
Originally Posted by
Kickaha

Originally Posted by
inlinefour
The wire cable barriers are great. They stop vehicles from the other side of the road from ending up in frount of me
Except they don't all the time, there have already been several instances in NZ where vehicles have gone all the way through
Add to this the fact that they are ALWAYS there. Given that you find yourself sliding towards the oncoming lane the probability of hitting the barrier is 100%, the chance of hitting oncoming traffic is considerably lower - expecially in off-peak times.
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