David HoJul 9, 2023
Behold my favorite #traffic calming device.
Show threadcleatsandcodeJul 9, 2023
@davidho @milgrim how does this work, like what am I missing?
Show threadSteve BannisterJul 9, 2023
@cleatsandcode @davidho the space is so narrow any cars have to drive slowly through the bollards or risk damage to their shiny automobile. Particularly fun in my opinion is that larger cars have to be even more careful
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEJul 10, 2023
@milgrim @cleatsandcode @davidho But drivers know that the bollards must be wide enough for normal cars, so all they have to do is miss the driver's side bollard with the driver's side wing mirror by a couple of cm, and be driving straight, and they haven't got a problem. There's no need to worry about the other side of the car.
Show threadSteve BannisterJul 10, 2023
@TimWardCam all true, but there’s direct video evidence of drivers slowing down. Crazy huh
Show threadBeko Pharm (deprecated)Jul 10, 2023

@milgrim @TimWardCam every left lane on the autobahn in Germany when there is a construction site going. We're really used to this and even overspeed all the time. We as in my fellow Germans.

Nobody here would bat an eye on that 😅 No I'm not proud on that. Our car density is simply insane.

Show threadmithosJul 10, 2023

@bekopharm @milgrim @TimWardCam Not true. I know a few spots im germany where they had to bollard off old bridges to keep heavy traffic away. You're either going slow or you're paying for repairs. It's not the same as on the autobahn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cgt4qXk8v4

Realer Irrsinn: Hochsicherheits-Pontonbrücke bei Bochum | extra 3 | NDR

YouTube
Show threadBeko Pharm (deprecated)Jul 10, 2023
@mithos @milgrim @TimWardCam heh, the only thing there that is keeping drivers in check is the automated ticket dispenser (or photo booth) :P
Show threadmithos

@bekopharm @milgrim @TimWardCam The bridge had bollards long before they added those photo booths. This was just another episode in a longer history around this narrow bridge.

I also knew a street in hamburg with bollards to keep trucks away. Same situation there, germans are not better drivers than anywhere else.

Jul 10, 2023 at 8:44amWeb
Show threadBeko Pharm (deprecated)Jul 10, 2023

@mithos who said that? o0 Our driving and car obsession is batshit crazy.

I still do not get what you want from me now. What have trucks to do with this? Or weight? Wasn't this about cars squeezing everywhere without batting an eye?