A biker died after crashing his Harley-Davidson into new traffic calming measures designed to stop speeding in a Norfolk village, an inquest has heard.
Carl Hanworth-Knights, 55, was thrown from his recently-bought Fat Boy motorbike after he struck the kerb and hit a wooden bollard while riding along Stocks Hill, through Bawburgh. He died later in hospital.
Police estimate Mr Hanworth-Knights, a civil engineer, had been riding at around 43mph on the 30mph stretch of road - which he knew well - and may have had his view impeded by the sun, which was low in the sky at the time.
The obstacle had been installed as a traffic-calming measure in May 2022, two months before the crash on July 9, at the request of the parish council.
It had been added to further sets of bollards installed a year earlier.
At the inquest into Mr Hanworth-Knights' death, his widow Kerry Fox raised concerns about the safety of a set of large plant pots which have been added to the chicane since the accident.
She told the hearing they could obscure the bollards.
In response, area coroner Yvonne Blake ordered council bosses to have the planters removed.
Ms Fox said: "The bollard Carl struck has still not been repaired and since then planters have been added.
"My concern is that if this could happen to an experienced rider it could happen to anybody and I feel they could be dangerous and cause problems for other road users.
"Nothing has been done to improve safety since Carl died and if anything, it has got worse."
Kevin Allen, an engineer for Norfolk County Council's highways department, told the inquest the planters had been installed at the request of Bawburgh Parish Council.
He added that County Hall had already requested their removal - but this was yet to happen.
Ms Blake told him: "They might look pretty but if they are going to obstruct the vision of road users they are a big concern, you will have to make sure they are removed."
She concluded that Mr Hanworth-Knights, of Chapel Break, Bowthorpe, had died as a result of a road traffic collision.
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