Can I put something ramp like in the road?
 

Im moving house on friday and the new place does not have a drop curb. The pavement is narrow as is the entrance so the only way in on the bike is straight up the curb. So that doesn't sound to bad right?

Its on a fastish country lane near the edge of the village, on the inside of the bend. Traffic comes round the bend at a steady 30-40mph with the occasional idiot. The scenario i can foresee is a car or a lorry in the lane closest to the house are just exiting their left bend as they pass my house. (if you can picture that) The bend for them is blind, they wont see me waiting to turn right across their lane into my house. Or if i am coming from their direction i will have to stop broad side to traffic to get up the curb.

So can i put something there? By the curb in the road? So if i do have to gun it out of someones way i don't destroy my rims/ crash. Also my girlfriend has just started riding, 3 days in on her cg125 so far, so although the front wheel is a little bigger the curb will be a big deal for her for a while.

I thought a block of wood cut into a wedge lengthways and again at both ends in case a car drove over it. Painted white so people can see it?

What do you think?

Re: Can i put something in the road?
 

I'd just stick a bit of wood there and not worry about it too much. Or pay for a drop kerb. Or accidently grind a fat chunk out of the kerb that's already there.

Even simpler would be to practise getting the bike up the kerb that's there.

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For me getting up the curb is not the problem. Its just if some idiot comes round the bend at 55 one day there's not gonna be much time. I cant modify the curb its a rented property in a smallish nice looking village. Probably the best way to make enemies when we move in! lol.

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I would put a block of wood cut into a wedge for your slope. when your going out/in to the drive way, and pick it up and then place it in the driveway afterwards.
a few times later, if noone says anything, leave the wood there full time....sorted.

Re: Can i put something in the road?
 

I'm my first house for my car, I welded up two metal wedges and screwed them to the kerb stone :)
Council wanted £1300 for a dropped curb and only their contractors were allowed to do it.

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Wouldn't be suprised if one or two of the contractors where relatives with someone on the council. Nowadays robbery comes in more than one form.

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I got told the same thing as Phil and the council said it was due to Public Liability cover.

"You may then appoint a contractor to carry out the works who must have the necessary Public Liability Insurance cover as detailed and be accredited as safe and competent to work on the highway in accordance with the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991".

Cost £60 for someone to come out and see if I can have it dropped and then he told me it will be around £800.

Public pants down and charge what you want cover more like.

Re: Can i put something in the road?
 

Lad across the road dropped his kerb at one of his drives himself.

Someone grassed him to the council who inspected it. Said he had not done a sufficient drop on the pavement and told him to do what he didn't think he could which was to continue the drop the width of the pavement.

Re: Can i put something in the road?
 

On the one hand no you can't, on the other hand yes you could and I've seen it done but you're not supposed to.

Re: Can i put something in the road?
 

Aye, ten years ago, the council wanted 400 quid to drop the curb, and another 400 to rip up the grass in front of the garden and cover with tarmac.

They gave me permission to drop the curb, but with that sort of money involved, I thought they could bog off.

The bloke who came round reckoned they'd be 'catching up' with all the people who had dropped the curb but carried their driveway out to the pavement, to have them resurface it with council approved stuff. What a crock o plop!

I just said, I think I shall carry on pushing my 'bicycle' over the pavement onto my property, its cheaper!

Nobody actually gives a stuff, about me driving over the curb with the Landy, as pretty much everyone round here needs to to it with their own cars, due to lack of parking on the road and big lorries passing down the street.