John, If only our politicians were as good as those in "Yes, Minister". That would be a vast improvement.
Along this street there are hundreds of posts, lamp posts, and for traffic signs.
They are all along the edge of the pavement in a line
Why they put this one right in the path of the pedestrians is a mystery to any one with more than one brain cell.
Being from the colonies, I have little experience with the cosmopolitan ways of the people who rule Britannia currently. I have, however, seen many episodes of "Yes, Minister" and assume that is fairly representative of British public service. Anyway, we here in the outer edges of civilization might just paint the damn thing yellow and make sure there is adequate street lighting. We might also assume that if anyone ran into it they would be either a finalist for the Darwin Awards or just plain damn drunk.
If they do not John, they walk into the huge black pole that some N.F.B. official decided to put in the middle of a very busy pavement.
It looks ok in daylight, but nearly becomes invisible at night.
Especially if you do not have perfect vision. (common with us old people)
The bright red arrow was put in after complaints from damaged pedestrians.