Crash test: Highway Construction Sites DEKRA Calls For Protection Measures

The path to the holiday often involves highway construction sites. A place where very few motorists feel comfortable. The DEKRA crash tests shows the lurking dangers and calls for new security measures.

Nearly half of all motorists, according to a DEKRA feels unsafe in highway construction survey. One in six even gets scared, partly due to narrow lanes. DEKRA accident researchers have now called for measures against accidents in the anti-comfort zones. Temporary markings should be checked regularly, they should also rumble and crash cushions walls for signal (ie the mobile signs) are used consistently. Claims are based on actual crash tests in the Swiss home game, which confirmed these assessments. And that was tested:


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1. Impact on crash cushions. A vehicle approaching a daily site. His driver ignores the safety car, which marks the beginning of the construction site. It comes to a collision at 75 km / h against the attachment to the rear of the truck. Fortunately, the mobile warning device is provided with a crash cushion. You may save the driver's life.


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Second Collision with a broken down vehicle. A vehicle is in a construction area with a breakdown on the right track, a hard shoulder is not available. The driver tried to vest to fix the glitch with the hood open. His child is in the back seat, secured with a child seat and seat belt. The wrecked car is covered poorly. Therefore, the driver of a vehicle following the situation realizes too late and can not stop in time. It comes to hitting 55 km / h


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Third Oncoming traffic collision in a pivoting. In a Spurverschwenkung drives a van at a construction site in the right lane go straight instead of following the Spurverschwenkung. He thereby urges the moving to his left small car into the opposite lane. This runs over the first limitation, and then rebounds with 50 km / h into the oncoming, about the same vehicle speed.

At the same time, the researchers warn motorists to increased attention within highway construction sites. Inattention, working on the radio or even the writing of text messages are taboo. On the narrow, left-lane drivers should, if possible at the same pace misaligned and prevent overtaking, the transportation experts.