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Road Safety Bill [HL]

Perhaps I may immediately make a comment on the noble Lord’s three points. First, the curved shape that the noble Lord refers to is in some cases a reverse curve. In terms of achieving the objective that he mentions, the curve goes the wrong way around. He has only to look at the one I referred to locally in that context. Secondly, as I made clear at the beginning, I was referring not only to pedestrian islands but also—and perhaps more importantly—to those intended to divide a two-lane heavily used road that is narrow. It would be much better to use cap size, or something of that kind. On the protection of pedestrians, I am all for uniformity of height, but let us agree an appropriate height. The height of the island will not greatly help pedestrians.