Wooden stakes from a safety barrier sliced through the front window and out the back of a car after the vehicle ran into them in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on July 16, 2015. [Photo/CFP]

Median barriers trigger controversy

It's generally agreed that barriers in the middle of a road serve to help regulate traffic, but seldom does one think they can be a threat to drivers' safety.

On July 16 a Mini Cooper ran into a wooden median, propelling the barrier's wooden stakes through the front window and leaving some protruding from the car's back - fortunately leaving the driver with only slight injuries, in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, qingdaonews.com reported.

The accident triggered online discussion on the median's defects. A microblogger named Qingdaosheyingshishenlan said such damage could kill people.

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