Daily gripe: wasted effort on guard rail

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From: Walt Horning
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00

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I was coming up I-95 and I saw where a guard-rail had been hit and
caved-in, towards the shoulder and away from traffic. Some highway
crew had put up some orange barrels next to it.

Gee, I wonder if the next driver who skids out of control will see the
barrels and somehow magically bring the vehicle under control just
long enough to avoid that part of the guard rail and hit some other
part instead?

So why did they waste time and money on the barrels?

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