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Latest comment: "Kuroi Kyo 'It's a black Mercedes (a car for monied twats) not a Land Rover' Errr no its neither you retard, are you actually blind like these drivers? Its a Kia mpv. dumb faggot "
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Guest: Seb (402 days ago)
I work in insurance (for my sins) and this happens all the time. I get the hear some great excuses from drivers who have tailgated buses, wrecked their cars and caused damage to the bollard.
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fyi, these are in Manchester, next to the old corn exchange, they are signposted really clearly and since this video has been online I've not sdeen anyone else trying it. They should play this on the giant screen next to them in exchange square!
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Guest: Kuroi Kyo (103 days ago)
1. It's in the UK. 2. The bollards are to stop the general public venturing down a bus/delivery lorry only route. 3. It's a black Mercedes (a car for monied twats)not a Land Rover. 4. People who cannot read the warning signs or pay attention to the road ahead deserve everything they get. 5. I laugh at the fools with low IQ. It's a pity they pollute the gene pool though.
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Guest: Pete Star (409 days ago)
Big Baz - there is no control room. They are controlled by sensors on the vehicles that are permitted to use the streets. Only a total dickhead would believe that a person is controlling them and trying to trash people's vehicles.
The people who run these things are idiots, but the bigger idiots are the ones who installed these in the first place. How many people have died because of these? What if someone has a heart attack and needs to get to the hospital? By the time an ambulance arrives, the victim could be dead. Its fine to have turnpikes; they are built to shatter upon impact instead of decapitating the driver. These should be built the same. Americans are always being criticized for building unsafe cars, but at least we don't put steel barricades in the middle of our roads!
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Guest: Sir Les Paterson (434 days ago)
First I was amazed that these things existed. Then that any town should need them. But what amazed me most was that someone would be so desperate to drive down that street that they'd risk wrecking their vehicle???
Info: The rising bollards at St Mary's Gate have had their ups and downs since
their installation in June 2006.
This area was revealed as a city centre accident hotspot early in 2006.
So the bollards were fitted and cars were banished from St Mary's Gate, with
only the clever little metro buses fitted with electronic sensors being
allowed to pass through. The bollards detect the sensors in front of the
buses, and disappear into the ground to let the buses pass.
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