Traffic calming

Cambridge continues to live up to its reputation for unusual solutions to usual traffic problems, in this case with the sort of contraption more commonly associated with buildings belonging to the monarch - such as Buckingham Palace - or the secret service.

This contraption appeared to be protecting the inhabitants of one of the outbuildings of Newnham College from the attentions of late night joy riders from town, or possibly in town for the night from the surrounding countryside. Maybe from the attentions of the aliens who pick our fruit and vegetables in the surrounding fens.

Presumably someone saw a need for such a thing. But it is not as if the college is still the preserve of the shrinking maidens of yesteryear: it has moved on with the times a bit, even if still a ladies only place. I wonder what sort of a loop hole in the Equality Opportunities Act of 2010 (or possibly preceding acts) they live in?