When Bollards Fight Back

[RazaBlade]

Was trying to link the video directly, but couldnt work it out

http://www.autocarmagazine.com/news_...p?na_id=222787

Click on the link from there - some serious damage happening to the vehicles and occupants. They must feel sooooo gutted. The bollards come up pretty fast too.

[NSXType-R]

Wow, that's hilarious!

So bollards are supposed to be moveable traffic pylons that allow bus traffic or whatever exclusive access to the street?

That's genious!

WIsh they implemented this stuff here in the states.

[Timothy (in VA)]

WIsh they implemented this stuff here in the states.

You've never been to Washington, DC, have you (or at least not since 2001)? Similar barriers are pretty common around government buildings and other high profile, high security places.

[Street_Dreamer]

i watched that before and it's a genius invention, but whats terrible is that they lives (and the lives of their wife and children in video 2) in danger just to take a shortcut...

[CdocZ]

Yeah but I guess the bus stops aren't confidential and official enough for D.C.

[RazaBlade]

They have them around Bham town centre for service vehicles and the like, but they're deep within the pedestrian areas. Once, they were down, and as they were coming up a friend of mine managed to trip over it!!! Was one of the funniest things.

But this is some serious damage being done in all three vids, the first car looked messed with the smoke coming out, and obviously the second example was the worst. He came at it with such speed. If the bollard had got higher, the car would have crumpled like in a normal accident and taken some of the blow, but it just jammed into the car and brought it to a dead halt.

[NSXType-R]

You've never been to Washington, DC, have you (or at least not since 2001)? Similar barriers are pretty common around government buildings and other high profile, high security places.

You're right, I haven't been there since 2001. It looks a bit short, I bet a higher vehicle could just hop over them. I'd increase the hight of the bollards a bit more.

[kingofthering]

wow, if they did put that into the states, someone would get sued into bankruptcy. Some idiot will ignore the sign(s), warning, and other forms of protection, crash and sue.

[Guest]

heard about these, but never seen them, christ their violent!

[coolieman1220]

lmao owned!

[ruim20]

i think the first car could have easly passed on the right side of the bollards, what idiots.. specialy the CRV one, with a kid in the back...

[CdocZ]

wow, if they did put that into the states, someone would get sued into bankruptcy. Some idiot will ignore the sign(s), warning, and other forms of protection, crash and sue.

No, the first case would be just hilarious, but small. Then the sign company will get sued to hell and back for causing people to crash while they try to read the 15,000words of fine print at the bottoms of the signs

[kigango123]

No, the first case would be just hilarious, but small. Then the sign company will get sued to hell and back for causing people to crash while they try to read the 15,000words of fine print at the bottoms of the signs

yeah, the goverment would be bankrupt in days.

[092326001]

we have bus traps here
which are giant holes in the ground so wide that most family cars/vans/SUVs/pickups cant get over them
sadly last week two boys tried to mess around with it by placing two large stones on the place the bus treads were suppose to go. a bus launched a stone. it hit one of the boy's head. the boy went into a coma and is now dead

[h00t_h00t]

I assume the bus driver/friend of none dead boy was found to be the one at fault and promptly sued because it just CAN'T be his own fault.