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Old Crank

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8. More info would have been nice.
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 05:53 PM
Jan 2024

Most people don't hit guard rails head on. They tend to be some angle, probably less than 45 degrees..
I can see the issue with the lower center of gravity and wedging under the rails. The rails are higher than the used to be before more than half the vehicles purchased were trucks. They raised the rails to reduce the risk of them from rolling over the guard rail becasue of the higher center of gravity these trucks/SUV had.

As for road wear the answer might be a yearly tax on your car registration based on vehicle weight and your yearly mileage total.

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