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I have no idea. It's only an inch high so not big enough to be a traffic calming measure and besides, it's in the middle of an intersection. My own fault though - shouldn't have taken a line along the edge. Dumb.

There's a mistaken belief that these timid measures (others being rumblewave or rumble strips) have an impact on 'road safety'. Basically, there was funding available and most local authorities tried to be seen to 'do something'. In practice, the effect of these measures is close to zero--you need cushions or full-width humps before there's a measurable impact on speeds (not that using them is necessarily the most commendable approach, either). This looks like a particularly neglected scheme. It clearly hasn't been looked at for some time. Sorry you fell--it's obviously good of you to accept the blame, but equally it is important to say that cyclists shouldn't be forced to have to make such decisions just because of shoddy standards of implementation and poor carriageway maintenance.