A guardrail failed in a California snowstorm, impaling a car and prompting calls for safer designs.

In a recent snowstorm in northern California, 19-year-old Quinton Brock survived a car crash when a guardrail impaled her Subaru Outback instead of absorbing the impact as designed. Guardrails are meant to deflect or slow down vehicles, but this one failed, pushing her forward. The incident has prompted safety advocates like Steve Eimers to call for the replacement of potentially defective guardrails.