Child-shaped bollards have been springing up near some schools, with the aim of making drivers more cautious. They may look like Chucky’s sober cousin, but the child-shaped bollards installed in the village of Iver, Buckinghamshire, are there to make the roads safer. The creepy-looking statues, which have come in for criticism, are intended to make it clear to drivers that there is a school – and real, living children – in the vicinity. Named Bill and Belinda, the bollards can already be found outside schools in Leicester, Plymouth and Kirkby. It gives them a nudge so they’re conscious of their driving behaviour around children.”Bill and Belinda have their critics.

Source: The Guardian September 04, 2017 16:18 UTC