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Wheelchair access impossible

Wibbles

I am fed up with people parking their vehicles, thoughlessly on pavements totally blocking my path and also the lack of dropped kerbs that mean that I cannot get to where I want to go without a considerable diversion - I asked my local councillor for help a few months ago and was told that a lack of money prevented any dropped kerbs from being constructed... despite the dropped kerbs being MANDATORY.

He even suggested that I might want to pay for it myself !!

This particular missing dropped kerb is some 1/2 mile from my house.

I was wondering what would happen if I was to, accidentally scratch the side of a car - if it was blocking my wheelchair access ?

Anybody else in a similar position ?

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66Mustang

TL;DR Unless things have changed its a case of you both being in the wrong but police probably wouldn't care to prosecute you because it would make them look bad.

My Dad when he was a PC was given a job where exactly this happened to a guy with a Ferrari. Old lady on motorised wheelchair scraped down the entire side of it.

He told Ferrari guy ... yes I can prosecute her ... but I would also have to prosecute you for your parking ...

(Not to mention how would the police look for prosecuting a disabled person trying to go about their daily business?)

Ferrari guy decided to drop accusation.

Sunny_D

Isn't it this kind of issue that you pay your council tax for?

Wibbles

Sunny_D said:

Isn't it this kind of issue that you pay your council tax for?

Yes it certainly is

Wibbles

woodbine said:

In defence of councils around 32 of them are either bankrupt or on the verge of bankruptcy due to year after year of cuts in support from central govt. @Wibbles can you find an alternative route?

No there isn't an alternative way to cross that road
The post office is by the junction

Wibbles

The other problem (ongoing) is rubbish bins and recycling bins - left in the middle of the pavement by the house-holders or by bin men - who, after emptying them, simply leave them in the middle of the (already narrow) pavements !

I cannot, for example, get to the chemist on a Monday (bin day) - because of the number of bins blocking my wheelchair route !

Jimm_Alumni

I purposefully put my bins off the pavement at the edge of my property because of this reason. My road isn't really one people walk through to get anywhere, but I still do it so someone doesn't have to move into the road to get around them.

The bin workers always leave them all over the pavement though… I've been thinking about mentioning something to the council and I think I really should. It's such a small thing, just put the bins back off the pavement.