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really? why aren't railings constantly torn out at traffic lights in town centres? Even if the scrap was high enough (aluminium is roughly £750 a tonne, they cant weigh more than 60kgs, so roughly £50 of value if they are made of aluminium, and you can get a dodgy scrap dealer to take a bike pump they have to take apart before smelting) then I think tearing them out the ground might cause a little commotion in London. Scrap thieves will surely continue going to copper cabling.
I think some will work, some will get broken, some will never be active, but that one day I get a slow puncture and see one on the way home I will be very grateful.
Edit: though actually that hose looks like it could easily be unscrewed.