University of Nebraska highway guardrail test vs. EVs

[Wayne]

The University of Nebraska did highway guardrail testing with EVs that have a low center of gravity and dense battery packs. The results show highway guardrails aren't up to the task of stopping EVs when impacts are at a higher angle than a glancing blow.

This makes me wonder if any guardrails were meant to stop an RV, which can certainly be heavier than an EV?

Nebraska experts weigh highway safety and electric vehicles | College of Engineering | University of Nebraska–Lincoln

The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has mobilized to answer the safety and military defense questions raised by the burgeoning number of electric vehicles (EV) on the nation’s roadways.

engineering.unl.edu

 

[MSCH]

safety people are always thinking.. " if we can only save one life"

But I reminisce back to these and wonder what the safety Zazi's would think of them

 

[OLEJOE]

Maybe Im weird or something but in 53 years of driving and 4 million plus miles I have failed to hit a guard rail. I do understand that there are places that really need them but I thought the idea was to stay off of them.

 

[Wayne]

Maybe Im weird or something but in 53 years of driving and 4 million plus miles I have failed to hit a guard rail. I do understand that there are places that really need them but I thought the idea was to stay off of them.

You obviously don't use your cell phone enough when you are driving.

 

[ctechbob]

safety people are always thinking.. " if we can only save one life"

But I reminisce back to these and wonder what the safety Zazi's would think of them

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Those were everywhere in the area I grew up in. Looking at what little street view there is of the area, most of them have been replaced.