when automatic bollards fight back!!!

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Timmo
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when automatic bollards fight back!!!

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worth a watch (limnk at the bottom of the page!) to see the reactions of the people that think they getaway with it!!!! :D
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News_Article.asp?NA_ID=222787
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The link on the page didn't work for me, so here's a link for anyone else with the same problem...

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... d/519.html
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Post by thanuttiscotsman »

hi there,
those things look bloody dangerous. if you didn't know they were there and didn't expect it then you could easy write your car off on one of them.

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:shock:

Never seen such things before...
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:lol: classic !
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The Merc was shifting - look at the back end lift off the ground! :shock:
Red phase 1, 84k
Silver phase 1, 67k
"Man who run in front of car get tyred; man who run behind car get exhausted..."
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