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Old 11-10-09, 04:30 PM   #1
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Default Ground anchor on a public road?

Any ideas if it would be allowed or has anyone done it ???

small side street outside my house is where I'd intent to place it

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Old 11-10-09, 04:33 PM   #2
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have a word with your local council. I suspect if you just went and did it, that'd be some sort of criminal damage or in breach of some highways act or something. Its public property afterall

Gotta thing about some other things aswell, like people tripping over it, other people using it etc etc
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Old 11-10-09, 04:41 PM   #3
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i'm gonna go with they'd just say no. If it was allowed I reckon a lot more people would have done it already...
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Old 11-10-09, 04:47 PM   #4
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they will say no, to much possibly liability for the council.
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Old 11-10-09, 04:49 PM   #5
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Default Re: Ground anchor on a public road

Is there not a lampy or something you can chain it to?
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Old 11-10-09, 04:51 PM   #6
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Get one of the recessed ones with the lid that a chain goes into, as long as it's not a trip hazzard then there is no real liability, if it's not too noticable then you won't get caught and if you do it when it's dark no one can see you get your hands dirty
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Old 11-10-09, 05:31 PM   #7
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They'll say no and if you do it without asking they will track you down, nuke you from orbit and worse of all; send you a huge bill for removing it and making good to the road.
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Old 11-10-09, 05:49 PM   #8
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they will say no, to much possibly liability for the council.
Especially if someone trips over it lol.
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Old 11-10-09, 06:24 PM   #9
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all the lamp posts are across the pavement, put my bike on there before but of course someone complained... not that anyone would have trouble walking past it
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Old 11-10-09, 06:27 PM   #10
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Especially if someone trips over it lol.
Not that anyone risks tripping over the 100s of uneven/broken slabs they lay around the area right?

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