On 25/07/2018 4:18 PM, Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:
On Tuesday, 24 July 2018 10:52:31 AM AEST Trent W. Buck via luv-talk wrote:
Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Austin_suicide_attack […] driving a 4WD through a pedestrian area could kill more. I started trying to get creative using the fuel tanks for a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel-air_explosive …but you're right, why bother?
Kinetic strikes using an ordinary minivan are plenty good enough, and can be done by essentially unskilled labour on an ad-hoc basis, and tie up "the state" installing concrete bollards everywhere (sensible response) or for empire-building within the military-industrial complex (silly response). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2017_Melbourne_car_attack
When you have millions of cars privately owned and lenient laws about driving without a license things like the above are pretty much impossible to prevent.
One thing they could do is install bollards that raise from the ground when there's a red light. While it's not practical to try and install such bollards everywhere, if they were installed at the 20 intersections in the CBD with the most pedestrian traffic they could reduce the potential for harm.
Until of course someone positions their baby's pram over the top of one of the retractedbollard while waiting for the lights to change. Cue Junior being launched on a ballistic arc in the general direction of the traffic stream. Unfortunately there's no such thing as "Stupid proof". Someone always invents a betterstupid. Regards, Morrie. (Wot! Me cynical?)