Thread: Speeding 370z driver skewered by guard rail in Irving, TX.
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Old 02-03-2015, 12:13 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by carmelvalleyZ View Post
I'm skeptical that guardrail specs include safely stopping a 3200 pound car going 100 MPH - yeah, its probably supposed to crumple but freak things happen at that speed. He could have been skewered by one of the guardrail posts; would we then be saying that those posts ought to break away in a crash?
You can bet there are some lawyers who will be willing to take the case cause the man was injured due to the guard rail.
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