In article , Ted
says...

Steel gratings are used on such bridges because it provides much less
roadway mass, a big help in designing an opening bridge. Personally,
I'd like to see more emphasis on raising the standards for driver
competence than attempting to engineer away all hazards. Driving is
*not* a right, and penalties for causing injury and death are laughably
light for drivers. The person who "lost control" and killed the
pedestrian was fined for careless driving. A better outcome would be to
confiscate the car, crush it, remove driving privileges and compensate
for the death. Saying "It was an accident" doesn't cut it.

Yep. And the driver in question paid for her stupidity in driving
disctracted (cell phone) by forfeiting her car. Best of all it
wasn't the state that confiscated it, but mr. Newton's laws!

Jim


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