Bus Lane-Mind the Bollards!!
22 October 2006, 12:23 AM
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Bus Lane-Mind the Bollards!!
Not sure if this has been posted already but its hilarious
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22 October 2006, 02:50 PM
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Ive seen that happen! People know that there is a bus gate (have you noticed how bright the signs are; even in daylight?); they try to race through behind a vehicle that has a key to operate the bollards, without realising just how quickly they return to their position.....
22 October 2006, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by NotoriousREV
They have these in Chester. Last year some old couple got lifted off the ground in their Rover 100 so now there's huge warning signs all around them!
22 October 2006, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
the black 4 x 4 went at them at speed !!! looks like his airbags went off..ouch
and obvioulsy the idiots were doing that with small children in the back by the looks of it.
and obvioulsy the idiots were doing that with small children in the back by the looks of it.
Not that the antics were anything expected of a urban SUV driver or white van man, but I'm amazed the system hasn't been banned under PC regulations....The severity of the impact could lay grounds for a case for claims on personal injury. As the claiment could easily claim the bollards were down when he tried driving over...which they were! Plus he would have already passed the warning sign.
Lesson learnt though
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22 October 2006, 08:02 PM
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On the one hand, yes the people who try to get through are idiots. But on the other hand the bollards do seem to rise a bit quicker than you'd expect in these safety conscious times. It's almost as if they are TRYING to catch the tailgaters. I would also imagine that they are hazardous to pedestrians too, for example if you were crossing the road immediately behind a bus.
23 October 2006, 08:02 AM
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It seems to me that if we were to put something simliar in our driveways or carparks at work we'd get sued. It doesn't matter if the driver is wrong to try and get through, its the same as putting razor wire round our gardens. If the burglar gets cut then we get in the **** even though it might seem obvious to us that you'd be cut if you tried to climb over.
This council, however, can obviously get away with causing people to have road traffic accidents with impunity.
This council, however, can obviously get away with causing people to have road traffic accidents with impunity.
23 October 2006, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Rage!
This council, however, can obviously get away with causing people to have road traffic accidents with impunity.
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23 October 2006, 01:14 PM
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I have to admit, I did laugh quite a bit at that, bit mean I know!
Personally, I have no sympathy for the people in the vid, if they weren't doing something that they VERY obviously weren't supposed to be doing, then there would never have been a problem.
New compensation advert:
"Have you been injured doing something you shouldn't have been doing?
TOUGH!!"
Ns04
Personally, I have no sympathy for the people in the vid, if they weren't doing something that they VERY obviously weren't supposed to be doing, then there would never have been a problem.
New compensation advert:
"Have you been injured doing something you shouldn't have been doing?
TOUGH!!"
Ns04