The bank holiday rush for the resorts is looming, but any snarl-ups will be hard-pressed to beat Chinese drivers sitting it out in a nine-day traffic jam. Vehicles are going nowhere in Beijing due to roadworks, which caused the logjam beginning in mid-August.
Month: August 2010
Toilet turnstiles perfect for high volumes of traffic
A boss of a Bridlington building firm was fined for not including for workers adequate toilet and washing facilities on site. The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted Bryan Ellis Brown, a partner in Bryan Brown & Son, of Flamborough.
Static bollards deter parking on private land
The British Parking Association has reacted to the Government’s plans to ban wheel clamping on private land. The BPA statement contained these objections: "Drivers should be encouraged to comply with the conditions of private car park use. Everyone recognises landowners’ rights to control their land. If drivers trespass, there must be repercussions.
Steel fencing helps reduce crime and vandalism
Detectives are still counting the insurance cost of a lightning smash and grab heist in which jewels worth several million pounds were stolen in London. A gang broke into a low-grade security entrance to access the De Beers store inside the Royal Exchange shopping area. The arcade, based around a champagne and seafood bar, is lined by jewellers and luxury goods stores which often leave displays fully stocked to encourage window shopping.
All our qualified barrier engineers are security vetted
There will be an official probe into how a dangerous criminal was allowed to flee from custody not once, but twice. David Patmore broke out from a midlands open prison in April, was seized by officers after a rooftop stand-off, and re-sentenced in the northwest recently.
Turnstiles make public toilets more secure
A bombshell almost literally dropped at a portable toilet after a cleaning worker found a crude bomb when on a routine service. The employee opened the door and spotted what she thought was a pipe bomb at a Tacoma Public Utilities transfer station in the USA, police said. Had it gone off, the bomb would have caused “considerable damage” to the toilet and anyone standing nearby, Assistant Police Chief Mike Zaro said.
Posts protect your bays from illegal parking
New waiting regulations in Colwyn Bay, Wales, have resulted in a surge in parking on quiet streets. Parking areas on roads in the town that were formerly free, including Queens Drive, have been converted to 60 minute zones, forcing workers to go elsewhere. Bay of Colwyn Town Councillor, William Bagnall, said: “When they actually proposed it around Queens Park I did make a comment we’d be parking on the Old Highway before long because of the restrictions.
Barriers and Turnstiles ideal for transport companies
Government figures just released revealed that crime on public transport is costing society one-and-a-half billion pounds a year. The numbers for England in 2006/07, the latest statistics which are available, showed that the total numbers of incidents on buses, rail, light rail, trams and London Underground amounted to an estimated half a million.
Barriers and turnstiles Smart solution to British Telecom thefts
British Telecom are compelled to come up with clever methods to foil thefts of copper contained in their local cable network, which leave affected areas cut off and cost BT millions of pounds every year. BT’s Openreach Division has started to use SmartWater, an invisible solution which forensically tags thieves, staying on their skin for up to 60 days. There were more than 200 arrests last year for this type of offence.