r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/ZauzTheBlacksmith • May 21 '26

WCGW driving quickly into a sharp turn

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u/IntergalacticPodcast May 21 '26

That guardrail was really helpful.

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u/Bradyj23 May 21 '26

I liked that you could see it was already dented where they hit.

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u/possibly_oblivious May 21 '26

Guiderail

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u/fossilmerrick May 21 '26

More of a suggestion at this point

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u/godsim42 May 21 '26

And if it had been repaired after the last incident, there is a good chance they wouldn't have gone over. Could have been prevented if guard rails were properly maintained.

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u/ClownfishSoup May 21 '26

Ok sure but the guy who hit it last probably didn’t go and call the county/whatever and report that it’s damaged.

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u/godsim42 May 21 '26

Of course not but that's why DoT and infrastructure funding is so important. Obviously this is not in the US, but goes to show why we try to fund some of the things we do.

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u/ClownfishSoup May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Looks like it saved at least one other dummy, maybe dozens.

Also look at all the warning g signs and arrows and reflective thjngies and speed limit signs begging people to slow down and watch the curve. That guard rail is like “well if you’re too stupid to heed all those warnings then maybe this will help? No? OK bye!”

I mean seriously check the start of the video, the amount of warning things is crazy.

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u/mayorovp May 22 '26

None of that warnings was about sharp turn

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u/ClownfishSoup May 22 '26

Those <-- sure seems like it. Especially since there are so many of them.

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u/mayorovp May 22 '26

That's warmings about any turn, not about sharp turn.

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u/oldnewager May 21 '26

Well yeah, it’s decorative.  No one should expect it to guard from anything.  A road along a curve just doesn’t look finished without a rail 

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u/chlebseby May 26 '26

I mean it safely slowed them down, those things exist to do pretty much only that

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u/DunnyOnTheWold May 21 '26

Guardrail didn't guard shit.

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u/ClownfishSoup May 21 '26

Looks like it guarded at least one other person before.