02-11-2019, 01:53 PM
(02-11-2019, 01:29 PM)robdrimmie Wrote: In what way are the metal bollards unsafe? They would increase safety for cyclists and pedestrians wouldn't they?
(This is a genuine question, not intended to be contradictory or confrontational - I read metal bollards and get happy, but I'm clueless about a great many things.)
They aren’t unsafe. But I can think of reasons people might give as to how they are unsafe.
The biggest is that a car might run into them, causing injury to the occupants of the car. Of course this is bogus, because if the bollards weren’t there the car might careen into a bicycle or pedestrian lane, causing worse injuries to the occupants of those lanes. So this is not a legitimate objection.
A more reasonable objection is that somebody on a bicycle might run into them. But I think the additional safety from cars definitely not infringing on the bicycle lane probably outweighs the danger to cyclists from immovable bollards.