In 1996, KS had 4866 bluntend terminals. Governor Bill Graves please make the guardrails in Kansas legal. Kansas is giving millions of dollars in tax cuts and still is one of the worst States in the U.S. when it comes to roadside safety. Governor Bill Graves was in the transportation business and should be the first person to eliminate highway hazards. There was a crash recently at I-435 and Roe in Overland Park, KS where rumble strips would most likely have saved John and Sara's lives .
Rumble strips are a cheap way to save lives.
One Secretary of Transportation told us that people do not run off the road in metropolitan areas. It is too bad John and Sara above are not around to answer this comment. Maybe someday we will have leaders that understand what it is like to lose loved ones with substandard engineering. The maximum legal drop off from the shoulder of the road is 6 inches down and 12 inches out from the edge of shoulder. If there is too large a drop off on the shoulder it makes almost impossible for the vehicle to recover.