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Re:Tesla crash in September showed similarities to fatal Mou... by danso on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:12AM (#16762278)
via an earlier story: http://abc7news.com/automotive/exclusive-i-team-investigates...

> CalTrans finally sent ABC7 News a statement later Thursday"confirming" it's their policy to fix broken safety barriers within seven days, or five business days ... but storms delayed the work. As Dan Noyes reported Wednesday, the family told me they believe Walter Huang would have survived, if CalTrans fixed that safety barrier in a timely fashion.

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Re:Tesla crash in September showed similarities to fatal Mou... by kwhitefoot on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:48AM (#16762443)
Until the barrier is fixed that part of the road should have some sort of marking to indicate that there is an extra danger there, that's what cones were invented for.
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Re:Tesla crash in September showed similarities to fatal Mou... by dannyw on Thursday April 05, 2018 @10:26AM (#16765164)
I'm sure a hitting series of traffic cones taking up the space where the safety barrier was could have alerted even a modestly distracted driver to brake.
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