Bollards

http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Jobst Brandt

wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Genius!

Bill "credit where due" S.

Bill Sornson wrote:
wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Genius!

Motor vehicles getting speared by extensible bollards - there has to be
an off-color joke in there somewhere?

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"Bill Sornson" wrote in message
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wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Genius!

Bill "credit where due" S.

A big badass American SUV would take care of those things :)

On 2007-07-19, still me wrote:
On 19 Jul 2007 04:21:19 GMT, wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Jobst Brandt

Gee, I thought that dangerous features implemented in ways to
endanger unsuspecting drivers and damage their vehicles were a
uniquely US feature. It's good to know stupidity is worldwide.

Did you see the big warning sign before the narrowing of the road?
Notice the away the drivers were tailgating the buses?

The lady in the first crash was even parked in front of the bollards when
they were raised before backing out and trying to sneak across behind a
bus.

My money says that all of these drivers knew the bollards were there and
were trying flaunting the law to take a shortcut. Te stupidity lies with
the drivers

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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:07:14 +0000, still me wrote:

On 19 Jul 2007 04:21:19 GMT, wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Jobst Brandt

Gee, I thought that dangerous features implemented in ways to
endanger unsuspecting drivers and damage their vehicles were a
uniquely US feature. It's good to know stupidity is worldwide.

What makes you think they were unsuspecting? For one thing, there
appear to be huge signs to either side of the roadway indicating no
admittance. There's no doubt the first driver knew the bollards were there
-- he pulled out to let the bus through and then tried to sneak past by
following in the bus's wake. The other two drivers also appear to be
trying to speed through the opening created by a bus. They tried to beat
the system -- endangering pedestrians in the process -- and got busted.

On 19 Jul 2007 04:21:19 GMT, wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Indeed.

But whatever are those "bollards" about? What's the context, traffic control?
Secure locations? "Traffic calming" civil engineering that just ****es everyone
off? One of those incidents looked as if the vehicle driver didn't know
something was up. Do these things just pop up around town like some subterranean
predator?

Ron
Ain't been out much lately.

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:57:13 -0400, RonSonic
wrote:

On 19 Jul 2007 04:21:19 GMT, wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Indeed.

But whatever are those "bollards" about? What's the context, traffic control?
Secure locations? "Traffic calming" civil engineering that just ****es everyone
off? One of those incidents looked as if the vehicle driver didn't know
something was up. Do these things just pop up around town like some subterranean
predator?

Ron
Ain't been out much lately.

Dear Ron,

Sometimes I forget that many RBT posters don't read uk.rec.cycling, so
they miss this sort of thing:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk....394c35f62209ff

As Tony's thread points out, the drivers usually lie, but they've
repeatedly been shown to know exactly what's going on.

They're just trying to blast through the no-cars pedestrian
intersection behind the bus, endangering everyone visible in the
videos.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Ron Sonic? writes:

http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Indeed.

But whatever are those "bollards" about? What's the context,
traffic control? Secure locations? "Traffic calming" civil
engineering that just ****es everyone off? One of those incidents
looked as if the vehicle driver didn't know something was up. Do
these things just pop up around town like some subterranean
predator?

They are used to separate pedestrian malls from auto traffic, allowing
public transit to serves the mall. We have those right here where I
live, except that they are 10" in diameter (for monster SUV's) and are
used to keep cars out of pedestrian/bicycle areas.

The city center of Brig Switzerland is bollard off, for instance an I
like it. I'm sure they are common in many advanced city centers. It
beats getting out and unlocking a steel post to be manually moved and
replaced after passage.

Jobst Brandt

On Jul 18, 11:21 pm, wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/ybfsmj

Smartasses, they are!

Jobst Brandt

Fantastic. Dumb drivers. I hope the kid in the Merc was ok.