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Guardrails to Replace Grass Median on Parkway
Tags: Middle Township, New Jersey Turnpike Authority
April 10, 2009 Fatal parkway crash that killed James E. Trout, 54 of Upper Darby, PA. Trouts 1992 Mercury Topaz crossed the center grass median and struck a northbound 2005 Nissan Altima driven by Karen T. Thompson, of Springfield, MA.
Photo by Harry B. Scheeler, Jr
COURT HOUSE - State lawmakers Tuesday announced guardrails will be placed along six miles of the Garden State Parkway to prevent head-on crashes similar to one that killed a Pennsylvania man four days earlier, The Press of Atlantic City reports.
The effort to bring those barriers to a stretch of the parkway in Middle Township started nearly three months ago after another fatal head-on collision in the area.
Legislators from the 1st District said the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which operates the parkway, will install guardrails to divide the southbound and northbound lanes between mileposts 6 and 12 by early summer.
The area there differs from much of the 173-mile parkway because the median is a patch of grass rather than a larger wooded area, or a concrete or metal barrier.
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Fri, 04/17/2009 - 10:44pm - Posted by: tuckahoekid
Well once they hit the guard rail, they are going to take out the car next to them, and potentially the cars doing 60mph behind them. If I were going to crash I would like to have that 50 feet of grass to potentially stop the car before injuring others. Now you're limiting me to 25 feet, where more than likely I'm going to hit the guardrail, and bounce into traffic, and get hit by 4 more cars.
At least you have a chance of making it across the opposite flowing side of the parkway.
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 5:24am - Posted by: poster
You can't please them all. It is a very good plan to put the guardrails up. Do the math & figure it out. Too many lives have been lost with not having the guardrails!
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 12:18am - Posted by: Vader
A head on collision with both vehicles traveling at 60 MPH (most drive faster on the Pkwy) is devestating as you know from the two recent trageties. You have a better shot at bouncing off a guardrail and side swiping a car that is traveling in the same direction as you are at around the same speed give or take a few MPH at least IMHO. So yes I believe that guardrails will do Jack. You can't please all. If the lawmakers don't put them up, it will be said that they don't care about this section of the state! They always look us over! Blah Blah Blah! They say that they are putting them up, and it is a political stunt that won't work anyway in some of your eyes. Woooo!
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 5:55pm - Posted by: zoomerang
Well, Well, lawmakers here to save the day could they be more gay?? Look at the expressway I say!
The guardrails will bounce the car out of control back in the same lane and take out the car next to it.
Mark my words the guardrails will not do jack!
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 2:13pm - Posted by: tuckahoekid
Great, now people can just look forward to smashing into a nice guard rail, and it having to be replaced.
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 6:09am - Posted by: VanZant
Sad Jim is gone but at least something positive came from it
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 5:49am - Posted by: poster
I am happy this is going to happen. Any thing to help save lives is a good thing.