Vorpal wrote:reohn2 wrote:IMO it's a compromise in light of there being nowhere else for it,admittedly it could be hilighted in some way but wasn't thought of at the time of installation which could be that no one ever ran into such a pole before the OP's case,perhaps some action my be taken to limit the chances of it happening again.
Nowhere else like a gantry or cantilever with a pole on the other side of the cycle path?
Whilst that's true but unlikely on such a road,TBH I've rarely seen such gantries or cantilevered poles in the UK.