What do you call those plastic white rectangular bollards

tampopo · 28-11-2007 1:33pm #1

What do you call those white plastic rectangular cones at traffic junctions?

they're about 3' to 4' tall, with a white arrow on a blue circular background on the top and a yellow rectangle on the base.

ta much.

murphaph · 29-11-2007 3:23pm

They're just called "illuminated bollards".

tampopo · 30-11-2007 12:21pm

thanks for that.

Victor · 30-11-2007 3:24pm

There is a variant of the design based on fleixble bollard with the sign illuminated from the outside. It has the advantage of returning to the proper position after being struck / stolen by drunks.

Seth Brundle · 12-12-2007 5:25pm

Victor wrote: »

It has the advantage of returning to the proper position after being ... stolen by drunks.

Is it a homing bollard?

JackieChan · 17-12-2007 3:24pm

The bollard at the junction of Watling Street and Jervis Street in Dublin is used by cars for NCAP pedestrian protection rating! Its always broken/squashed.
It was replaced a couple of weeks ago (yet again) and as I was leaving work that evening a car took a shortcut at the junction and drove straight over it!
So its back to its sad squashed position again.

irlrobins · 24-12-2007 2:05pm

JackieChan wrote: »

The bollard at the junction of Watling Street and Jervis Street

JC, is the bollard one of these:

Or these:

Pines · 05-01-2008 12:22pm

irlrobins wrote: »

JC, is the bollard one of these:

Or these:

while I hesitate to poke gentle fun at such a helpful answer, the clue might be in the thread title and OPs detailed description...

Seth Brundle · 05-01-2008 1:07pm

read irlrobins' post again!

Pines · 06-01-2008 3:35pm

kbannon wrote: »

read irlrobins' post again!

Oops. My bad, irlrobins!

tampopo · 07-02-2008 2:24am

it took over 2 months, but I only reported the illuminated bollards near the gaff for maintenance earlier this week. It's not Public Lighting that look after them, it's Traffic....fyi

JackieChan · 07-02-2008 1:18pm

irlrobins wrote: »

JC, is the bollard one of these:

Or these:

Ofc I meant the junction of Watling Street and James Street!

It should look like the first but spends most time squashed or missing.
A new one has been placed there again this week.Lets see how long this one lasts

irlrobins · 07-02-2008 6:21pm

Cheers, just wondering. The latter ones are designed to be run over. Of course they'll still make a mess of your bodywork...

What do you call those plastic white rectangular bollards

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