Thread: How to dissect a motorcyclist.

Plenty of them in Oz also.

They have them in Oz too. Slightly different in that the ropes cross over but they would still make a big mess of you.

Yes, recently I was reading a motorcycle magazine and it had an article on this sort of barrier and also ones which grab cars.

Without a pic it is hard to explain but I don't have the picture but it is amazing how the people who take care of our roads don't put motorcyclists even on the list of safety really.

Everything is geared towards cars which is fine if you drive a car but not if your a motorcyclist. And it is a real concern considering motorcycles have no protection to begin with.

Xavier

I've always known them as cheez graters too. There common on the Hume Hwy around Bo ho and Tenerife, Vic.

As I understand the idea is that the posts snap off too obsorb the impact and the cable slows the car down, streches and stops the car bouncing back off.

However I doubt it would budge an inch with an impact from a bike rider.

My opinion, Easo

Just playing devils advocate here but wouldn't the concrete barriers or the metal ones (Are they called amcor or something?) be just as bad for a biker to hit.

With the concrete barriers you're likely to be splattered and with the wire barriers sliced - you still don't have a good chance of surviving an accident where you go into a barrier.

You could hit a concrete barrier at a shy angle and even if you break bones there's a good chance you'll survive, the impact is spread over a larger surface area.
Same scenario with a wire rope and you're mozzarella.

Originally Posted by djhampson

Just playing devils advocate here but wouldn't the concrete barriers or the metal ones (Are they called amcor or something?) be just as bad for a biker to hit.

With the concrete barriers you're likely to be splattered and with the wire barriers sliced - you still don't have a good chance of surviving an accident where you go into a barrier.

Put bluntly...

NO....

I've had a few friends hurt by wire barriers & 2 friends killed (1 rider, the other a separate incident was a pillion)

Riders hitting the solid pressed steel ones never came off as bad as the riders that hit the wire ones they replaced them with.

just for info, these barriers have been used in the UK for years, mostly on freeways/motorways/highways. I have never seen them on country roads in the UK.