Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Just a clumsy way of saying that even though I felt less averse to the bollards than you do, Boomy, I agree that there are circumstances where they are dangerous. On balance I have to agree that they are undesirable. Shame really, 'cos I like seeing ******s with it up 'em. Quote
spence Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Shame really, 'cos I like seeing ******s with it up 'em. Couldn't agree more with this statement Quote
Boomy Posted October 21, 2006 Author Posted October 21, 2006 Oh aye, there is always room for upping ******s. Not sure that came out right? Quote
steve_m Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Shame really, 'cos I like seeing ******s with it up 'em. Couldn't agree more with this statement Mr Lecter called them "free range rude" Quote
stu999 Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 QUOTE She then followed a bus through - only for the posts to impale the front of her car. "I'd actually had second thoughts about going in and stopped to use the intercom there to make sure that it was all right" said Natalie. "But then I heard this massive bang and knew right away what had happened. "If I'd have gone any further, Annie could have been killed." The above just about sums up the idiots who are crashing into the bollards. She had second thoughts - "Mmm, if I'm quick enough, I can follow the bus through, even though there are warnings everywhere telling me not to" And then..."If I had gone any further, Annie would of been killed". So if Annie had not been in the car, she would of carried on, and tore a big slot through her car? Agreed, it did get a bit close for the pedestrains in the first example. The powers that be can soon cure that. Put some barriers there, so they cannot cross where idiots are likely to ram the bollards... Quote
Boomy Posted October 21, 2006 Author Posted October 21, 2006 The above just about sums up the idiots who are crashing into the bollards. She had second thoughts - "Mmm, if I'm quick enough, I can follow the bus through, even though there are warnings everywhere telling me not to" Or, she stopped to use the intercom to check if it was ok to park in the same place she had the week before without issue.This shows she was obviously paying at least some attention to the bollards and signs etc, otherwise why stop? The signs may not have explained that the bollards would appear as soon as a bus passed though, so the first she knew about it was when her car was spiked. Unless of course, like everyone else who crashed (it would appear), she knew she wasn't supposed to be going that way but enjoyed breaking the law and was prepared to risk smashing her car up with her daughter and disabled Mother in the car. Quote
stu999 Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 The second option probably... Think about it... Too much stuff not ringing true. Using an intercom to check it's OK? And the bloke on the other end said what? "Yeah it's OK, but you will have to drive quick, or your car will get smashed to S*** on the bollards"... And it was obvious *why* she stopped. The bollards were up at the time she got there! It was trying to follow the bus through that caught her out... Quote
chazpowerslide Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Mmmmmm. When a driver straps in the kids and goes for a drive through the rising bollards who is accountable for the saftey and well being of the occupants of the car. Not the guy who designed the bollards, nor the workmen who fitted them nor the town/highway planners or the bus/taxi in front who made the bollard go down. It's the DRIVER period. Getting caught doing this kind of thing and then seeking to blame the system really pisses me off. So, the bollard goes up and dammages the car trying to go over it, let's say a child is regretably injured, Who's fault is it? Who put the car and occupants at risk in the first place? It sure aint the system, the designers, the planners maintinance men or council, it's the DRIVER. Do these idiots say "Yep, I was being a total nunney and it resulted in my child being maimed, I'm accountable, obviously, so I'm the one who should be punished" Of course you dont, they seek to blame everybody else for their failings and in doing so abdicate all responsabilty both morally and financially in the hope they'll get away with it. The system works for 99% of the people 99% of the time, why pander to the 1% of idiots who seem to think the controls do not apply to them or to stupid to realise the danger they are putting THEMSELVES in? Chaz. Quote
nikpro Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 I just hope they have to pay for the damage to the bollards. I think it's an excellent system and it certainly stops the people who think they've got a god given right to go where they please. Like previously said.......more of them everywhere all monitored by CCTV so we can laugh and then catch the people, get them arrested for damage and send them to Court to get the money for the repair. Quote
V8grunt Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 I wonder what the Council would say if I went for a spin down that road in my Cheaftain tank and mangled these thing in to non existance. It could happen in America! (but that is a Free country, not a police state!) Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 I wonder what the Council would say if I went for a spin down that road in my Cheaftain tank and mangled these thing in to non existance.It could happen in America! (but that is a Free country, not a police state!) In America, they wouldn't bother mangleing your car, they'd just shoot you instead. Quote
oioi Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 I wonder what the Council would say if I went for a spin down that road in my Cheaftain tank and mangled these thing in to non existance. It could happen in America! (but that is a Free country, not a police state!) free state my big fat hairy free to torture people who dont think the same as you free to sell guns to any passing lunatic free to be poor with no benefits whilst i might slag of britain occaisionally i thank fsck im not american Quote
Boomy Posted October 21, 2006 Author Posted October 21, 2006 I bet if anyone here suggesting those bollards are a good idea had a family member crash into a newly installed set of them, they would be down there like a shot taking pictures and putting forward all the arguments some of us here have. Especially if they also got landed with a bill for damage (which they deffo will even if it is almost nonexistent) and had to get the car recovered on a transporter. "OH NO WE WOULDN'T" "OH YES YOU WOULD" Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 No I wouldn't I'd be telling them what an idiot they were, suppose it'd been a kid they hadn't seen, rather than a hefty set of bollards and a large illuminated sign. Quote
Boomy Posted October 21, 2006 Author Posted October 21, 2006 No I wouldn't I'd be telling them what an idiot they were, suppose it'd been a kid they hadn't seen, rather than a hefty set of bollards and a large illuminated sign. A kid coming out of the ground just after another car went over that spot you mean?. Yeah i suppose you are right. Quote
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