Check out this story and photos a friend of mine shared with me.
Accident (apx. 9/10 or 9/17/2010) north of Deer Lodge, Montana on I-90. The driver was approximately 22 year old guy heading east to College. He had left central Washington early in the morning. He fell asleep at the wheel and drifted off the shoulder hitting the end of the section of guard rail.
The guard rail came through the right headlight, engine compartment, firewall, glove box, passenger seat, rear seat and exited out the driver’s side of the rear window. That is 120 LF of guard rail that threaded through the suburban.
No passengers and the driver was not injured.
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Matt Stafford says
And they say guard rails can't do this!!
Dave H says
I have a guard rail in front of my house on a curve. A car hit it one night and the rail sections flexed enough to catch the front edge of the door.
It ripped a large section of the sheet metal from the door that was left sticking out of the rail.
The other parts left behind indicated it was a red 78 or 79 Ford Fairmont. The car drove away before I could get outside, but I heard the crash.