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Safety reviewKnoxville, Tennessee

The Guardrail Guy raises concern over crash safety of some Flock cameras

Published by
WDBJ7
Author
Colby Johnson
Date
Location
Knoxville, Tennessee
Status
Safety review

WDBJ7 reports road-safety advocate Steve Eimers arguing that many Flock camera poles are installed without breakaway technology, the standard feature that lets a roadside sign support collapse when a vehicle strikes it. Eimers says the poles are set directly into the ground with no mechanism to yield on impact, and that they have not been through third-party crash testing: "every year, dozens upon dozens of people are killed in crashes with non-crash-worthy posts." The report notes that the Virginia Department of Transportation does not inspect Flock cameras installed on city or county roads.

From the reporting

  • Flock's response, given to WDBJ7: the company uses "standard poles for many deployments and advanced breakaway poles on DOT-managed roads, highways, higher-speed corridors", and says that where required its poles meet MASH standards and are "independently evaluated and certified through the Texas A&M Transportation Institute".
  • The gap the reporting identifies is jurisdictional rather than technical: state transport departments generally do not inspect installations inside city limits, so a pole on a municipal road may never be checked by anyone.

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