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A photograph of what might be Britain’s most ineffective bollards has gone viral after the safety measure was mercilessly mocked on-line.
However it has attracted consideration for all of the mistaken causes after they have been roundly laughed at on X.
The picture, posted by Birmingham resident and musician Dr Helen Ingram on her X account, exhibits a residential driveway containing a single automobile however with two giant theft-prevention bollards on the entrance to the driveway.
Dr Ingram captioned the image with a thumbs up emoji and mentioned jokingly: ‘These bollards ought to hold their automobile safe.’
The picture has been seen 1.5 million instances, and has greater than 800 feedback and 17,000 likes.
The picture of the bollards has been seen 1.5 million instances, and has greater than 800 feedback and 17,000 likes
Eagle-eyed critics have been fast to see the draw back – with two giant patches of grass both facet that means a automobile may nonetheless simply be stolen.
However others struggled to see the humorous facet and commenced explaining within the feedback why they thought the bollards have been in place.
Dr Ingram then joked with a follower that her publish had began ‘a mansplaining conference’.
One X consumer who went to nice lengths to elucidate away the ‘ineffective’ bollards wrote: ‘You are lacking a relatively apparent level. It’s based mostly on a two automobile configuration.
‘As soon as each are within the drive, there is no such thing as a room for manoeuvre.
‘It’s also used for caravans and camper vans. To not point out industrial vans.’
However one other snapped again: ‘None of which in fact, may probably drive over grass.’
One mentioned: ‘Acquired the same instance a number of streets away from us. Two driveways facet by facet, no barrier between them however just one has a safety pole. Completely pointless.’
One other quipped: ‘No automobile thief value his salt would drive over the grass.’
A number of customers all urged including an indication to the garden to discourage would-be thieves: ‘Job’s a very good ‘un so long as it additionally has ‘Hold Off The Grass’ indicators too.’
An account calling itself the Division of Social Engineering, Censorship and Satire chuckled: ‘Helen, our analysis exhibits that the factor that issues most to automobile thieves is tidy lawns, and they won’t, beneath any circumstances, injury them.’
‘That is like placing your sock on the skin of your shoe,’ one other laughed.
Nevertheless one did supply a extra sensible clarification, saying: ‘I sense somebody who is admittedly hacked off with individuals doing a u-turn of their drive.’
And Dr Ingram added: ‘Individuals getting genuinely offended about that is sending me off.’
