Bollards
 

Automatic rising bollards claim another victim

Original story from Nov 2008

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....bollards_crash

The driver of the fire engine has been cleared of any blame, and Manchester council now faces a £6,000 insurance claim from the brigade.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-bollards.html

Leicester city centre has a few sets of these bollards. I witnessed a near-miss accident a couple weeks ago at the end of Market St when a delivery van narrowly escaped being damaged. The circumstances were similar to the ones in the report mentioned in the previous post - tailgating.

Did the van get through? - or did (s)he decide not to proceed?

The driver very wisely decided not to risk going through. He must have had quick reactions because he put it in reverse and the bollards just missed taking off the front grille etc.

From the videos that I've seen you would have to be pushing the authorised vehicle - any gap and you're snookered!

Reminds me when I nearly got trapped on the Lindisfarne (tidal) causeway.
I could see a van parked at the central refuge so reasoned that this was the 'warden' waiting to close the causeway. I drove until the water reached the engine and it started to misfire. I stopped and reversed (about a quarter mile) with the engine misfiring. Had to spend four hours in the pub (!) until the tide went down. As I drove back to the mainland the van was still parked at the refuge, having been submerged up to the headlamps (it was a Transit).

Map of Lindisfarne (you can pan and zoom it):-
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=55.6781652...14&l=0&m=a&v=2

Bus drivers are to be retrained on how to go over Manchester's infamous rising bollards - amid claims they are `frightened to death' of them.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....llard_training

From a 10-year-old Renault Clio to a £40,000 Porsche - no car can beat Manchester's infamous bollards.

New video

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....ers__new_video

Durham City. have had similar problems with bollards.official traffic going through legally.then the not so bright driver,s trying to follow them through.ooops crash.:eek:though i think at durham its a toll,through the city.

AFAIK, the Durham toll is on vehicles wanting to drive up to the Cathedral.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_...gestion_charge

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.7745538...4&z=15&l=0&m=m