steps to uphold the law. the residents are trying to enforce restrictions on cars, which were put in place to create low traffic neighbourhoods, by becoming human traffic bollards. our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, reports. here s a question for you. when is a pedestrian, not a pedestrian? ..any aggro with the drivers, because we re bollards, and bollards don t say anything. when they become a human bollard. what are you going to do run us over? i m not going to move. i ve got a place to be. can you move? - car horns sound. you cannot go down the high street. so this road is supposed to be blocked between 7.30 in the morning, and 6.30 in the evening. but the bollards aren t working, and nor are the number plate recognition cameras. so drivers know they can come through without being fined. which is why the oxford pedestrians association decided to step in. i don t feel anxious or afraid.
i ve got a place to be. can you move? car horns sound. you cannot go down the high street. so this road is supposed to be blocked between 7.30 in the morning, and 6.30 in the evening. but the bollards aren t working, and nor are the number plate recognition cameras. so drivers know they can come through without being fined. which is why the oxford pedestrians association decided to step in. i don t feel anxious or afraid. ijust feel something has to be done, and i m doing the right thing in the right direction. it s bizarre. i wouldn t have expected it. i m not like normal vehicles. you didn t know that? oh, i can see you re not. oh, you re speechless now? yeah. yeah, so i ll be reversing down there in a second, thank you. one delivery man managed to bamboozle the activists into letting him through. you pay taxes for the council to go through here. not delivery though. yes, i m an authorised vehicle, same as the county council, mate,
here s a question for you when is a pedestrian not a pedestrian? ..we re bollards and bollards don t say anything. when they have become a human bollard. what are you going to do? run us over? i ve got a place to be. can you move? horns blare you cannot go down the high street. so this road is supposed to be blocked between 7:30am and 6:30pm but the bollards aren t working and nor are the number plate recognition cameras, so drivers know they can come through without being fined, which is why the oxford pedestrians association decided to.step in. i don t feel anxious or afraid, ijust feel something has to be done and i m doing the right thing in the right directions. bizarre, i wouldn t have expected it. i m not like normal vehicles,
you cannot go down the high street. so this road is supposed to be blocked between 7.30 in the morning, and 6.30 in the evening. but the bollards aren t working, and nor are the number plate recognition cameras. so drivers know they can come through without being fined. which is why the oxford pedestrians association decided to step in. i don t feel anxious or afraid. ijust feel something has to be done, and i m doing the right thing in the right direction. it s bizarre. i wouldn t have expected it. i m not like normal vehicles. you didn t know that? oh, i can see you re not. oh, you re speechless now? yeah. yeah, so i ll be reversing down there in a second, thank you. one delivery man managed to bamboozle the activists into letting him through. you pay taxes for the council to go through here. not delivery though. yes, i m an authorised vehicle, same as the county council, mate, the same as buses. i can go through the cameras. the delivery company dpd told bbc breakfast the response f