

http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=449440

and this PDF http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/atsb201.pdf from the Department of Transport and Regional Services Australian Transport Safety Bureau

[jim.cox]

I note that here in NZ we generally (always ?) use a bull nose end to Armco barriers. Thats the sort of end they show toward the end of the clip

And I note also that the Wire rope barriers do terminate into the ground like those British ones