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    Quote Originally Posted by motorbyclist View Post
    wait, i think i misread that

    but you are aware that, just a few weeks after a rider was cut in half on the southern motorway, a truck crashed through the same stretch of barrier:

    crossed the median, hit two oncoming cars and ended up in a tree on the other side.

    total failure.

    then there's this pleasant photo that get's most car drivers to change their opinion




    in the areas further down SH1 the WRB are ON the double yellow line; they aren't preventing a head on in a accident, they're preventing dumbasses from passing when there's oncoming traffic and causing the accident, and causing endless frustration for those stuck behind a truck doing 80kph at 1am on a friday night
    I am fully aware and it was on the Saterday at 3.30am Dan was killed by these things, and it was Sunday that the Truck went through the WRB's less than 2 K's from where my son died.

    Also ask yourself why the Falcon is so low a res, if you import into a img program and enlarge you will see.
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    http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%...6075.htmlcheck the above link and then look to find what the diver was.

    Also follow some of the links on the page bellow
    http://www.safermotorways.co.uk/featurearchive.htm


    http://www.police.qld.gov.au/News+an...up+July+25.htm

    (above from the Queensland Police release -went over the top of the WRB in Aus)

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4424105a23918.html

    http://mraa.org.au/forum/modules/iss....php?pagenum=7

    The effect on a bike and two on it when its a steel barrier with posts you can hit below

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3b6_1202085895

    http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news...le_12898.shtml

    And another reason Britian has changed their minds over WRB's and are now looking at Concrete
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6913200.stm

    Raphael Grzebieta: (Raphael G-shz-bee-Eta)of Victoria’s Monash University


    I see it as the next frontier where we can really get this road toll right down. I’m talking about human error tolerant systems. That’s what we need to build.

    Karina Kelly, Reporter:
    What does that mean?

    Raphael Grzebieta:
    Well it means people make mistakes. People can fall asleep. Yes someone might be drunk, someone might be speeding. Sure they should wear the consequences of that. However, should that person die as a result of an incorrectly designed system?

    Claes Tingvall:
    Having a road transport system that kills and injures so many people is not the way to live in a civilized society.
    And finally read the whole page


    Bengineer says "Barrier failure may be 1st in state
    Cars rarely go under cables,"
    ( Seem we have the same mentality as LTNZ in the States,the Road engineer should read the facts on the artical below, not that uncommon)
    http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=690243

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    Quote Originally Posted by WelshWizard View Post
    Also ask yourself why the Falcon is so low a res, if you import into a img program and enlarge you will see.
    Have you got the ability to do that? If you do would it be possible for you to save a copy of it and email it to me? I have useless software on here, and that is one image I would really love to use in, I already have it added to flyers, but as you say the resolution is crap.
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    Nonono,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mom View Post
    Have you got the ability to do that? If you do would it be possible for you to save a copy of it and email it to me? I have useless software on here, and that is one image I would really love to use in, I already have it added to flyers, but as you say the resolution is crap.
    Handy to have in higher res...but are you sure you want to see the contents of the car? Some things are better left to the imagination. Then again, I did post the pic of the sliced up girl a while back...enough to turn the strongest stomach.
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Handy to have in higher res...but are you sure you want to see the contents of the car? Some things are better left to the imagination. Then again, I did post the pic of the sliced up girl a while back...enough to turn the strongest stomach.
    I agree it may be a bit strong, perhaps pixulate the contents of the vehicle a little to disguise the horror, but leave enough there to make it clear. I want the pic poster sized, bet a few more people would sit up and take notice if they could see what it does to cars.
    Quote Originally Posted by Gubb View Post
    Nonono,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mom View Post
    I agree it may be a bit strong, perhaps pixulate the contents of the vehicle a little to disguise the horror, but leave enough there to make it clear. I want the pic poster sized, bet a few more people would sit up and take notice if they could see what it does to cars.
    They do when they see that pic...poster size would be good.
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    They do when they see that pic...poster size would be good.
    Yepper, so the next question is who on here has the ability to work the magic. I know a couple of printers that may be able to do some "cheapish" printing
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mom View Post
    Have you got the ability to do that? If you do would it be possible for you to save a copy of it and email it to me? I have useless software on here, and that is one image I would really love to use in, I already have it added to flyers, but as you say the resolution is crap.

    All I did was save it to the desk top and used Kodak imige to open it then resized it as large as I could before it became imposible to see what was what, white seat becomes some what RED when enlarged a small amount.

    What would be good if we could get the original photo file before it was edited down to such a low Res

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    Quote Originally Posted by WelshWizard View Post
    I am fully aware and it was on the Saterday at 3.30am Dan was killed by these things, and it was Sunday that the Truck went through the WRB's less than 2 K's from where my son died.

    Also ask yourself why the Falcon is so low a res, if you import into a img program and enlarge you will see.
    yeah as i said i must've misread your post (it seemed to read the opposite to your intention)

    and yeah, i did notice that aspect of the pic

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