There was a segment on the news where some crews reinforce the bolts attaching guard rails to the posts, but those are actually supposed to give way after a certain amount of force, and if they don't they could be catastrophic.
No high-speed composite death rain, more like hitting a solid concrete barrier.
However, that might be preferable to slowly going over a cliff.
Fun. I went to post that and it said
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I didn't have a back button!
I finally found it, right next to the Any key.
Here in Arizona we have a freaking astronaut for a senator. I don't know where I saw "Freaking astronaut," but now I feel compelled to mention it whenever it comes up.