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>They stop people from using vehicles to attack lots of people. This seems like a relatively new phenomenon in the past 10 years or so. That or maybe I just ne
by aphextim 7y ago
>They stop people from using vehicles to attack lots of people.
This seems like a relatively new phenomenon in the past 10 years or so. That or maybe I just never would hear about the vehicle attacks prior and it is just more spoken about now.
Regardless whether this is a new phenomenon at least they are taking steps to mitigate the impact of these types of attacks.
- reaperducer 7y agoThey've been around for a long time. I fractured my knee on one in Brussels in the 99's that looked like they'd been there for decades, if not centuries. I think they're more popular now because building owners are trying to keep their insurance rates down and there is an industry to take advantage of that.
- aphextim 7y agoI can see that, much like in the USA there were a ton of companies trying to profit off of the school shootings offering things like clear backpacks for every student, metal detectors at every entrance, video surveillance etc. I'm not saying that some of these companies don't want to help prevent another tragedy or mitigate them, however there are a ton of companies trying to make a quick buck off of people emotional and suffering from a tragedy. Some form of detection/protection is nice, but I feel that we shouldn't have to button down every school and treat it like Ft. Knox either. Schools can hardly afford after school programs, much less hi-tech security systems/operators.