Why doesn't Uk have those water filled dustbin type anti crash barrier on motorway junction splitter barrier

Question:
Seen these things on TV and films...

Whats the rules about window sun shades in back windows of cars when driving?



Looking like sets of yellow dusbins filled with water... often infront of the splitter barriers forming acceleration or deceleration lanes or other obsticles on their freeway/motorways... so if a car hits them the car is not smashed as it would be if in hit a concrete wedge so if whereing a seat belt you should live. as the water bins absorb the impact.

Why is that on the AMBULANCE, the letters are painted in REVERSE direction?



Why dont we have such things in the UK ans wat other countires have these?

Answers:

What do you do with a vehicle that hasn't been driven in a long time?

We got a hose pipe ban, they would never be aloud to fill them up.

How do boy racers get their cars through MOTs?

I saw them on the M20 at one of the Maidstone junctions

Is it legal to disconnect my air bag?

Im with Max..!

Who wishes David Frost would stop asking repeat questions?

They are quite a new thing. They are sometimes used here in the UK and are becoming more common.

HELP! ok i am looking for online newspaper article things about car accidents for Driver's Ed at school?

The water bins have been used on the continent for years. As usual the UK thinks it knows better and lead the way by placing concrete blocks to assist drivers. Naturally it helps the car repair trade business : Government having damaged or closed all other aspects of vehicle production.

What does turn in not safety mean? Its traffic violation?

"anti crash barrier" I don't think they do anything to prevent crashes. They are inanimate. They are also not new, they have been on US highways for 15-20 years.

Need daq report?

Yes, it does take HMG a few decades to realise they're a bit safer & more practical than concrete.

Car seat laws state to state?


I've seen them used in the States to protect roadworks too, more effective than plastic cones!

Invest cation of auto that...?

They are being introduced slowly .
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