New York: What Happens When You Don't Read "Roadside Design Guide" But Get To Design Roads Anyway...

MEADOWBROOK STATE PARKWAY SOUTHBOUND AT EXIT M9W -MERRICK ROAD (HEMPSTEAD)
2024-07-05 11:55 AM EDT
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[@TrafficCamWatch]

That interstate sign should've had a Guardrail around it, or some sort of crash cushioning device. The AASHTO Roadside Design Guide covers how to prevent this type of accident on Chapter 5: Roadside Barriers, so there's no excuse why there wasn't.. Apparently someone either didn't read it or didn't care and I hope a lawsuit is filed. You'd never see that type of hazard so exposed in Virginia on VDOT maintained roads.
car-accidents.justia.com/new-york-car-accident-law/defective-design-and-poor-maintenance-of-roads-under-new-york-law/

[@ziploc2000]

What caused the initial accident? Looks to me like that almost blind turn after the bridge is an accident waiting to happen as people slow suddenly to make the turn.

[@philliplewis3754]

Reading all the goddamn signs this guy crashed because he was distracted with sign's!