Comments on: Emotionally Intelligent Bollards http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/08/16/emotionally-intelligent-bollards/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:27:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: WWWebb http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/08/16/emotionally-intelligent-bollards/#comment-8556 WWWebb Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:31:05 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1120#comment-8556 How about if we make them in the shape of my mother-in-law??? bump-bump screeeeeech bump-bump How about if we make them in the shape of my mother-in-law???

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]]> By: mikey2gorgeous http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/08/16/emotionally-intelligent-bollards/#comment-8531 mikey2gorgeous Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:48:35 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1120#comment-8531 How about if we make them in the shape of my mother-in-law??? How about if we make them in the shape of my mother-in-law???

]]> By: TOTE http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/08/16/emotionally-intelligent-bollards/#comment-8528 TOTE Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:59:44 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1120#comment-8528 I agree with SteveL's comment. After seeing so many children statues, drivers will no longer notice the statues or actual children. I would hate to imagine what will happen in this area in a few months when a child jets out into the street chasing a lost ball. Maybe statues of elderly people would be better. This should evoke the same emotional response in drivers. After all, no one wants to run down Grandma. On a personal note, I find even the photos of the statues to be very creepy. I would avoid the area because of the creepiness factor. Ahhh...traffic calming at work. I agree with SteveL’s comment. After seeing so many children statues, drivers will no longer notice the statues or actual children. I would hate to imagine what will happen in this area in a few months when a child jets out into the street chasing a lost ball. Maybe statues of elderly people would be better. This should evoke the same emotional response in drivers. After all, no one wants to run down Grandma.

On a personal note, I find even the photos of the statues to be very creepy. I would avoid the area because of the creepiness factor. Ahhh…traffic calming at work.

]]> By: Karl-On-Sea (Twitter: @karlonsea) http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/08/16/emotionally-intelligent-bollards/#comment-8526 Karl-On-Sea (Twitter: @karlonsea) Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:09:27 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1120#comment-8526 I think the RAC's comment is typical of what makes a BAD driver - just concentrating on the road ahead, rather than being aware of what's around them. I'm not sure if you picked up on this, but there was a case using a similar idea recently where someone created a policeman scarecrow at the roadside - complete with a fake radar gun. The police took a dim view of this, and confiscated it under the 1996 Police Act (apparently it was deemed to be impersonating a police officer . . .). Here's the story as told on the BBC's site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8138993.stm I think the RAC’s comment is typical of what makes a BAD driver - just concentrating on the road ahead, rather than being aware of what’s around them.

I’m not sure if you picked up on this, but there was a case using a similar idea recently where someone created a policeman scarecrow at the roadside - complete with a fake radar gun. The police took a dim view of this, and confiscated it under the 1996 Police Act (apparently it was deemed to be impersonating a police officer . . .). Here’s the story as told on the BBC’s site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8138993.stm

]]> By: SteveL http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/08/16/emotionally-intelligent-bollards/#comment-8525 SteveL Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:09:06 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1120#comment-8525 The RAC are part of the UK car-driver lobby, no surprises there. A bigger risk is "will it teach drivers to ignore children by the road". The more kid-like bollards there are (none of which jump out in front of you), the more you will ignore kids by the road. I learned to ignore sheep by the roadside in the UK (They stay where they are), so got a big surprise the first time I saw a deer in the US -and especially the way it promptly jumped into the way of my hire car. The RAC are part of the UK car-driver lobby, no surprises there.

A bigger risk is “will it teach drivers to ignore children by the road”. The more kid-like bollards there are (none of which jump out in front of you), the more you will ignore kids by the road. I learned to ignore sheep by the roadside in the UK (They stay where they are), so got a big surprise the first time I saw a deer in the US -and especially the way it promptly jumped into the way of my hire car.

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