Guardrail washer?

[SunsetBengal]

(05-09-2017, 08:27 PM)Vas Deferens Wrote: Agree.  Also, cleaning the guardrails probably increases their serviceable lifetime.   Those things can be extremely dangerous if hit at the wrong angle.   Even more so if they lock up rather than crumple as intended.

And in terms of making the incarcerated work, would be great to see said work go towards projects that benefit the taxpayers footing the bill rather than private corporations making who knows what trinkets or running call centers.

I've put a bit of thought into that.  I work in the Surveying department of an Engineering firm that is a preferred consultant to the NC DOT, in all facets, design, construction supervision, existing structure inspection, and Surveying.  As a Nation, we spend untold billions on design of hydro control structures.  These structures used to control water flow, keeping roads and neighborhoods from flooding in extreme precipitation, as well as to mitigate erosion to the existing terrain. 

These very expensive structures are more times than not, blocked with debris.  This condition renders them ineffective and useless.  As a Surveyor, we are often called upon to get vertical datum on these structures, to be used in coordination with improvements upcoming.  When these structures are so loaded with debris that we can't easily get to the bottom, we have to call someone to clean them out.  On a highway, that would be the DOT, in a municipality, they send out their own crew.  They always have better things to be spending their manpower on. 

So, we have an incredibly designed drainage system, that cost a fortune to design and install, yet maintenance is expensive.

So, rather than just having inmates mundanely picking up trash along the highway, why not have them do something of a greater benefit to all of society?

*Sorry fredtoast, wasn't trying to derail your thread, it was just a natural progression.