Deceleration-Limiting Roadway Barrier

摘要

Various types of structures and mechanisms have been used as barriers to decelerate or arrest a moving vehicle. This invention is a roadway barrier system for decelerating a moving vehicle in a controlled manner and for retaining the decelerated vehicle. A net or mesh of the system receives and captures the moving vehicle. The net is secured to anchors by energy-absorbing straps. The straps deploy under a tensional load to decelerate the vehicle, providing a controlled resistance to the tensional load over a pre-defined displacement or stroke, to bring the moving vehicle to rest.