Stairs - we might lead the world in boring on the size of a step or in the case of the Scottish parliament having to lay the floor several times but in Spain they are dangerous - pilgrims need to look after their feet and the stairs in Spain cause you to gall mainly in the plain. The are different sizes and depth so you might as well be climbing a mountain as going up to your bed
There are rarely rails to hold onto or guide you. They are very good at allowing wheel chair access but it's alongside a flat bit with stairs. A sheer drop awaits any blind daftie
Lighting - not only do the stairs have no rails and sheer drops they also have no lighting - especially useful if you want to do a header
Sharp edges - many a pilgrim has already found to their cost that the stone cuts through skin very easily. Sandals are no protection as the first step trips you while the second one cuts you. It's like a night out in Glasgow
Walking into traffic doing 70mph needs no explanation
And as for road signs and canopies for bars they have a height restriction that limbo dancers would toil with. The best was in Ages where as you went up the street the canopy started at 7 feet but as you got to the end of the bar it was 4 feet!! To ensure collision, the cafe owners put tables and chairs out to walk around knowing pilgrims always look down. How we laughed at the merry pilgrims as they crashed into the canopy as they swerved around the chairs, they hit the canopy and fell of the pavement. Priceless it was but I wasn't brace enough to film these people.
Road signs are good too. Clearly they were designed for motorist to see not pilgrims to walk under, ouch,
Beds - if you get a top bunk check it has safety bars - the beds are tiny and you wake up the dorm when you fall five feet - especially if you're overweight - and land on someone elses rucsac and walking poles
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