Obviously for a wheelchair user in an urban environment, dropped kerbs are an absolute must if one is to be able to cross the road safely.
I have on occasion been in places where there is one on one side of the road and you get across only to discover there isn't one the other side (puzzling as to why this is done), and more frequently, and infuriatingly you find a car oparked right across the dropped kerb preventing wheelchair users crossing.
In some places in Michigan I saw that the dropped kerbs were clearly marked so as to deter drivers from parking across them.
Here's an example from the car park of Wal-Mart in Troy, Michigan.
I have on occasion been in places where there is one on one side of the road and you get across only to discover there isn't one the other side (puzzling as to why this is done), and more frequently, and infuriatingly you find a car oparked right across the dropped kerb preventing wheelchair users crossing.
In some places in Michigan I saw that the dropped kerbs were clearly marked so as to deter drivers from parking across them.
Here's an example from the car park of Wal-Mart in Troy, Michigan.
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