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Crash barrier is 'too dangerous'
23 October 2009
A safety barrier installed to protect primary school children from passing motorists has been moved because it was repeatedly struck by cars.
Council officials were forced to move the four-foot high metal railing, designed to protect children from cars negotiating a tight bend outside Pensford Primary School, near Bristol, after it was hit four times in two years.
It has now been moved around 30 centimetres away from the roadside, into the middle of the pavement.
Dan Norris, Labour MP for Wansdyke, told The Daily Telegraph that he felt the decision was “extraordinary” and had put children at increased risk.
Tom, Sharpe
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