Henry Johnson

What a load of Bollards... Seems like a good idea to me.

Bollards resembling children are being used as a traffic-calming measure outside a school in Leicester

The hope is that when drivers see the crude plastic features and painted-on school uniforms they will ease off the accelerator.

The metal figures will replace warning triangles that get lost in an array of signs

But so far residents have given them a mixed reaction. One bollard has even been knocked over, the driver perhaps distracted by the unsettling gaze of the 3ft-high figure.