For what purpose are there in the USA big barrels of water on highways?

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To run into. Makes it a little bit safer.

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Impact absorbing crash barriers.
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They're meant to slow you down if you hit them without killing you.

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They act as barriers to keep you from going where you shouldn't, i.e, oncoming traffic.

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THEY ARE SAFETY BARRIERS

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if you are driving a vehicle on the highway you will see water barrels(mainly yellow)because theirs a wall behind them, and if u hit them you wont hit the wall just the barrel and get your vehicle wet...

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To absorb the force of a vehicle colliding with it. The same reason that they have straw bales on a motocross course.

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They are usually by guard rails or exit ramps.

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It works too. I once saw a car crash into a whole bunch of them.

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The big barrels of water you speak of is a crash barrier. They are place on highways to protect you from being killed. They protect bridge supports, guard rails and other things. If you hit one of the the water dispersed from the barrels, absorbing the impact.

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if your car goes out of control try to guide it to those and it will not kill you or your car

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water? I thought those were bathrooms for motorists who couldn't wait for the next exit or rest stop I guess they could work as a safety barrier to but I think the sand version works better but I haven't tried testing them yet

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some of them are filled with sand to cushion cars that crash into the barriers.
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