Cute or creepy? The child ‘ bollards’
THEY’RE designed to draw the attention of drivers – but unfortunately these bollards made to look like children are proving a distraction to everybody else.
Since they were put up in Iver, Buckinghamshire, to improve road safety, locals have complained that they are potentially dangerous, while others have taken to dressing up the mannequins with props.
Known as Bill and Belinda, the bollards are supposed to warn drivers that they are close to Iver infant and junior schools. Campaigners hope the eight bollards, which cost the parish council £5,395, will fool drivers into thinking a child is about to cross. Alison Major, who lives nearby, said: ‘They look awful, they should have been a normal traffic bollard. They will be knocked over in no time.’
But local councillor Luisa Sullivan, who is behind the scheme, told The Daily Telegraph: ‘I think that if they make the school area safer they should only be seen as a good thing.’