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I asked James B about this over on the ask a councillor thread .

At one point he says it's an option and then he says he's not aware of it being a new rule .

So who knows .

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,336529,1382419,page=125#msg-1382419

vgrant Wrote:

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> how come the ED pedant suicide cadre have not

> declared this post null and void 'cos the the

> spelling of kerbs ?


Ok...


I blame little Miss Muffet-


Oh wait, that's curds-


No, they're the ones fighting Ices-


No wait, they're cold deserts-


No wait, that's the atac-Karma...


a-and so on...

Roundabout Wrote:

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> The disabled and mother/s with pram/s using same,

> would have to be seen by on-coming drivers. Seems

> reasonable to me to have space to enable both to

> be seen clearly.


As Jeremy queries... What?


Not sure what this has to do with dropped kerbs a long a stretch of road - surely it's the responsibility of the pedestrian, regardless of "disability", to ensure they cross at a safe place - being able to see clearly across the road. If they can't see another safer place should (yes I know people cross where ever and frustrates the hell out of me as an observer) should be found to cross.


Whilst many a time road users are unfriendly to the non road users (personal opinion) I can't see, in this instance, how visibility is an issue... perhaps I'm missing something?

If you have a yellow line that spans only the length of the actual drop kerb, then in theory 2 vehicles could park either side of it. If you are in a wheelchair, you are lower than a standing adult, so these vehicles don't even need to be vans / people carriers in order to obscure the vision of on coming drivers to the fact a wheelchair user is about to try and cross the road.


Also, if you are in a wheelchair, you'd need to lean forward in order to peer around the parked vehicle to see if you were safe to cross. This in itself is not safe as it is likely that the front of your chair would now be further out in to the road than the parked vehicle. It's not the same as a standing adult quickly peeking out from behind a parked van.


It sounds to me as if this has been done for the safety of disabled pedestrians, probably after consultation with the likes of RNIB and other charities.


Thank me later.

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