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Take away the 1 foot high curb and replace it with hollow spikes placed every 3 feet or so.
This way when a driver loses control of his or her car, all they have to do is replace the tires. Not spend a couple grand for a whole new front end.
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I assume this is based on the Stinger / SpikeStrip principle that hollow spikes deflate tyres slowly allowing the driver to retain control while still forcing him to stop. Note the word 'retain'; if the car is already out of control, I don't think this would help. |
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I like this because it is halfbaked in the best way: the well intentioned, superficially plausible idea which would be an absolute disaster if implemented. |
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"Recipes for disaster" really ought to be the motto for this site. |
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The curbs are there so you dont go into the oncoming lane and die in a head-on collision. |
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Where I live, there is a dim painted line seperating you from hurtling death in the opposite lane. Curbs are to protect lawns and flowers. |
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And since you are here, I assume that the dim line works well... |
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I would think the threat of the spikes themselves would be much more effective than an actual curb. |
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I've not seen many centerline curbs. |
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We have a few in NYC, thin remnants of much wider strips with grass and trees. |
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I'm still wondering why we need to blow out the tires of the large group of people who need to pull over on a road for some reason, to save a modicum of money for some small number of people who lose control of their cars. And I'm also not clear how a 1' curb/kerb will cave in your whole front-end/bonnet. |
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To teach them a lesson of course. |
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Actually, near where I work, cheeky buggers are always parking on the pavement. This would be a good deterrent. |
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/to save a modicum of money for some small number of people who lose control of their cars/ - if you are plagued by this problem, as I am, that modicum adds up fast. This idea would also ameliorate the sheer terror felt by folks who look out their front window and see a car careening across their lawn towards them. |
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I have never lost control of my car. I dont see how you all cant understand how much damage curbs cause to cars. While not stoping them, let me add. |
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