OUCH!

[Gary DiPietroSr]

Sure glad we don't have these here...

 

[Fred]

I'm glad too. But it looks to me like the folks that got boinked were trying to 'slip through'. If so, serves them right, if not, awwww sorry.

 

[Nelson Atwell]

lol They are pretty effective. A lot of the military bases are getting those. They stay down until someone attempts to "run" the gate guard.

 

[Travis Munday]

Leave it to the Brits to implement a traffic control system that hurts more then it helps.

 

[Sean M 2]

oo man the airbags actually deployed on the black SUV. Thats rough

 

[Casey B]

I saw those all over Europe. The buses have remote controls to make them go down and up.

 

[TomT]

LOL. Glad to see they have dumb-ass drivers like we do.

 

[Bart Adkins]

That last guy busted his windshield with his head! Ha Ha!:lol:

 

[Josh Langel]

That's ridiculous.



Maybe a member of the parliament will have a run with them... hopefully.

 

[Adam Smith 2]

It's a great invention, but city streets are not a suitable application for these! They were intended for border crossings and military checkpoints. Here's a good video:

 

[Tom Loris]

They are installing these on a road in my city as we speak. It's a 3 lane road and sometime 2 lanes go one direction and other times 2 lanes go the opisite way. They are putting these in the turn lane to close it off when the road changes direction. Hopefully they set up a cam likle this!!

 

[Greg Stuhlsatz]

Wow adam, that truck got destroyed!

 

[Josh Langel]

I think it's a very bad idea to put them at intersections; more people will end up hurt than anything. How about rescue vehicles? What if I am being robbed and had to move out of the intersection? Better yet, WHAT if the thing breaks???



Very bad idea.

 

[Adam Smith 2]

There has to be a better answer for this particular application. Those idiot drivers got what they deserved for deliberately trying to tail the bus into the restricted area, but it's only a matter of time before these barriers cause some kind of unforseen accident or death like by deflecting a car up onto the sidewalk, or serious injury to a passenger. The driver may deserve what he gets, but a baby in the back doesn't. There's a better way waiting to be found.



I would like to see a nozzle on either side of the street that hoses the offending vehicle with fluorescent spray paint, marking it for the cops and serving as a deterrant if not an absolute blockade. It would also be just as funny on camera Or perhaps they could raise a net that still stops the car slightly less abruptly than these poles so there is not so much risk of injury to the occupants.



These bollards would be great for railroad grade crossings though! It would be worth slamming into a pole to not hit a train.

 

[CountyMounty]

I've been away for a while on training so a little late chiming in on this one but I'm wondering if the people who crashed into these were not trying to slip through but rather just following traffic and didn't realize they were there. If it was someone from out of the area not familiar with them then they may have just stopped behind the bus then proceeded when the bus did. However they did appear to be trying to speed through. I know there were warning signs there but driver inattention is a common thing in all parts of the world.

 

[Richard Kolb]

I want those for my front lawn so when the neighbors park on it I can block them in, or pop them up when they're about to park.

 

[NickyVandries Belgium]

no wonder its a cam in the netherlands :lol::lol::lol:

 

[Bill V]

I like how the one bus pulls forward over them while a passenger is in the process of getting off the bus!