David
Thanks for the info on the flat speedbumps. These can be upto about 1.5m
wide, so its easy for anybody and everybody to confuse them with an
uncontrolled crossing especially if they form a natural walkway from a car
park to a pedestrian shopping area - as in our local village. Tactile
paviors will help in identifying them as a place to cross, though I'm not
entirely sure that car drivers will recognise this. Do you have the
reference for the DfT information?
Rita
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Subject: Re: [ACCESSIBUILT] Dropped kerb provision for disabled people
Hi All
thought I'd drop my oar in here, the question is not whether the kerb should
be provided but the safety of others using the footway if it is fitted, in
my view providing a dropped kerb at a residence could cause problems as
there would be no matching dropped kerb on the other side of the road,
leading people with low vision into nowhere land and others may not be able
to get up the opposite kerb. personally I would think the only time a
'personal' flush kerb should be in place is in a flats court and similar.
a note on a recent info from the Dft -they say that where there are flat
raised speed bumps which could be confused with crossings by blind/low
vision people they should have tactile pavers like any other crossing.
Regards
Dave Croft
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