<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp56a61ac5yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>Where I live, we have an extensive network of non-segregated shared Foot / Cycle paths, known locally as "Redways" (and they are surfaced in red asphalt). They have thin metal bollards at all junctions with roads. I think their purposes are:<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">1. to warn cyclists to give way before crossing the road.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">2. to prevent wider vehicles from accessing the redway.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Most wheelchairs and mobility scooters for the disabled are narrow enough to pass through the gap</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">See <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tqz14niu7kpfsj/Redway%20Bollards.png?dl=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tqz14niu7kpfsj/Redway%20Bollards.png?dl=0</a></div><div class="ydp56a61ac5signature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">In some places they are "fixed", but in many places, there will be 2 and one will be "fixed", while the other will be held in place by a padlock. If you remove the padlock, the bollard can be lifted by hand to (only just) allow vehicle access. I believe that the fire service and local council maintenance teams have the keys.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div dir="ltr">Peter</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div><div><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 at 09:47, Martin Koppenhoefer <</span><a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">></span><br></div></div><div id="ydpcebb143yahoo_quoted_2939086955" class="ydpcebb143yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Am So., 16. Feb. 2020 um 21:54 Uhr schrieb ET Commands <<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="mailto:etcommands@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">etcommands@gmail.com</a>>:<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> My spelling check does not like "unremovable" but instead suggests<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> "irremovable." However, if I want to be nit-picky, all bollards are<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> ultimately removable, so maybe more appropriate values would be<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> "retractable" and "non-retractable."<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> if you look at the details, the situation may be quite different:<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> - some may be (at least physically) folded (or pulled out) by anybody, no<br></div><div dir="ltr">> key or code required<br></div><div dir="ltr">> e.g.<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="https://images.zufor.de/images/product_images/400x/umlegbar-selbstaufrichtend-zzobsozo.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://images.zufor.de/images/product_images/400x/umlegbar-selbstaufrichtend-zzobsozo.jpg</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> - others may require a specific key (private), or a generic key (e.g.<br></div><div dir="ltr">> available to the fire department)<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> - another variant are bollards that retract into the ground (hydraulically<br></div><div dir="ltr">> or pneumatically, maybe this distinction doesn't matter for us)<br></div><div dir="ltr">> e.g.<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="https://5.imimg.com/data5/FD/EP/MY-1744683/hydraulic-bollard-500x500.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://5.imimg.com/data5/FD/EP/MY-1744683/hydraulic-bollard-500x500.jpg</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> - yet another variant are fixed bollards, which may either be strong (e.g.<br></div><div dir="ltr">> not breakable with a standard car, at least not without breaking the car as<br></div><div dir="ltr">> well) e.g. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Poller_auf_Buergersteig.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Poller_auf_Buergersteig.jpg</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> - or could be flexible or light or not restraint (i.e. more symbolic than<br></div><div dir="ltr">> physical) e.g.<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1u.VtKXXXXXXEXVXXq6xXFXXX4/Traffic-Safety-Black-Delineator-Concrete-Bollards.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1u.VtKXXXXXXEXVXXq6xXFXXX4/Traffic-Safety-Black-Delineator-Concrete-Bollards.jpg</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">> or<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/Hbd2b0a9d420440ca94f0580be9e648b53/Queue-Management-System-Bank-Retracta-Belt-Barrier.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/Hbd2b0a9d420440ca94f0580be9e648b53/Queue-Management-System-Bank-Retracta-Belt-Barrier.jpg</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Cheers<br></div><div dir="ltr">> Martin<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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