Bollards Options

[Blake]

Has someone hit the bollards in the town center again?

How many times has it been now. Seems to happen almost twice a month.

[Iommi]

I must say I am a true supporter of these bollards!! Why should the council take responsibility for the idiocy and ignorance of people who are obviously not paying attention to what is going on!! There is perfect signage around the are of the bollards to indicate that the zone they are entering is a pedestrian zone so why should these bollards be taken out at more cost to the council and more importantly the tax payer.

They are currently costing the tax payer money.

Imagine if these bollards were not in place, people would just ignore the fact that this area is a pedestrian zone and drive through, giving serial complainers another thing to moan about!

Guidelines suggest that a certain amount of tailgating should be permitted. The risk to the public of a bus tailgater is small if any.

I was walking past varsity the other day and saw someone in their car waiting for a bus to go through so he could tailgate (isn't this a crime anyway?) the bus through the bollards, the person in the car was sat there for quite a while before the bollard went down, which to mean would have been plenty of time to notice the quite obvious signage around me. This is a blatant display of ignorance!!

Either that or the driver felt 'trapped' and didn't appreciate that the carpark is a legitimate exit.

In my opinion people should start taking responsibility for their own actions!

Yes, but everyone should play their part. This is a poor bit of road design. When one drives in to a relatively busy area, their attention will be drawn to pedestrians, other vehicles, parked cars, cyclists, etc... it seems clear to me that this makes acknowledging signage more unlikely.

At the end of the day, the biggest problem here is a poorly thought out pedestrian area. It is not an exclusive pedestrian area and because of that we will always have this problem.

[Apathetic]

They are currently costing the tax payer money.Guidelines suggest that a certain amount of tailgating should be permitted. The risk to the public of a bus tailgater is small if any.Either that or the driver felt 'trapped' and didn't appreciate that the carpark is a legitimate exit.Yes, but everyone should play their part. This is a poor bit of road design. When one drives in to a relatively busy area, their attention will be drawn to pedestrians, other vehicles, parked cars, cyclists, etc... it seems clear to me that this makes acknowledging signage more unlikely.

At the end of the day, the biggest problem here is a poorly thought out pedestrian area. It is not an exclusive pedestrian area and because of that we will always have this problem.

It seems we tell drivers wehere they cant go and haven't put a sign in to tell them that the car park is an escape route at the dropped curb. If we expected them to use their common sense, we wouldn't put any signs in at all.
I say lets just put our heads in the sand and pretend it's not happening in our town