Comments on: Making Kuwait Safer

By: q8Sultana

q8Sultana — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:06:28 +0000

I think whoever would run a lightpost down should then be liable to pay for a replacement.
That would be the least they could do for not getting killed, and Kuwait would still have lights…
Or everyone would have like a limit of one lightpole. Anymore, and you’d have to pay for replacements. That way serial car-crashers would have an incentive to slow down…

…in a dream world :o)

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:14:50 +0000

3baid Kuwait recently started installing the barrels, I have seen a couple already but I dont know if they are filled up with water or sand.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:14:12 +0000

DesertRose if these poles have been in use by the Swedish for 12 years now I think you can say they have been tested.. throughly.

By: 3baid

3baid — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:01:45 +0000

Those poles are soooo old! It’s not just poles, they have water/sand barrels between highways and exits to make collision smoother.

By: DesertRose

DesertRose — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:47:39 +0000

Well, Kuwait is not using them because they have not been proven 100% safe.You cant simply install or put something new with out tests and it also depends on alot of factors, Kuwait has a very hot weather which might affect the material of the poles.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:30:35 +0000

they will have to be replaced after they are they are hit so you are right we might end up with no lights at all lol

i tried finding these poles on google but didnt have any luck.

By: Unknown Entity

Unknown Entity — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:27:14 +0000

Cool idea. What about the poles after the accident? Do they have to be replaced or can they just be placed back upright? How does that work? If it has to be replaced I don’t see it working to well in Kuwait… takes weeks to get the cars of the roads. Within two months we’d have no light poles left!! hee hee

By: x p e l l e d

x p e l l e d — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:47:15 +0000

Yeah I saw that since I am stayin on discovery 24/7. It’s pretty much urprising and reassuring how that guy drove himself into the light pole he created, it would save so many lives if they use it here too, but that’s not gonna happen.