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ive recently noticed a few keep left bollards ( replacements) that are ever so thin about 3 inches thick and shaped like an elongated lozenge roughly the same colour as a rear number plate, any one else noticed them ?
Edited by Pugugly on 21/05/2008 at 19:04
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Yes, seen a lot of them. Think they're designed to susutain minimum damage on impact and also not damage cars that hit them. I suspect they also do not need lighting as they're bright and reflective.
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did see one mangled up the other day. If hit correctly they dont pop up again. on the reverse side when they are colour BLACK, and not grey, they really take away the light , which to me seems a bit dum
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Probably because the poor forsaken tax-payer was sick of paying for replacements knocked over by clowns who are either too blind to see them or even more stupidly drive at them delibrately. I expect when you take everything into consideration they cost around 25% of the cost of the traditional ones when they're "taken out".
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In our area, they are used for rugby tackle practice late at night. Used to see a few lying on their side in the morning, relatively undamaged except for being sheared off their bases. A thin bollard on a spring wouldn't be so easily damaged by this "post club" passtime.
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Just up the road from us, outside a school entrance they have recently installed a long speed bump, along the sides of the speed bump there are rows of bollards shaped like little children. They are painted to represent various skin and hair colours and wearing a blue school uniform.
I assumed they were made of dense plastic but I have seen an article on the internet which suggests they may be cast iron, so unlike the thin ones, theres no chance of an offending driver getting away with minimal car damage..
Edited by Rich 9-3 on 21/05/2008 at 10:18
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They are painted to represent various skin and hair colours ..........
That's "political correctness" taken to a ludicrous extreme.
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