Hi
no reference this was given over the phone to my dad.
Dave
Rita Newton wrote:
>David
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>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?
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>Rita
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>Subject: Re: [ACCESSIBUILT] Dropped kerb provision for disabled people
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>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.
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>Regards
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>Dave Croft
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