Looking at the shadows, it’s possible the sun was in the lorry drivers eyes. He may not have seen the bollard come up.
Glad he wasn’t seriously injured.
Man that had to hurt, now Pimps will be along to tell us about that Merc cab eh (only kidding pimpers 
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It’s hard to say without seeing the signs leading up to it but if you weren’t expecting it you wouldn’t slow down.
on a side note http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=M_SQDc11duc Kermit’s been crashed 
Man that bollard is strong
The bollard appears to be the type that’s designed to prevent terrorist activity…basically it’ll stop anything that runs into it,regardless of size or weight,no idea how the driver failed to see it,but he must have been wearing the seatbelt otherwise he would have come straight through that windscreen!
He failed to see it because he was coming at it at speed and they pop up out the ground ffs…hardly rocket science 
The approach signs say things like :
“Rising bollards do NOT tailgate the vehicle in front!”
Obviously, this may well put the no speke English brigade at a big disadvantage, as I’ve not seen these warnings in other countries in anything other than the local language.
Here’s the sales spiel.
Think he had one second to react and was going at a fair pace.
If there was a big sign saying dead slow or Bollard at entrance will take you out then it may have been his fault, but otherwise it didn’t give him a chance.
Often, the approach at a fair pace is because they want to tailgate the vehicle in front through. I don’t believe it’s normal for drivers to follow others through gates at high speed, let alone tollbooths and pedestrian areas.
At REAL high speed you’re going to get run over by your own load, looking at this test vid…
The car ones crack me up like they crack the sumps of these knobs who seem to have shiny vehicles, yet don’t know how to drive. I would imagine the insurance doesn’t want to pay out either, and warrentries are invalidated. “Epic Fail” is about right!
It’s not about them not seeing it, it’s about them trying it on.
Even rag & bone men don’t push their luck with bollards do they?
Not even this AA guy gets away with it. Maybe they should have just gone another way. It’s not likely a car broke down in the pedestrianised area after all, more likely it was just being used as a short-cut home!
I’m amazed these bollard things are not used more often around the country. 
ive been looking at some of the bollard clips,and it seems like a hammer to crack a nut…only a matter of time before someone with some serious cash gets injured and sues
im going to get me one of them things at my front door that punches cold callers up the throat , belting idea 
bowser:
im going to get me one of them things at my front door that punches cold callers up the throat , belting idea
Lol quality, maybe you could either retrofit a blade decapitate them or a nice sharp pole to impale them as we’ll 
commonrail:
ive been looking at some of the bollard clips,and it seems like a hammer to crack a nut…only a matter of time before someone with some serious cash gets injured and sues
Surely, it would be someone with a lot of lawyer qualifications and NO cash, since someone with loads of cash stands to lose it by suing and then losing.
Lawyers only do “contingency” on sure-fire claims. Otherwise we’d all be suing employers for cutting pay when it was the bank’s fault, or insurance companies for trying to up our premiums for someone else’s accident. Subjectively, the law is only what the legal system says it is, which is either factually or ethically wrong most of the time anyway! 
I understand that hitting one of these bollards also gets you three points on your licence… I don’t think there’s going to be a lot of sympathy from the onlooking public either, as most of them will be filming it if they can stop laughing long enough to do so!
itll happen...mark my words.theres every possibility that people could be injured here(and not just the driver of the car).
first time they do…they`ll sue,then the local autority will ■■■■ themselves and remove them.
far better to put a camera up and fine the culprits imo
a fuel spill could easily occur with this method…half a dozen burning shoppers…bye bye bollards
At least he had his hi vi on!..
Just goes to sure how important it is to secure your load properly, obviously wasnt strapped down enough there.
Saaamon:
Just goes to sure how important it is to secure your load properly, obviously wasnt strapped down enough there.
That was a hell of a stop tho eh lol, all things considered lucky it never ended up bending that head board any further
We’ve had bigger than you hit that Drive!