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Cable barrier – Wikipedia

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Cable barrier – Wikipedia

A cable barrier, sometimes referred to as guard cable or wire rope safety barrier (WRSB), is a type of roadside or median safety traffic barrier/guard rail. It consists of steel wire ropes mounted on weak posts. As is the case with any roadside barrier, its primary purpose is to prevent a vehicle from leaving the traveled way and striking a fixed object or terrain feature that is less forgiving than itself.

Covid-19 road signs?

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I hope if New York spends $8 million on Covid-19 road signs they at least follow the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) so they don’t get dinged by the federal government. The MUTCD is no joke, you follow it or you get fined.

Yes, they can have a pretty Coronavirus icon on the signs but they must use FHWA series fonts of the proper size and proportion and must be colored blue with white text. Or possibly black on white if it’s regulatory.

Mass DOT is not messing around. A proper metal sign with reflective sheet background. Probably should last at least 20…

Posted by Andy Arthur on Thursday, May 7, 2020

British Rail’s short experiment with travelling pubs – ianVisits – London news and events

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British Rail’s short experiment with travelling pubs – ianVisits – London news and events

It’s May 1949 and British Rail was showing off its latest idea to please the public – a travelling pub.

Not a buffet car or restaurant, but a “tavern car” – a full on pub on wheels, in a mock-tudor appearance, with fake brick walls on the outside, and even a pub sign on the door.

How mid century British this seems.  

Online Shop Rechargeable Ultraviolet UV Sterilizer Light Tube Bulb Disinfection Bactericidal Lamp Ozone Sterilizer Mites Lights | Aliexpress Mobile_en title

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Online Shop Rechargeable Ultraviolet UV Sterilizer Light Tube Bulb Disinfection Bactericidal Lamp Ozone Sterilizer Mites Lights | Aliexpress Mobile_en title

I wonder if hospitals are seeing more patients suffering from arc blindness and severe skin burns from people using UV-C lamps to kill Coronavirus at home like this rechargeable one AliExpress. 

While UV-C bulbs (florescent lamps without phosphor) are very effective at killing bacteria and viruses and are widely used in hospitals HVAC and sanitizers, exposure to the light causes human skin to burn within seconds and causes painful arc flash and temporary blindness if you look into them like looking into a welder flash.