"Owain" wrote in message
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Many LAs will do a dropped kerb at a subsidised price if it's to provide
access for a wheelchair user.

And the funny thing is that by providing acces to a single dwelling via a
dropped kerb, they effectively prevents everyone else from using the
pavement when passing that said dropped kerb, including other wheelchair
users that want to pass that dwelling.

I've always hated the way the kerbs are dropped here in UK, it makes for a
very uneven (low maintenance aside) pavement that is hell for anyone with
wheels (and no I don't care if bicycles are affected, they should be on the
f... road not on the pavement) like baby trolleys, shopping trolleys,
wheelchair users or even worse: people who have to use walking sticks or
crutches. Even for normal people they (the dropped kerb) are a severe
nuisance and should be banned...

What's wrong with small ramps on the road onto the pavement, thay works
everywhere else but UK?

/Morten


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