Talk:Stobie pole

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Damage to vehicles

This edit would seem to have completely reversed the sense of the paragraph, and does not appear to be consistent with the reference cited in the footnote. In the reference cited, the car was almost completely cut in half -- and I've heard Australians confirm that these poles are dangerous to vehicles. Vallor (talk) 06:31, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

35 metres?

"come in various sizes from 9 to 35 metres in length." - 35 metres? Really?? Could we have some supporting evidence please? Pdfpdf (talk) 10:37, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More to the point, some photos of the poles that support 66,000 and 275,000 volts would be good. Would these count of supporting evidence for pole height ? --Fabricator (talk) 06:26, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More to which point?

Yes, in my biassed opinion, photos are good.

"Would they count?". Interesting question. Short answer: "Errrrrr. No."

(Unless there was also something in the photo that indicated the height ... ) Pdfpdf (talk) 14:02, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism?

This edit added:

Stobie poles are exclusively installed on the apex of a corner, and act as a shield for residential properties lining the street. In the event that a car misjudges a corner and slides off the road at the apex of the corner, the car will hit the pole and prevent any further damage to property.

If it's not vandalism, then it's either a remarkably bad attempt at humour, or of poor quality and inaccurate. For example, the poles are not "exclusively" installed on the apex of a corner; they are installed in all sorts of places. Etc. Pdfpdf (talk) 10:37, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disadvantages should also be listed

The article should also give the disadvantages of the stobie pole. (1) It can't be attached to a base with frangible bolts. (2) Rust at the base of the poles caused a failure of ten or so adjacent poles along Military Road, West Lakes Shore in 2009 (one media report at http://blogs.abc.net.au/sa/2009/07/stobie-poles-fail-in-storm.html). Gdt (talk) 09:50, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dangerous to vehicles?

"Stobie poles are widely regarded in Australia to be dangerous to vehicles…"

This is a ridiculous statement, it suggests that Stobie poles are an active hazard to road users as if they jump out in front of cars. People drive vehicles into Stobie poles as a result of reckless or negligent driving or driver fatigue. Suggest edit or delete paragraph. 58.160.128.232 (talk) 12:46, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]