The stuff of nightmares

There is an interesting article in The Guardian in 2017. Here is a link if anyone is interested in reading it.

www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/sep/04/do-creepy-looking-child-bollards-make-our-roads-any-safer

I wonder if hideousness is deliberately built into them to make people notice. I hope so.

I've never seen any btw but if they are effective then I say "Go them!" ?

HowVeryDareYou

There are some outside a nearby school. They've been there about 10 years, so are nothing new.

Same here in Derby

There are some outside a nearby school. They've been there about 10 years, so are nothing new.

I genuinely thought this was silly (sorry) until I looked...

Very creepy

Hopefully they are fulfilling their purpose

bevispl I read the article and laughed hysterically, they are truly hideous.

They reminded me of the awful charity boxes we had in the 60’s and 70’s of children with disabilities.

Ali23

We have some child shaped bollards in one part of Leicester and some pencil shaped bollards in another part. Both close to primary schools. Both quite effectve, i think.

Yes they’ve been there for at least 15 years, so it’s old news!

We have some child shaped bollards in one part of Leicester and some pencil shaped bollards in another part. Both close to primary schools. Both quite effectve, i think.

I haven’t seen that article, but I have seen the child shaped bollards in France.

Yes - awful - they will cause more of a hindrance than a help