Rise-and-fall road bollards in Manchester

Mali

CCTV cameras have filmed numerous cheeky drivers doing battle with the infamous rise-and-fall road bollards of Manchester - and losing.

The 3ft-high barriers which sink into the street to let Metroshuttle buses through, have been installed because of the area's high road casualty rate.

Yet drivers are risking their cars - and their safety - by following buses through, despite warning signs.

Have you seen these things in action?

http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2006/10/drivers-fail-to-beat-bollards.html

Watch the video.

mjbo

Classic !!!!

phantom_lord

Very good.


Just saw this one


http://youtube.com/watch?v=XkCN7ci4PBU

Recon

phantom_lord wrote:

Very good.


Just saw this one


http://youtube.com/watch?v=XkCN7ci4PBU

That ones a bit anti-jewish isn't it?

Recon

But those other 2 videos are brilliant, the one with the commentary has a better picture though

phantom_lord

Recon wrote:

That ones a bit anti-jewish isn't it?

Sorry about that. Nothing to do with me...


I just thought that one was slightly more interesting due to the damage.

Mr Magnolia

Don't know wether or not I should have laughed, funny though.

Amazing the amount of people who still won't wear seatbelts.

Recon

Sparks400 wrote:

Amazing the amount of people who still won't wear seatbelts.

I'm sure I saw that a few of those people got their heads bounced off the windscreens.

Be safe, wear a seat belt! (or something like that)

The_Magoo

Passenger in the van definitly kissed the windshield. Surprised the council havnt got in trouble, Tyre spikes would be a better idea.

prospect

That muppet in the black Kia jeep should be shot.
He has a kid in the car, and he accellerates in a pedestrian area. What an arzehole.

Sam Vimes

The_Magoo wrote:

Passenger in the van definitly kissed the windshield. Surprised the council havnt got in trouble, Tyre spikes would be a better idea.

spikes sticking out of the ground in a pedestrian area probably wouldn't be a good idea

Recon

Commander Vimes wrote:

spikes sticking out of the ground in a pedestrian area probably wouldn't be a good idea

I'll just walk across this pedestrian crossing to get to that ARGHH!!! Fecking spikes, they should put bollards here instead!

Kone

Excellent

biko

I don't remember who said it but he suggested a law to remove seatbelts and installing a big spike in the center of the steering wheel.
Would sure speed up Darwinism, and prevent tail gating.

twanda

That video is a laf.
I've seen those bollards in action in Blanchardstown aswell. I have seen the buses go through on numerous occasions, but no one was daft enough to try to follow them.

Kojak

Lol.