The Anti-Car Thread

Retro

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Now an anti-car Lib Dem council has installed "killer kerbs" which appear to be deliberately designed to do significant damage to cars.

If you think it's just to discourage two wheel "kerb parking" and hence the perpetrator "deserves" it, then think again. Turns out that it's all too easy to hit it by accident, say to allow a lorry through coming the other way by pulling to the side to give it room as they can't be seen.

I'm surprised that there isn't a class action lawsuit against this yet.

A pro-pedestrian council has installed a “killer kerb” that has caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to cars

The Lib Dem-led Wiltshire Council installed the 13-inch high construction near Salisbury train station to create a “more welcoming environment for pedestrians”

But the kerb, which was built in October 2024 as part of a £3.2 million project, has since become so notorious that it has been listed as a tourist attraction on Google Maps.

Killer kerb.webp

 

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So many motorists will mount a kerb to give an emergency vehicle room. The problem with kerbs is the sidewall of the tyre is the bit that usually contacts and that is the vulnerable part.
 

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Best to be clued up on the different types of scameras out there waiting to catch you out on UK roads.

I remember driving during the good old days before these monstrosities were first installed in 1992 and it was such a breath of fresh air compared to today where there are all sorts of anti-car measures in place that didn't exist back then. Sometimes the old days really are the good old days and in this respect the era before these really was.

 

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Parking fines are such a profitable racket for councils, with 1.6 million of them meted out in 2024.

UK motorists were hit with 1.6 million fines for illegally parking on yellow lines in 2024, according to new data.

The AA, which uncovered these figures, argues that while drivers are “willing to follow the rules”, they require “practical parking solutions”.

Parking on double yellow lines is prohibited at all times, with rare exceptions like Blue Badge holders. Single yellow lines allow parking only during specific hours, indicated by nearby signs.

 

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Convince me that you're not a police state. Eh, maybe save it to keep that brain from burning up.

Do they look at the totalitarian state that is China with envy?
 
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