 Bollard overkill
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:47:08 +0100, "Paul Scott"
<notvalidpmscott@> wrote:
>Took a trip down the South Oxford to Lower Heyford and return, and BW seem
>to have won the bollard lottery and are busy installing three bollards
>alongside all the narrow locks that don't already have them, ie nearly every
>one except maybe Somerton. Most boaters I discussed this with can't imagine
>they'll be much use, especially in the deeper locks, and may even be less
>safe if ropes get snagged up when going down...
>
>Given the higher than normal number of rotten balance beams and
>broken/missing paddle gear, and the fair few lock mooring bollards that are
>about to be pulled out of the ground, what drives this new enthusiasm for
>'lock bollards'? Elfin Safety perhaps?
It's a target innit?
Big organisations like targets, and they have to be measurable
targets, so they can work out if they met them.
BW has set targets, and bollard installation is one of those targets
(bridge numbers is another).
Targets tend to be less than effective when it comes to actually doing
what is needed.
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