Nano Bollards

As south Africans we are accutly aware of the risks we take when we park our cars at work in the office park or in shopping centres or even at home. Regarding your security at home, many automatic gates have been removed ot the garage doors are breached to gain access to your treasured vehicles, if an automatic bollard is installed, this posses such a great deterent and the vehicle theif moves on to a property which offers less protection. The automatic bollard can be installed in such a manner as to offer anti hi-jack benefits as well. Nano Bollards manufactures these devices in South Africa, the automatic rising bollard, to limit your exposure to vehicle theft and hi-jacking.

Bollards in their static form are used extensively in most countries, most of which are found in public areas and shopping centres. The advent of the automatic rising / retractable telescopic bollard, a device which rises or retracts out of anf into the ground upon command, allows the tight integration of pedestrian traffic with that of the motor vehicle traffic, which often disregards pedestrian safety. Uses for the automatic and manual bollard include, shopping centre and office park vehicle access, pedestrian crossings, scholar patrols and pedestrian malls.

There are two issues with regard safety and the bollard, especially the automatic telescopic bollards. The first is, the Bollard needs to be installed in such a way that people are made aware of its presence, additionally people have to be educated, especially here in South africa, where this is a new concept. Secondly, peoples behaviour, application of the driving training and experience that the have, by implication if a driver has a licence it is assumed that the person is going to be on the lookout for obstacles and adhere to any traffic signs and control warnings. If a motorist tailgates a motorist in front and impact the bollard, surely this is a behavioural issue.