Absolutely! This will enable people to hit even MORE lamposts, as they won´t learn their lesson unless there is REAL pain, some blood, and maybe they fall to the ground. Maybe a secondary benefit will be that public drunkards as well will be protected, and homeless people can rip this material off the post to cover themselves at night! And it might prove to be a stimulus to the economy.
This is a good thing. Pain, blood, injury not funny.
People bumping into padded lampposts - funny. Aim a camera at each lamppost, edit the footage, comedy gold.