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The boxes are filled with sand but not made too heavy to reduce the risk of serious damage.
Vautier Pharmacy Pioneer manager Karlyn Smith , who works near the trial site, said motorists were still regularly hitting the bollards, and the collision that imobilised a blue Mazda on Friday morning was at least the fifth crash for the week. .
She said crashes were so common the council needed to seriously reconsider the barrier boxes.
“Someone is going to get killed... [or] seriously hurt... and I’m fuming. I believe safety for cyclists is important, but this set-up isn’t safe for them either.”