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04-01-2010, 12:06 PM
emayer wrote:
After a bad morning I decided to take the afternoon off and check out this highway of reflector hell and here's what I found; All sections of this road that had a guardrail needed it. It was installed to protect from the very steep drop off that was near the roadway. That drop off was anywhere from 6' - 10' below the roadway and in many case's there was a small stream flowing in it. The guardrail was not continuous but ran for short sections of which the longest was about 200 yards. The reflectors where mounted to the posts with epoxy and were spaced 16' - 20' apart, not 5'. The reflectors appear to be of high quality, easily manufactured, economical and extremely easy to install. ALL sections of this road that had this guardrail needed it, and I would have to compliment on a job well done Pendott!
The next time you bitch about something you might want to dig a little deeper first. Anyone who wishes to see some photo's send me a PM, I tried to post them here but my file size is to large.
Quote:Sorry for the delayed response, been away.
Actually, I spend alot of time in both countries. No question, America is superior though! I point out the reflector system used there because it makes more sense. Again, I'm not against the concept at all, but if you take a ride on this particular road you'll see that it wasn't implemented well and is a waste of resources. Sounds like Flagler county Florida did a better job of this. Brings up a reasonable question, shouldn't all this be standardized?
Here's the location for any doubters out there:
Easton Road, Hellertown PA. Follow this in the direction (East) toward Riegelsville and you'll see my point. (Hopefully).
After a bad morning I decided to take the afternoon off and check out this highway of reflector hell and here's what I found; All sections of this road that had a guardrail needed it. It was installed to protect from the very steep drop off that was near the roadway. That drop off was anywhere from 6' - 10' below the roadway and in many case's there was a small stream flowing in it. The guardrail was not continuous but ran for short sections of which the longest was about 200 yards. The reflectors where mounted to the posts with epoxy and were spaced 16' - 20' apart, not 5'. The reflectors appear to be of high quality, easily manufactured, economical and extremely easy to install. ALL sections of this road that had this guardrail needed it, and I would have to compliment on a job well done Pendott!
The next time you bitch about something you might want to dig a little deeper first. Anyone who wishes to see some photo's send me a PM, I tried to post them here but my file size is to large.
Past RTR member