Vehicle crashed into the Looney Bin Sunday

[LoveLakeLife]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Really?

Would someone be responsible for not putting up a strong barrier if a plane falls on their house because they live near an airport?

Ooh, ooh—or the barber shop I go to that sits alongside train tracks? Should I suggest they put up a strong barrier lest an Amtrak derails and plows into the building while I'm getting a sweet cut?

And where would the LB even have put those barriers?! The car LITERALLY came in through the main road and building entrance.

Someone above mentioned that both parties are at fault, and that's the truth...though if this situation plays out a hundred times, the same thing probably happens 99.

People drive up lanes that are open even when others are backed up—just look at every highway every day while driving through traffic, tolls, accident backups, etc.

And people always "let others go" without paying much attention to what's coming the other way and drivers will almost always take advantage of that because, well, we wouldn't be driving if we didn't have anywhere to go.

This was an accident, the type that happens in a world with humans and machines and movement of both.

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haha the “ooh ooh” sarcasm is unattractive. Your examples are silly, by design I’m sure. Bollards are industry standard in such geographic situations. Look around town, any town. If the “stuff happens” attitude were to prevail, pajamas would still be flammable and cars wouldn’t have safety glass. If it’s foreseeable it’s preventable. If a foreseeable risk is ignored and someone is injured as a result, it’s negligence not an accident. A baby in a high chair spilling his milk is an accident.


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[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by LoveLakeLife

haha the “ooh ooh” sarcasm is unattractive. Your examples are silly, by design I’m sure. Bollards are industry standard in such geographic situations. Look around town, any town. If the “stuff happens” attitude were to prevail, pajamas would still be flammable and cars wouldn’t have safety glass. If it’s foreseeable it’s preventable. If a foreseeable risk is ignored and someone is injured as a result, it’s negligence not an accident. A baby in a high chair spilling his milk is an accident.


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"In such geographic situations"? Like what, perfect straightaways? Anywhere there's moving vehicles?

My examples were hyperbolic, yes, because the suggestion that it's TLB's fault is absurd.

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[fatlazyless]

Found this ...... www.mccue.com/safety-bollards ..... a company that makes different bollards and says "Safety is no accident! With CrashCore Bollards, you keep your people safe."

The Walmart's in Gilford, Plymouth and Tilton all have bollards at their customer entrance presumably to keep motor vehicles out of the store.

Some combination of bollards, and a concrete Jersey barrier could go good, there.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Found this ...... www.mccue.com/safety-bollards ..... a company that makes different bollards and says "Safety is no accident! With CrashCore Bollards, you keep your people safe."

The Walmart's in Gilford, Plymouth and Tilton all have bollards at their customer entrance presumably to keep motor vehicles out of the store.

Some combination of bollards, and a concrete Jersey barrier could go good, there.

Last month, I wrote (here) of a Jersey Barrier in Maryland which. launched a small car into the air, subsequently killing eight construction workers.

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by ApS

Last month, I wrote (here) of a Jersey Barrier in Maryland which. launched a small car into the air, subsequently killing eight construction workers.

Well, that's a valid criticism on solid concrete barriers, so could be that two or three or four or five large granite boulders could be good, thinking the boulders would be irregular shaped as opposed to a Jersey concrete barrier and could absorb the impact by moving or rolling a wee bit ........ rock & roll! ..... with real N.H. gray granite boulders weighing 5000-lbs each ..... creating a protective rock garden.

Who knows but maybe Looney Bin will bring in some big, heavy, large, granite boulders and some soil and build an attractive rock garden, out front that's both protects and enhances, with big boulders and green grass and Looney Bin may become 'Looney Bin on the Rocks' ...... or something!