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Originally Posted by Patrick
The point I was trying to make is they're now spending loads of our tax dollars on the same cable barrier system on I-35, an interstate where there are far more semis than on the parkway. On I-35, if the cable barrier won't stop these semis from crossing over, what good are they worth?
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My guess is that they're cheaper than concrete barriers. They're also probably better than nothing. Building concrete barriers along the entire median of I-35 is cost prohibitive. When you've only had ONE death in the history of a safety device from it failing in this state, that's hardly a call to spend millions and millions to make sure it doesn't happen again within the next 10 or so years.
Driving is a risky business. To some extent, you take your life into your own hands when you get behind the wheel. The trucking company likely will end up paying a good sum of money to the family of the deceased. That is their incentive to make sure their trucks don't cross the median.