Upturned Car on Adys Road

[malumbu]

1 hour ago, Penguin68 said:

They are not defending driving across the pavement, they are noting that certain types of pavement obstruction are positioned to disallow any overhang across pavement areas for certain types of vehicle when their wheels are only on the road. Which is a function of narrow roads and modern vehicles. Which can be exacerbated by the imposition of build outs and central bollard islands as additions to existing narrow roads. 

Savings lives, see alex_b's informed and personal post above trump's a little bit of inconvenience.  

[first mate]

Penguin, do be reasonable, anything that makes driving a car really difficult - or even hazardous, has the thumbs up, from some. After all, people need to make 'smarter' choices. 

[alex_b]

7 minutes ago, first mate said:

Penguin, do be reasonable, anything that makes driving a car really difficult - or even hazardous, has the thumbs up, from some. After all, people need to make 'smarter' choices. 

It’s only “hazardous” if you chose to drive in such a way that your vehicle crosses the pavement and risks hitting a pedestrian. If the junction is too tight for a vehicle to be able to safely do so the driver should take an alternative route - no different to avoiding a low or narrow bridge.

Also the council had already removed parking opposite the junction to give vehicles more space to manoeuvre, it used to be much worse with coaches regularly getting stuck. . 

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

20 hours ago, alex_b said:

It’s only “hazardous” if you chose to drive in such a way that your vehicle crosses the pavement and risks hitting a pedestrian

Yeah but what happens if I need to drive across a pavement because I'm in a rush or just a bit too busy texting? Why should I be punished by a static object like a bollard?

I think the bollards should be removed. Also, people should stop moaning if I occasionally brush up against their cars when I'm driving. So what if you lost a wing mirror or a bumper? People keep jumping to the conclusion that I'm a shitty inattentive driver, but it's not my fault, it's all the bloody EU safety features these days.

[first mate]

Seriously OTT, venting response, that adds nothing.

[Earl Aelfheah]

It's ridiculous to suggest that if you drive a car into an object on the pavement, that is the fault of the object. If that's what you think, then you should hang up your keys.

[first mate]

Driving or heck, even cycling into something may be driver/cyclist error; it may not. I think you know that. Advising me and others to hang up our keys if we don't agree with you ( a now familiar tack) may help you vent but does not achieve much else. 

[spider69]

I m 79 years of age when growing up it was very common to have bollards suddenly jump up in front of you. Perhaps they are making a comeback.