http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachus...urious_drivers/

Definitely a great idea.

Boy that is one of those "how come I didn't think of that" ideas. Hopefully that could cut down on Gapers.

I really hope this works and IL adopts it. There is nothing that makes me more insane behind the wheel then when I waste a half hour because two people had a fender bender. Especially when you see the people who actually are "gapers" the ones who slow down to a basic stop and just gape like a slack jawed asshole!!

I just hope the drapes match the sound protection walls along I-94.

I just hope the drapes match the sound protection walls along I-94.

 

 

 

Great idea, but in my experience people gape at a guy changing his tire 15 feet off the road. Do they use the curtains for that?

 

PS Anybody find a pic?

Here's the prototype.

Boy that is one of those "how come I didn't think of that" ideas.  Hopefully that could cut down on Gapers.

 

 

That's one of the most annoying things in the world. You're stuck in traffic for what seems like hours and you finally come to the cause and its some fender bender in the opposite lanes.

 

I just hope the drapes match the sound protection walls along I-94.

 

Too easy, way too easy B)

That's one of the most annoying things in the world.  You're stuck in traffic for what seems like hours and you finally come to the cause and its some fender bender in the opposite lanes. 

 

 

But who hasn't gotten to that spot and thought damn, I waited this long so I'm going to slow down and take a look too?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

me neither.

Good idea in theory. Completely assinine in reality. Imagine setting up a "safety curtain" on the Dan Ryan Expressway to avoid gapers at a fatal traffic crash at 2 in the AM where the minimum speed limit appears to be 85 MPH in a 50 MPH zone.

Damn. Such a great idea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And from a blue state yet.

Good idea in theory. Completely assinine in reality. Imagine setting up a "safety curtain" on the Dan Ryan Expressway to avoid gapers at a fatal traffic crash at 2 in the AM where the minimum speed limit appears to be 85 MPH in a 50 MPH zone.

 

The workers and everyone are still there cleaning up, cutting people out, towing away, etc. so I don't see where adding the curtain would make it worse. Again, those drivers zipping by at 85 mph would be paying attention to me driving 65 and possible not adding a second accident to the night.

 

I also know when my brother died in a car accident it pissed me off to see pictures of people standing there watching the rescue workers cutting him out of his pickup.