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On Apr 11, 10:21=A0am, "Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote: > On 11 Apr 2009 08:11:24 GMT, "Paul - xxx"  > wrote: > > >The railings are there to help (shepherd them away from danger) the > >most vulnerable section of road user, the pedestrian. > > Really? =A0A lot of people think they are there to help the motorist by > keeping those annoying pedestrians out of their way.

Only fuckwit car-haters like you, who want to play off motorists against other road users. It helps no-one to have pedestrians spilling out all over a busy, multi-lane junction where there is already a lot to look out for.

> Current best > practice would appear to be the very opposite of railings.

Not at junctions like that.

When are you going to admit that you hate motorists? When are you going to admit that you encouraged your kids to wear helmets?