The Wharf Street bollards were totally wrecked on Wednesday afternoon (25th August), after an altercation with a Mercedes Sprinter van.

The driver is alleged to have said that he didn’t see any signs at all and was just following the directions from his Tom Tom. He was also following a taxi.

The green Mercedes van complete with a personalised number plate (E4 RAG) was on its way to collect clothes from the charity shops in the Market Place.

The road had to be closed overnight awaiting the arrival of “Bollard Man” on Thursday morning. Both bollards had to be replaced.

Bollard bashing continues unabated in Wharf Street and Bartholomew Street. Many incidents go unreported if the damage has not disabled the vehicle.

Even after spending thousands of pounds on the Bartholomew Street bollards, there appears to be at least one incident a week at this location.

totally wrecked?? they were working the next morning!!!


"Even after spending thousands of pounds on the Bartholomew Street bollards, there appears to be at least one incident a week at this location."  Thats rubbish!! where did you get that figure from ?!?!?

And besides, "The driver is alleged to have said that he didn’t see any signs at all and was just following the directions from his Tom Tom. He was also following a taxi"

thats says it all!  a professional driver who dosen't look where he is going...everyones elses fault except the driver eh...

Quoted from Administrator

The driver is alleged to have said that he didn’t see any signs at all and was just following the directions from his Tom Tom. He was also following a taxi.

Who knows what could have happened had this guy gotten into the pedestrian zone, given that he (allegedly) admitted to missing all the warning signs and just following what his sat-nav told him. This is clearly someone who isn't paying attention to what's going on around him. In this instance I would say the bollards did their job exactly as they should.

Quoted from buttonf1

totally wrecked?? they were working the next morning!!!

Depends what time you got out of bed.

I believe Bollard Man was on site at 7.00am and they were repaired by 9.30am

Quoted from Administrator

Depends what time you got out of bed.

I believe Bollard Man was on site at 7.00am and they were repaired by 9.30am

as i said, they were working the next morning..and were fully operational at 10am.  so they weren't "totally wrecked" were they?

over exageration is a major problem in this town, and this forum, just read other posts.  people make the problem seem a hellof a lot worse worse to kick up a manic discussion about it...worse than the daily mail this forum i tell thee

anyway, its irrelevant when they were repaired or any of that s h i t...

the driver was a numpty, wizzing along in a dream world, thinking he can drive everywhere, when the signs are quite clear to any person that is able to see correctly.  I hope he injured himself so he is unable to drive on the roads again..he is a danger to pedestrians

Quoted from buttonf1

as i said, they were working the next morning..and were fully operational at 10am.  so they weren't "totally wrecked" were they?

Why? Just because they were working at 10 doesn't mean that they weren't wrecked.

The best option would be to just turn the expensive waste of space back to a 24/7 road.

They just had the usual damage, which was obviously not a problem to repair.  They were fixed within 2 hours...a usual amount of time.  "Totally wrecked" implies that this damage was a lot worse...and would have taken a lot longer to repair surely??  there was no damage to the road surface, so its not like the van ripped the bollards out of the ground.

Quoted from buttonf1

They just had the usual damage, which was obviously not a problem to repair.  They were fixed within 2 hours...a usual amount of time.  "Totally wrecked" implies that this damage was a lot worse...and would have taken a lot longer to repair surely??  there was no damage to the road surface, so its not like the van ripped the bollards out of the ground.

You are obviously a young "know it all" little shit.

Quoted from Archie

You are obviously a young "know it all" little shit.

  ooooo, touched a nerve?  jealous of my [assumed] youth? (assumption, another problem this this place)

i just happen to know what im talking about matey, and dont over exaggerate everything to cause a stir...

plus, im 39!

hmmm.... No rude word filter on this fekin forum it seems  

Anyhoo... They had a tap and stopped working.  Didn't wreck the van presumably so can't have been too severe.  I think it was just the fact that they wouldn't go fully down into the housing after being hit and were still showing about 4 inches or so above ground overnight.


Of more interest is these businesses that suck up off the back of other genrous people's charitable donations and are able to afford to drive around in Mercedes with personalised plates.

Almost as bad as the chuggers who get 'employed' to fleece passing people in the shopping areas.  People get conned into giving but don't realise that all they're doing is paying for the chuggers.... Fcukin con men the lot of 'em  

Quoted from buttonf1

i just happen to know what im talking about matey, and dont over exagerate everything to cause a stir...plus, im 39!

Quoted from Archie

You are obviously a young "know it all" little shit.

Is there any need at all for that kind of comment? Is that the best response you can come up with?  

Hopefully Admin will have a word.

As a Green Meanie (yes, i'm one of them evil/angelic CEOs, i've finally cracked and broken my silence, after reading this forum for some time, send your PMs now )

I feel I have to add my opinion to this discussion...Spartacus is correct, there was a minor collision with the bollards involving a large van. (being driven by a professional driver I might add, who realised what he had done at the scene) They were left down as a safety precaution, and were reparied in a timely fashion the following morning. These bollards are not designed to damage vehicles, just like a brick wall isn't...but if you drive into either...