> Two, the cushion already was severely damaged. After a Toyota Prius crashed into it two months earlier, the length of the attenuator was shortened, offering less protection against the 3-foot-tall concrete median wall behind it.

Maybe the repairing crash mitigation devices of frequent & deadly hazards should be a higher priority.

Or maybe better marking the 'gore' lane as in its current state it's simply an empty lane that would look identical to a real lane (i.e if you can't see the divider then it looks like a normal lane).

I don't get why we aren't looking into slightly changing our roads to better work with self driving cars when all it takes is a little more paint.