Exactly. Why?

Grass roots do more damage to asphalt than a 20mm lip will do.

Great teamwork there

Na pewno takiego czegoś nie ma

Shah jee

This is basically what happens in countries where machines are freaking expensive but labour is damn cheap.

Sorry to call bullshit on this, and I understand it's not you making the decisions, and you need to be employed, but Vic Roads has been doing it along local roads where there are no trees on the edge, and they are taking away the ability to safely pull up on the side of the road if you need to. There are some things that you need to stop for, and can't 'safely' drive another km or so till you find a side road to pull into. They have done the same on some of the winding roads in the area, where they installed barriers right along the white line that delineates the edge of the road. So now, instead of pulling off the road, you have to stop in the lane, you can't even get out the passenger door because of the barrier, and have to get out the drivers door right into traffic. In one spot these barriers extend around a series of blind corners, on a road that is used by buses. If you break down now your chances of having a car, or a bus come round the corner and slam up your arse at 80kmh are frighteningly real. I had first hand experience with this last year when my car broke down on that stretch of road. Believe me it truly focuses your mind to realize there are vehicles that will come round the blind bend at 80kmh, not realizing you are there and then it's anyones guess if they can avoid you. One car left a serious set of rubber marks on the road trying to stop, and if there had been oncoming traffic there was a real potential for a head on. Don't get me started on wire barriers. Since they have been going in, I have seen a vehicle hit a bridge pillar on the ring road (the wires just pulled round the front of the car as it ripped them out of their holders (as they're designed to do), but it didn't stop it hitting the bridge. I've also seen the aftermath of the same thing with a car hitting a tree, the barriers just don't stop them, where a solid barrier (armco) would almost certainly have deflected the vehicles back onto the road (as it's done for decades). Don't get me started on what happens if a motor bike rider hits one. All the European countries like Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands who were involved in the wire barrier technology originally, have been pulling them out and replacing them with Armco for nearly ten years now. I imagine they have probably scrapped all their wire rope barriers by now, they obviously realized that they didn't deliver the safety required, and are actively dangerous in certain circumstances. They are actually designed to be used where there is plenty of run off, and they gradually encircle the vehicle and bring it to a controlled stop. They are not designed to stop vehicles from hitting objects close to the side of the road. Most West European countries actually have a law that requires them to clear the side of the road for 20, or 30 metres for the safety of the drivers. You will see this particularly through Germany, and Austria. The rope barriers are not designed to be mixed with a country that lets trees grow right at the edge of the road. Of course some of the more minor roads in Europe aren't cleared like that, but then they use Armco barriers, not wire for those areas, and also for some strange reason, they expect people using a vehicle to be able to drive competently, and pay attention while driving. These 2 things are rapidly becoming Australias most dangerous road issue, even apart from the shocking road conditions, lack of road maintenance, and general apathy about safety.

same in Norway. But then again we have more rocks that soil so I kinda understand it.

This was in July. Middle of Australian winter

No it's so the road drains properly from rain/snow melt and they will put shouldering gravel down were the sod was dug up

That's funny. In Finland road draining is not a problem even with grass on the shoulder. Should make proper roads so they won't require excess maintenance.

Mr. Walleye no snow there so you're not from Australia... it's vicroads preparing to put up wire barricades to stop vehicles slamming into the trees... I've been involved in the tree clearing process of this operation...

I'm not a civil engineer, but something tells me that they are not installing a sidewalk along that country road unless maybe they plan to walk the cows on it to keep the hoofs clean!?!?!?!

They're removing like a solid inch or 2 of soil (the whole root structure of the grass) my guess is they're putting in a sidewalk So to answer ur question: zombie Apocalypse

@@jamesf3148 that is not for a sidewalk Drainage

@@davidsherrill9121 road shoulders being cleared for safety reasons (breakdown lane etc) in addition to drainage.

@@Sara-L .. Okay, that two feet of cutting is obviously not for a breakdown lane. Your second guess (drainage) is much more likely.

@@dwightstewart7181 it's clearing way more than 2 feet. the distance from the grass to the white line is about the width of the vehicle parked on the shoulder..Hence why I mentioned breakdown lane.

Blödsinn! In deutschland wird das bankett auch abgefräst. Habs oft genug gesehen und hat auch seine guten gründe dass man das macht. Weiss ja nicht wie lange du schon nicht mehr in deutschland warst

Men also sit to pee LOL no thanks sitzpinkler

they are clipping to get the slope back to the original design so water can drain from the road.

Be lucky to see that how crap are the roads and roadsides in Victoria when you could go across the border the roads and roadsides are brilliant at least you can pull a car or truck right off the road they should use graders on the roadside every 6 months wouldn't need to take it away in a truck be minor and keep the roads actually dry as the water would run away

Jonas B. hemos Netherlands

This is job

R Down they do this to remove the soil and grass so the road can drain properly to the ditch and to allow room for shoulder material.

I know. I was directly a sarcastic comment toward those who feel the need to comment without having a clue what they are commenting on!

That's such a good point I'm having the same problem with people commenting about these fires in Northern California and claiming conspiracies and how there's things going on in the fires up here that shouldn't be taking place but they know nothing it's pointless idiots will be idiots

to create jobs, mandated by the gubment to create a need for gubment hence creating a need to increase tax rates

It's a silly machine serving no purpose. I'm sure it is followed by the 'verger grass planter". sheesh.

Grass will grow sideways and cover up the pavement. If I don't edge the lawn within one summer's growth it can cover the sidewalk with 3 to 5 inches of sod. It's a country road, they aren't going to s spend money installing curbs.

Kyle Bond at the factory

Hemos netherlands

Over time that material on the shoulder builds up. Once it does it prevents water from draining as it should. Now water will move to the ditch rather than pooling in the road.

@@kai-dj2qj Shut up

@@kai-dj2qj Good to know, thank you!

@@snakecold6755 flop

nah the drivers posture doesnt really effect anything

Maybe they know how to construct that kind of thing in Victoria 😉

rrrohan2288 lmao good 1

А у них это для чего?

No it takes one guy and a grader

Wtf wouldn't they use this machine

And the job still wouldn't get done.

If it’s in America some of those 50 would of been shot by the end of the job,,,,,

in America you have a half dozen fat men telling you to work harder

Voidka You’re 100% correct. Let’s lower the speed, do a crappy patch job, and put up another sign.

Что бы дороги чистые были. Уровень асфальта должен быть выше уровня земли, обочины. Что бы вода и грязь с дороги сходили.