This is a photo from two years ago, i stood there for a good minute wondering how the hell and why this weird cycle path was there. It is in southern France, on the climb to Col d'Ecre, bit north of Nice.
Take a guess, i finally fully understand.
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Best guess, it's for allowing cars to pass?
Nope.
A hint: These two poles and the one with the solar panel make sense of the whole thing.
Or a simple bicycle counter - authorities are interested to know how many cyclists are using this route and at what times of day etc.
No bicycle counter. But times of day is being collected.