What a load of bollards: This Twitter account celebrates the barriers
There are videos, too, including ones of drivers surprised by those bollards that can be lowered into the pavement. Those bollards can also be raised, with often disastrous consequences. Many WBA videos feature cars getting their undersides scored by a jack-in-the-box bollard. Gutted like a trout, these vehicles sometimes limp away, leaving behind a black slick of grease from their perforated oil pans.The word “bollard” seems to derive from the Old Norse word “boir,” which means “tree trunk.
Washington bristles with bollards. They sprouted after 9/11 as a way to deter car bombs. For better or worse, they have literally become part of the landscape. Texted my WBA interviewee: “DC has a good selection of big, premium bollards protecting all your magnificent politicians.” I don’t make a habit out of interviewing people who won’t tell me their names and I did find the jokey coyness of my World Bollard Association interlocutor annoying. But I think I can discern a little about the person. He or she seems to be in the United Kingdom, a land of odd obsessions . The tweets feature English-style spelling and most of the photos are from Britain or Europe.And whoever runs @worldbollard takes great pleasure in seeing German cars — especially BMWs — banjaxed by bollards.
“They seem to be very attracted to bollards,” the person wrote. “Some say they are Bollard Magnet Wagons. Audis are popular too.” This person has no sympathy for drivers who accidentally drive into bollards. “If they can’t navigate and follow a simple instruction, they deserve the punishment,” the person wrote.
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