ONE
ONE LANE
ONE LANE OF THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE AS A WESTBOUND LANE IF
THE REPAIR TAKES MU4@CH LONGER.
CAST
CAST IRON
CAST IRON ROAD REFLECTOR IS
RESPONSIB
>>>
>>> IS
>>> IS DESIGNED TO KEEP YOU SAFE BUT THIS IS WHAT CAN
HAPPEN WHEN THINGS GO WRONG.
A CAST IRON ROAD REFLECTOR
RESPONSIBLE OR THIS 4@GASH IN A
GRANDMOTHER'S WINDSHIELD.4@
GRANDMOTHER'S WINDSHIELD.4@ ARE THOSE HEAVY REFLECTORS SAFE
TO BE ON THE ROAD? 4@
WE INVESTIGATE.
T
>>
>> I
>> I DIDN'T SEE IT IT JUST HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >>
>>
>> >>
>> >> Reporter: IT WAS SO4@ QUICK
SHERRY, DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TIME
TO THINK.
TO THINK.
TO THINK. >> I HEARD FIZZY4@ WHICH
APPARENT4@LY WAS THE AIR COMING
TO THE CLASS4@.
>> SHE WAS DRIVING HER
GRANDDAUGHTER TO DANCE PRACTICE
WHEN LIKE A MISSILE SOMETHING
BROKE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD
PUNCTURING 4@THE THANKFULLY EMP
PASSENGER SEAT WITH SHERRY'S
SIX-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IN
THE BACKSEAT.
THE BACKSEAT. >> TH4@IS SHOULD NOT HAVE
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. I UNDERSTAND ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED.
>> REMARKABLE NO ONE WAS
INJURED.4@
INJURED.4@ SHERRY'S HUSBAND JAMES CAN'T
STOP THINKING WHAT HAVE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN.
HAVE BEEN. IT IMPALED THE SEAT.
>> ANYBODY SITTING HERE THERE
IS NO ODDS OF SURVIVAL4@. 4@
>> THIS IS A CORPORATE DAY FIVE
POUND CAST IRON ROAD REFLECTOR
DEFINED TO WITHSTAND SNOWPLOWS
AS A SCRAPE ACROSS THE GROUND4@
BUT IT'S NOT STRENGTH THAT MADE
SHERRY, BILL THEY COULD ALSO BE
BUT IT'S NOT STRENGTH THAT MADE SHERRY, BILL THEY COULD ALSO BE@
DANGEROUS.
DANGEROUS. >> THEY HAVE 4@TO DO 4@SOMETHIN
BEFORE KILLS SOMEBODY.
>> WE SPOKE TO AN EXPERT ON
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. >> IT CAN BECOME DISLODGED IF
YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A BLADE
>> IT CAN BECOME DISLODGED IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A BLADE@
OF A SNOWPLOW GOING OVER TIME
AND TIME AGAIN, AND THEN YOU
AND WHETHER.
AND WHETHER. >> ACROSS THE RIVER YOU 4@WILL
FIND4@4@ MISSOURI IS ONE OF MAN
STATES WHO HAVE ALREADY
DISCONTINUED USING RAISED
REFLECTORS. THEY MADE THE
CHANGE 10 YEARS AGO.
THE MAIN REASON THESE SNOWPL4@O
BALL MARKERS WERE NOT STAYING
IN PLACE4@. A SPOKESPERSON TELL
ME IT BECAME CLEAR IT WAS GOING
IN PLACE4@. A SPOKESPERSON TELL ME IT BECAME CLEAR IT WAS GOING@
TO TAKE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO
KEEP THESE MARKERS IN PLACE FOR
THE LIFE OF THE ASPHALT.
>> ANYTIME 4@IT SNOWS IT'S GOIN
TO INCREASE THE RISK.
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION STUDY SAYS ONLY
NINE STATES USE THESE KIND OF
MARKERS BACK IN, 2016. 4@
WE REACHED OUT TO ONLINE STATES@
, ALL OF THEM RESPONDED EXCEPT
FOR VIRGINIA.4@
FOR VIRGINIA.4@ ONLY INDIANA, OHIO, AND
ILLINOIS, SO THEY ACTIVELY USE
RPM'S AND THE REST HAVE BASTED
THEM OUT OR PLAN TO.4@
DOCTOR BERNARD BRACY SAYS THOSE
THREE STATES SHOULD MERGE WITH
THE OTHER
THE OTHER
THE OTHER >> WHY WOULD I HAVE 4@A PHYSICA
BARRIER THAT CAN BECOME
DEGRADING THE ROAD AND I 4@DON'
NEED IT.
NEED IT.
NEED IT. >> A STUDY TO GET 4@IT4@ THAT
FURTHER SAYING SOME STUDIES
HAVE SUGGESTED THAT 4@UNDER
CERTAIN CONDITIONS THE
APPLICATIONS OF SUCH WORKERS
MARKERS MAY CAUSE AN INCREASE
IN ACCIDENTS ALONG WITH THE
SAFETY CONCERNS 4@BERNARD SAYS
RAISED REFLECTORS ARE NO LONGER
EFFECTIVE.4@
EFFECTIVE.4@ >> IS4@ THAT 4@OF PEOPLE PAYING
MUCH ATTE4@NTION AS THEY USED T
HAVE A LOT MORE DISTRACTED
DRIVING.
DRIVING.
DRIVING. TEXTING FOR EXAM4@PLE.
WHEN YOU ARE TEXTING YOU ARE
LOOKING DOWN.
LOOKING DOWN. THAT LITTLE MARKER ISN'T GOING
TO CATCH YOUR ATTENTION.
>> SHE RECOMMENDS CHEAPER AND
SAFER ALTERNATIVES.
SAFER ALTERNATIVES. >> LIED TO THE PAVEMENT OR
MARKERS THAT HAVE 4@A REFLECTIV
TAPE.
TAPE.
TAPE. >>
TAPE. >> AND ENGINEER SEES IT
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. >> WE ARE FORTUNATE4@ SOMEONE W
NOT IN THE FRONT SEAT.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO MINIMIZE
IT AT ALL BUT WHAT YOU ARE
LOOKING AT IS FOR 40 YEARS
EVERY RAINSTORM, SNOWSTORM, AND
FOG, IT PROVIDES 4@A BENEFIT TO
THE MOTORING PUBLIC4@ EACH AND
EVERY TIME.
EVERY TIME. >> THAT BEING SAID IT WHEN I
HAVE COMMISSION TO
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY GROUP
TO STUDY ALTERNATIVES.
>> THERE ARE TAPES AND OTHER
ASPECTS OUT THERE.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE THE
SAME POP IN THOSE LOWLIGHT
INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.4@
SAME POP IN THOSE LOWLIGHT INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.4@@
I DON'T ANTICIPATE WE WOULD
MOVE AWAY FROM THEM4@ AT THIS
MOMENT4@.
MOMENT4@.
MOMENT4@. >> DUSAN BY THE SAFETY?
>> ABSOLUTELY THAT'S WHY WE
COMMISSIONED 4@THE STUDY.
>> SHERRY, SO SHE JUST KEEPS 4@
GOING BACK TO WHAT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN.
BEEN.
BEEN. >>
BEEN. >> THERE ARE SO MANY IS4@.
I DON'T LIKE TO THINK ABOUT
THEM BECAUSE --4@ DON'T WANT TO
THINK ABOUT IT.
>> SHE 4@KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYO
HOW QUICKLY EVERYTHING CAN
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. >> WE WERE UNBELIEVABLY LUCKY.
SOMEONE IS NOT GOING TO BE SO
LUCKY.
LUCKY.
LUCKY. IT'S A MATTER OF TIME.4@
>> IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE 4@CRA
INVOLVING THE REFLECTORS ARE
CONSIDERED RARE AND A FEW DAYS
AFTER 4@THEIR CRASH HER HUSBAND
DOWN SIX LOOSE REFLECTORS ALONG
THE SIDE OF INTERSTATE 64 IN
ILLINOIS.4@
ILLINOIS.4@ THEY 4@DO THAT THEY CAN TO MAKE
SURE THE REFLECTORS ARE PICKED
UP WHEN THEY NOTICED THEM THEY