Bollards!

The electric vehicle is coming and the demand for robust and reliable charging infrastructure is more important than ever. EV charging islands, charging pads, and full-charging stations are being built all over the country. However, while we focus on building more charging stations, an often-overlooked aspect is the safety and protection of these charging units. One critical component in ensuring this protection is the installation of stronger, more reliable bollards. The Vulnerability of EV Charging Stations

EV charging stations are typically placed in high-traffic areas including parking lots and storefronts or shopping centers. These locations, while convenient, put the charging units at risk of being struck by vehicles as we’ve seen an increase in gas pedal mistakes and parking lot crashes over the last decade. The sensitive equipment used in EV chargers makes them particularly vulnerable to damage from collisions, which can lead to costly repairs or replacements, downtime for charging stations, as well as risk of injury to pedestrians or drivers.

Given these factors, it’s clear that protecting these stations with durable, impact-resistant barriers is crucial.

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"Bollards! Bollards! Bollards! Bollards!" (This guy gets it.)

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) – A police chase ended with a suspect’s vehicle crashing into a convenience store parking lot and becoming stuck on the top of a parking bollard.

FOX 8 photos show the car with two wheels off the ground and a blue parking bollard wedged beneath it.

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A photo of what could be Britain's most useless bollards has gone viral after the security measure was mercilessly mocked online.

But it has attracted attention for all the wrong reasons after they were roundly laughed at on X.

The image, posted by Birmingham resident and musician Dr Helen Ingram on her X account, shows a residential driveway containing a single car but with two large theft-prevention bollards at the entrance to the driveway.

Dr Ingram captioned the picture with a thumbs up emoji and said jokingly: 'These bollards should keep their car secure.'

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[S]everal Portland bike riders who are lucky to be alive after a drunk driver plowed onto the popular carfree path around 8:30 pm Thursday night. Bradley Krueger, a 43-year-old with with two prior convictions for driving under the influence, steered his Mini Countryman compact SUV onto the Springwater at its northern entrance and drove south three miles before he and his car were finally stopped by a bollard at SE Spokane.

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Alt text: from World Bollard Association twitter feed

"Sometimes, even WE don't know how people manage these incredible things... #WorldBollardAssociation"

A red hatchback vehicle is seen from behind, with the hatch open, and a concrete-filled yellow bollard is sticking up through the trunk, which the vehicle has somehow parked on top of.

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese praised the Frenchman who confronted Bondi Junction attacker Joel Cauchi for his “extraordinary bravery” and said he could stay in the country for as long as he wanted.

Damien Guerot, a French construction worker, has been dubbed by some as the "Bollard Man" after CCTV footage showed him confronting Cauchi with a bollard on an escalator during the deadly stabbing attack in Westfield Bondi Junction.

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Paris j'taime

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19583258

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Over a 15-year period, 6,253 cars crashed into 7-Eleven storefronts in the U.S. – an average of 1.14 per day.

7-Eleven apparently fought in court to withhold that data from the public.

"They have not been producing that information for many, many years," Rogers said, "and that's what's important about this case - getting this information out about how frequently this happens."

Rob Reiter is co-founder of the Storefront Safety Council. He was retained as an expert by Carl's attorneys in this case.

"If you install bollards, you pretty much solve that problem," he said of the danger.

Reiter advocates for safety bollards or protective barriers being placed in front of storefronts – especially those with parking lots that face the front door.

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