Electric Car Charging

[DTKOAG]

Whats peoples view on the below ?
I'm tending to side with the council if cables etc are reaching out over the public pathway therefore causing a possible hazard to
pedestrians.

Oldham man 'blocked' from charging car outside own home

He wants to charge his car on the street but a council says cables may pose a trip hazard.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Really_here]

I can see why he's annoyed, this is going to be a much bigger problem in the future and I can see it being chaos when people start to piss about with the cables especially if they're left plugged in overnight.

 

[mexico1970]

I can see why he's miffed but nobody has thought this charging out properly, if he can't charge his car without being a menace and a danger to everyone else he needs to sell his motor and get a proper one.

 

[GornikDaze]

Whats peoples view on the below ?
I'm tending to side with the council if cables etc are reaching out over the public pathway therefore causing a possible hazard to
pedestrians.

Oldham man 'blocked' from charging car outside own home

He wants to charge his car on the street but a council says cables may pose a trip hazard.

www.bbc.co.uk

Seems a bit daft buying an EV if the only method of charging was using a cable crossing a public path. Highlights the problem of EVs for those that don’t have driveways

 

[kinkyblue]

I don’t know why the installer put the charger in, surely they knew there was an issue

 

[tregyblue61]

Lots of new housing going up around here but without the charging points.

I always thought it was part of the regs for new homes in England. Wales, I think they are still consulting on this?

 

[Barcon]

Was he on crack when he decided to buy that car?

 

[give it to gordon]

Don't sure a council can stop you putting a cable across the pavement but I guess it's causing an obstruction on their pavement.
He is definitely causing a trip hazard and leaving himself open to be sued if someone trips over it.

Why buy a electric car when you can't legally charge it at home ? It's common sense that put the cable across the pavement isn't the correct way to do it

 

[East Level 2]

How about cables that light up when plugged in to the mains.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I can see why he's pissed off but it's easy to trip over cables and I can't imagine it's much fun to have to push a wheelchair over them.

It's one reason why I just don't think EVs are the answer - they only make sense if you've got a charger on your driveway, and in this country where for the most part we have small houses, relatively few people have driveways, especially in urban areas where emission reduction is most important.