1985 Lincoln Town Car crash barrier

[SC Maintenance]

Inspired to post by another thread - thought some might find this funny in a fatalistic sort of way. This is a gas station in Cayce SC. There is a Y in the road caused by a redesign a few years back - and people keep missing their turn and crash into the gas station. One crash took out all their pumps and shut them down for a while. They have installed an old Lincoln town car limo for a barricade.

The link has full story along with a video of one of the earlier crashes.

As cars keep crashing into West Columbia gas station, SC looking into road fixes

After a series of car accidents at the sharp turn left the owner, employees and customers of Al's Car Wash & Exxon Happy Mart with financial hardship and emotional weariness,

www.postandcourier.com

 

[brianl703]

Here's a view from Google street view showing what it looks like. Perhaps adding some chevron signs in the median might clue drivers into the fact that this road curves sharply to the right.

 

[Brian123]

Al's Car Wash & Exxon Happy Mart!

 

[Danno]

Time for some Jersey barriers, double depth.

 

[Kira]

There's a gas station in Colorado (pretty sure) at the base of a hill which installed a row of 6 or 8, 12 foot tall, reinforced concrete sculptures as crash protectors. They bulge in the middle so if one gets hit it'll topple slightly and contact the one next to it. This spreads the force.

 

[mk378]

Time for some Jersey barriers, double depth.

I looked into that for my driveway. They're a lot more expensive than junk cars.