I would think these are for seeing in many directions, but they are sometimes placed where I can't imagine people actually need to see in all directions.
Also, as I was pedaling along (just finished up a bike tour of the Archipelago), I would see in the ditch an orange hollow plastic tube, about the length of my forearm, with reflective tape around one end. What is this thing?
by CPetersky
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Your moms boyfriend
Airvent for the stormwatersewer
A pollard.
a portkey
Like was already said, it’s a stylish air vent for storm sewers.
Those sticks that you’ve seen, were they these: [https://www.motonet.fi/tuote/aurauskeppi-19-mm-x-1500-mm-6-kpl?product=38-8489](https://www.motonet.fi/tuote/aurauskeppi-19-mm-x-1500-mm-6-kpl?product=38-8489) ? They are used for snow plowing, it helps the snow plow drivers to see where the roadside ends and where the ditch begins.
I would imagine that shiny thing is nothing more than a bollard. Might have been placed there to prevent snowplowers accidentally going too close and damaging the building in the winter.
The orange plastic tubes in a ditch also serve snowplowers, except they tell them where the road is so they plow in the right places.