Railings removed

From the article:

There's very clear evidence based reasons to believe that vehicles will indeed mount the pavement.

If vehicles mount the pavement when railings aren't there, then we should be thinking... what's the escape route for a cyclist? My point about the curb is the turning left will just lay you down on the pavement, in the way of the vehicle (as it mounts the curb).

If a car strikes you and mounts the pavement you will still have a better chance of survival if there are no railings present rather than being the shredded meat in a steel sandwich.