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INDOT cable barriers
Posted: Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 - 09:39:01 am EDT
After careful study and research, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has determined cable safety barriers are highly effective in preventing serious cross-over median crashes on Indiana interstates. As a result, INDOT will expand the use of cable safety barrier in Indiana ahead of schedule by investing $20 million over the next two years to install the barrier in areas with the highest potential for interstate cross-over median crashes.
“We’re extremely pleased INDOT is moving forward with cable safety barrier installation,” said Indiana Federal Highway Administration Division Administrator Robert Tally.
“It’s a tragedy that vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people ages 4 to 34. By taking bold steps to reduce cross-over median interstate crashes, Indiana is helping lead the national effort to improve highway safety.”
Investing $20 million to install new cable barriers will significantly improve safety along 150 miles of Indiana interstate. To determine where the cable barriers will be installed, engineers identified interstate segments with the highest risk for cross-over median crashes. It is estimated barriers at these higher-risk segments have the potential to prevent more than 100 serious crashes each year.
“At INDOT, our focus is improving safety for Hoosiers and promoting economic growth - cable safety barrier does both,” said INDOT Commissioner Karl B. Browning. “Most importantly, with cable safety barrier we have the potential to save many Hoosier lives.”
Cable barriers are a fence of high-tension cable wires. When a vehicle crashes into the barriers, it is directed along the wires and captured between them. Cable barriers greatly reduce the chance of a vehicle crossing the median into oncoming traffic or bouncing back into traffic traveling the same direction.
The cable safety barriers are popular with law enforcement officers, motorists and the public. Many of the drivers who hit the cable barrier said if the barrier had not stopped them, they would probably have crossed the median, hit oncoming traffic, and been seriously injured or killed. Law enforcement officers who investigated hits on the cable barrier said there was no doubt the barrier was saving lives and reducing injuries.
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