Yes indeed, but the council are talking about converting some streetlamps
for charging cars, and I was wondering being as these will be in the street
if there might be some vandal sitting there relishing the havoc they could
cause to such an installation!

Brian

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On 26/02/2019 17:08, Brian Gaff wrote:
I think for me the question is. If you are charging your car on a
streetside
charging point, what sort of cable is uses and is there any circumstance
where it can become a trip hazard to a blind person. I remember when
electric cars first came out the idea was mooted of a kind of swing arm
at a
high level with the cable on it to drop down past the curb to charge the
car. To me that looks like a vandals paradise, and to leave a cable
trailing
is a h/s nightmare for being sued.
Brian


A very valid concern.

I've not seen any chargers where the cables would/ should lay in the path
a pedestrian not associated with the car or charged would normally take.
Of course, that doesn't mean there aren't any nor that someone couldn't
set out to place a cable in a way it would cause a problem.

When you get a 'free' charger installed under the gov. scheme (if it is
still running), it must be installed on a private drive or in a private
garage etc. You can't, for example, park in the street and have it
somewhere in your front garden and run the cable across the pavement. You
are required to send photos of the planned installation point when you
apply. I suppose people could obtain their own chargers and self install-
it isn't complex (I watched the chap do ours), just a 16A spur (or 30A in
some cases).

While I fully appreciate your concerns, I think the problem of cars
parking on pavements etc is probably far more of an issue.