Guardrail Safety

Guardrails are supposed to absorb a car’s energy when they are hit from the front. In many cases, they are designed to absorb the energy and coil away. We hardly notice them when we’re driving as they sit along the side of the highway. They’re easy to overlook when they’re doing their job but when they don’t work, some say the consequences can be deadly. Ben Simpson‘s animation for 16×9 shows how guardrails can be dangerous when they are defective.