It is pretty evident that not only the occupants of the car were horrified that the stupidity of the driver might have hurt the baby in the rear
Fixed.
The danger of the rising bollard is solely down to the road user not paying attention to more than adequate road signs.
Don't just blame the driver
Why on earth not? The driver is presumably in control of his vehicle.
Because the driver of the vehicle is too lazy/inattentive/stupid to obey clear instructions. Perhaps we should ban pedestrian crossings because people who use them sometimes get run over by inattentive drivers?
the applause when it is obvious the dummy/driver would have been killed but the post still works is positively sickening!
Only if you believe that they are applauding the death of the dummy or the person who it was meant to represent. They are, IMHO, applauding a well designed product passing a destruction test.
Camera/PCN is surely a safer way to enforce car free zones?
Camera enforcement is a laugh - all that would happen is that you would get so many people ignoring the 'threat' that the road would be as congested as usual.
B.