Bollards lift minibus into the air in Worthing (From The Argus)
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Bollards lift minibus into the air in Worthing
2:00pm Tuesday 12th July 2011 in News
The automatic bollards that caught a minibus and a car by surprise
A minibus and a car were lifted into the air by newlyinstalled moving bollards.
The new technology introduced by Worthing Borough Council near Worthing Pier has had an up-and-down start.
Shortly after the bollards were installed a woman driving a minibus waited too long at green and as she set off again she drove through the light as it turned red and she and her passengers were lifted into the air.
A similar incident with a car driver was also reported by nearby traders.
A council spokeswoman said: “The new barrier system was introduced a month or so ago with a couple of incidents reported.
“These have related to people attempting to go through the barriers whilst the traffic light style entry system is showing ‘red’.
“If anyone wants vehicular access to the promenade, then all they need to do is draw up to the barrier - staying in the hatched area, press the buzzer, make their request and then when given the OK wait for the light to turn ‘green’ indicating it is safe to move forward.”
Comments(10)
Brighton_Belle
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4:17pm Tue 12 Jul 11
I don't think it's particularly safe for the bollards to raise whilst there is a vehicle above them - I'm not a H&S nanny sort but lifting vehicles into the air on bollards like that may end in tears!
Surely not!
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4:22pm Tue 12 Jul 11
Hove Ex-Pat
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7:08pm Tue 12 Jul 11
SimonS
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8:58pm Tue 12 Jul 11
Bad Lieutenant
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12:12am Wed 13 Jul 11
SimonS wrote:Spare a thought for the people on the bus you sanctimonious individual! There was a passenger on baord, and all you can think about is the Highway Code. HAVE SOME COMPASSION YOU HYPOCRITE
Why are people stopping on the yellow hatched area around the bollards? Don't people read the highway code any more?
Brighton_Belle
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10:13am Wed 13 Jul 11
SimonS wrote:It sounds like she was moving at the time!
Why are people stopping on the yellow hatched area around the bollards? Don't people read the highway code any more?
mrs epiggott
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10:39am Wed 13 Jul 11
Tailgaters Anonymous
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11:48am Wed 13 Jul 11
Sussex road deaths are on the increase in 2011 and clearly many drivers have little regard for the Highway Code or other road users.
If the minibus driver HAD read the Highway Code maybe he/she would not have endangered passenger(s) or, for that matter, other road users!!
Bubs
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1:49pm Wed 13 Jul 11
Bad Lieutenant says...
2:05pm Tue 12 Jul 11