Originally Posted by August Spies
Nothing in this is more priceless than the windshield wipers going off after the accident.
Seriously though, I'd be really worried about this type of thing, especially for my axles. Those things aren't just barriers, they raise, and therefore can avoid the clearance of a front bumper and any number of parts of the underbody to get shmucked. I'm guessing those accidents weren't cheap.
The axles could probably take the beating. Kiss your radiator, oil pan, a/c compressor, power steering pump, or any other low hanging component goodbye though. If you made it far enough over before they raised, those bollards would be aimed right at your gas tank. Not sure how amusing that would be. A rally car style skid plate up front would have helped these clowns but my guess is that if you are dumb to drive over a bollard like that then you wouldn't have thought to add the skid plate first.