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Drivers fail to beat the bollards
Last updated at 14:38pm on 19th October 2006
CCTV cameras have filmed numerous cheeky drivers doing battle with the infamous rise-and-fall road bollards of Manchester - and losing.
The 3ft-high barriers which sink into the street to let Metroshuttle buses through, have been installed because of the area's high road casualty rate.
Watch the CCTV video here
Yet drivers are risking their cars - and their safety - by following buses through, despite warning signs.
All the cars have so far become impaled on the bollards having failed to get through in time. The driver of one 4x4 vehicle hits his head during the impact before his wife dashes out of the car to check on the safety of their toddler strapped in the back seat.
In another clip, a white van driver hits his head so violently that the windsceen smashes.
Drivers fail to beat the bollards
Last updated at 14:38pm on 19th October 2006
CCTV cameras have filmed numerous cheeky drivers doing battle with the infamous rise-and-fall road bollards of Manchester - and losing.
The 3ft-high barriers which sink into the street to let Metroshuttle buses through, have been installed because of the area's high road casualty rate.
Watch the CCTV video here
Yet drivers are risking their cars - and their safety - by following buses through, despite warning signs.
All the cars have so far become impaled on the bollards having failed to get through in time. The driver of one 4x4 vehicle hits his head during the impact before his wife dashes out of the car to check on the safety of their toddler strapped in the back seat.
In another clip, a white van driver hits his head so violently that the windsceen smashes.
