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Old 22-11-2006, 12:22 PM   #31
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Isn't this the same bollard system to be put into Parliment House in Canberra??
The Lodge already has them. Actually I'm pretty certain they are there but it is usually pretty dark when I drive past.
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Old 22-11-2006, 12:23 PM   #32
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I'm not sure why anyone feels any sympathy for the people that hit these things...

LOOK AGAIN at the video...
on either side there is TWO HUGE

"DO NOT ENTER SIGNS"

The frist driver is obviously trying to sneak through

the second driver Speeds up to get through

as for the third one... Im not sure why the first van got through

but the driver of the second van... must still have a headache :

as the title of the video says

Road blocks aren't for dumb drivers
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Old 22-11-2006, 12:26 PM   #33
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I'm not sure why anyone feels any sympathy for the people that hit these things...

LOOK AGAIN at the video...
on either side there is TWO HUGE

"DO NOT ENTER SIGNS"
Not to mention the BIG RED DOT on the road!
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Old 22-11-2006, 12:27 PM   #34
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Bollards, boomgates - same sort of thing, some people think, "the boom gate hasn't gone down yet, so I'll sneak through too rather than wait." Then bang, it comes down on the car as they go through. There was signs and road markings to tell them not to do it, and these people knew about them as they clearly gunned it to beat the bollards.
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Old 22-11-2006, 02:08 PM   #35
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That has made my day. LOL I feel sorry for that baby in the second last car though.
I DO too as its parents are STUPID ENOUGH TO DISOBEY A BRIGHT RED DO NOT ENTER SIGN!!!
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Old 22-11-2006, 02:18 PM   #36
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Those things are toys compared to what we have at work....
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Old 22-11-2006, 03:26 PM   #37
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I say they move too slowly.... I'd like to see tjem get up at least half way... shift the engine into the firewall... The morons deserve what they get
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Old 22-11-2006, 05:13 PM   #38
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So how do you deal with a pedestrian crossing the road right behind the bus and his legs are astride the bollard just as it.....
Brings tears to ya eyes just thinking about it
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Old 22-11-2006, 05:48 PM   #39
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So how do you deal with a pedestrian crossing the road right behind the bus and his legs are astride the bollard just as it.....
That's the pedestrian hazard. Also when used in pedestrian areas they are a considerable trip hazzard when they silently rise up. Some of my sites now have warning sounders and have to educate their staff, others put a boom gate directly above the bollards to save pedestrians from walking onto them. If someone is standing on them, they don't rise.
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Old 22-11-2006, 05:51 PM   #40
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Isn't this the same bollard system to be put into Parliment House in Canberra??
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The Lodge already has them. Actually I'm pretty certain they are there but it is usually pretty dark when I drive past.
Yes & yes. Also plenty of other sites in Canberra and around the country.
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Old 22-11-2006, 05:53 PM   #41
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Ouch! that hurts...
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