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Is it safe to use cable median barrier where 85 percentile speeds exceed 65 mph?

April 26, 2017barrier cable exceed median MPH Percentile safe speeds

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Is it safe to use cable median barrier where 85 percentile speeds exceed 65 mph?

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Yes. When updating NCHRP 350, researchers found that barrier impacts typically did not exceed 100 km/hr (62.5 mph), even when the travel speeds were higher. For this reason, crash testing of median barrier continues to be conducted at 100 km/hr.