Petition against wire crash barriers

[Trevini]

Please sign this guys (uk only)

 

They've used taut wires for the central reservation on the A11 in Norfolk and this stuff is potentially lethal.

 

Linky 

[Gregg]

I can vouch for the damage a wire barrier can do to a motorcycle rider. I wont go in to the gory details but I was following a sports bike rider along a motorway in Sydney about 5 years ago and a ladder fell of a ute in front of him, launched his bike into the air and threw him fairly much straight into the barrier. I stopped to give first aid but that was impossible.

I now always ride a lane away from those type of barriers and keep a very close eye on tradesmen and their gear - roof mounted, in trailers and on the back of open utilities. 

Sign the petition !!

Unfortunately the local authorities ignored the petition the Motorcycle Council presented down here and we have these fences everywhere now. 

[GraeV11]

Done and have forwarded to my biker buddies.

[Twocati]

We have those dividing several freeways in Alberta and quite a few in Montana too. I've see a video that stops  large trucks from crossing into oncoming traffic with just 3 strands of braided cable. But for a motorcyclist or a person thrown from a vehicle into that at speed it would be horrific. Please sign it.