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Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
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Default How does one drill a hole in a guardrail anyway?

On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 08:33:56 -0700, Bill
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Are you sure the owner wants holes drilled in his railing?


Right!

Those guardrails are designed to collapse in the event a vehicle hits
one. This reduces injuries to people in the vehicle. I would rather not
be responsible for modifying one or mounting objects on one which would
in any way alter the function of it! (And then get some lawyer claiming
I was partially responsible for injuries caused in an accident.)

Traffic engineers would have a fit if they saw that. They go to a lot of
work to get road signs and so forth to "break away" if a vehicle hits
them. Like this...

http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_d...hardware/ctrme
asures/breakaway/



How do we know it is in a place cars will hit it? Could just be a
barrier along a walkway in a park. Do you think he'd be mounting a
trash can along an I-95 exit ramp?