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Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « on: May 29, 2022, 03:21:33 PM » Author: Burrito
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3fKt7uXxQU
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #1 on: May 30, 2022, 01:42:19 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
The "Test Pole" had a OV-50 on it !!
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #2 on: May 30, 2022, 09:00:03 AM » Author: Burrito
I figured it was an OV-50
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #3 on: May 30, 2022, 11:14:33 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
WAS being the key word !! I'd guess it became confetti after the crash test!!  :o
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #4 on: May 30, 2022, 11:15:11 PM » Author: Burrito
Probably, Either way, it is a good video
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #5 on: May 30, 2022, 11:29:54 PM » Author: joseph_125
I wonder if it was a new one or one with a blown ballast. :o

Either way, it would have been in pieces after that crash.
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #6 on: May 30, 2022, 11:30:40 PM » Author: Burrito
True. I would hope that it was not a new one
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #7 on: May 30, 2022, 11:36:30 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Since the pole looked to be new , I'd say the light was also .  The car was definitely brand new !!
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #8 on: May 30, 2022, 11:36:56 PM » Author: Burrito
Ford Pinto
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #9 on: May 30, 2022, 11:46:12 PM » Author: Burrito
Since the pole looked to be new , I'd say the light was also .  The car was definitely brand new !!
Here is a screenshot with red arrow it is just half a pole
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #10 on: May 30, 2022, 11:46:44 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
1971 or 1972
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #11 on: May 30, 2022, 11:47:19 PM » Author: Burrito
Around that time period
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #12 on: May 30, 2022, 11:47:37 PM » Author: joseph_125
Ahh, the infamous Ford Pinto.

IIRC the MTO did similar crash testing with their lighting standards (concrete truss, steel truss etc) back in the late 1960s. I don't think there's video of it but there's a old PDF report of the various designs being crash tested.
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #13 on: May 30, 2022, 11:48:23 PM » Author: Burrito
Unrelated but, What does IIRC and MTO mean?
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Re: Caltrans Type 31 lighting standard « Reply #14 on: May 30, 2022, 11:52:40 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
IIRC = If I Remember Correctly .
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