Person tripped over my outside cable cover whilst charging car...

born_again

Okell said:

But isn't the issue that they aren't on every street and aren't outside everybod's house?

None of the houses within a half mile radius of mine have drives and there are no on-street charging facilities.  You have to travel over a mile either to Waitrose or Asda to find charging facilities.

As long as it's possible for foolish people to charge at home by simply laying a trip hazard across the pavement, some people are going to do it.

As a society we seem to have thrown a lot of of effort into encouraging people to buy EVs but haven't ensured the infrastructure to support them is in place first

Totally agree with you.*
But it should be the manufactures who do this, as Tesla have done. Not rely on councils to fund for people that do not have drives etc.
Maybe that like people with drives now have to buy their own chargers now. That councils, where people are without a drive are allowed to do the same at the roadside.

One reason Tesla is the best selling in the world. You get the whole package. Which to boot is pretty much the cheapest charging you can get out & about.

* although the infrastructure is there now, well over 70K, it is not just as affordable compared to home charging. By next year there will be a 1000 charge points to each petrol station.

Could easily be helped if people with home chargers shared them with people that did not have home facilities. As very few need to charge every night. Average UK miles will be once a week at best. So charger is doing nothing most days & nights when they could be shared with the many who can not charge at home.

MeteredOut

I wonder if the OP has heard back from the alleged victim yet.

I say alleged as the OP said there were other miscreant EV chargers on their street, and that the victim had offered no evidence it was the OPs charger that caused their injuries.

user1977

Section62 said:

born_again said:

Section62 said:

WellKnownSid s

Having been involved in the drafting of some highway related legislation I know that creating a regulatory framework for on-street EV charging is going to be problematic. And given the state of local authority finances, it isn't realistic to think that the facilitation of private on-street charging is going to be cost-free to the owner.  Nor is it likely that each EV owner will be given a dedicated parking bay outside their home, so having paid for the facilitation of an EV charging cable, there will be no guarantee the owner will be able to use it.  That might make private on-street charging so unattractive that, coupled with extended vehicle range and better regulation of council/corporate charging points, few people bother with it.

Plenty of councils have on street charging & there are no issues with it.

Moreover, there is a fundamental issue in that councils outside London don't (AFAIK) have the legal power to allow or install on-street charging points (possibly why some councils are prioritising their off-street car parks).

Maybe in England. Edinburgh has managed it (not entirely sure of statutory background though):

https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/electric-vehicles-ev/find-electric-vehicle-charging-points-edinburgh/2

(mixture of on and off-road spaces in that list)

LightFlare

Baldytyke88 said:

LightFlare said:

Might be time to pull the plug on this thread

I thought the purpose of the forum was for discussion, why stop a perfectly good one?

Woooosh - the “joke” obviously flew a touch too high

Section62

user1977 said:

Section62 said:

born_again said:

Section62 said:

WellKnownSid s

Having been involved in the drafting of some highway related legislation I know that creating a regulatory framework for on-street EV charging is going to be problematic. And given the state of local authority finances, it isn't realistic to think that the facilitation of private on-street charging is going to be cost-free to the owner.  Nor is it likely that each EV owner will be given a dedicated parking bay outside their home, so having paid for the facilitation of an EV charging cable, there will be no guarantee the owner will be able to use it.  That might make private on-street charging so unattractive that, coupled with extended vehicle range and better regulation of council/corporate charging points, few people bother with it.

Plenty of councils have on street charging & there are no issues with it.

Moreover, there is a fundamental issue in that councils outside London don't (AFAIK) have the legal power to allow or install on-street charging points (possibly why some councils are prioritising their off-street car parks).

Maybe in England. Edinburgh has managed it (not entirely sure of statutory background though):

https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/electric-vehicles-ev/find-electric-vehicle-charging-points-edinburgh/2

(mixture of on and off-road spaces in that list)

Yes, lots of councils are installing them, but AFAIK only the ones in London (including TfL) have the necessary legal power.  I guess the other ones either haven't thought about whether or not they need the additional powers, or else don't care that they are doing something they aren't allowed to do. (or they have obtained the powers and I just can't find the legislation)

Grey_Critic

Came across this. I also spotted (but cannot find it now) where a local authority is trialling this.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-pavement-solutions-for-charging-electric-vehicles/cross-pavement-solutions-for-charging-electric-vehicles

maxmycardagain

Might be safer to put up a 12ft pole on his property with a 4ft arm at the top with a cable trailing down to the car.....


https://chargearm.com/en/

Section62

maxmycardagain said:

Might be safer to put up a 12ft pole on his property with a 4ft arm at the top with a cable trailing down to the car.....

Similar to the arrangement some garages/petrol stations without forecourts used back in the day to get petrol into cars without tripping people.

Will still need highway authority consent, probably planning consent too, and that website has pictures showing the charge cable hanging over the footway in a way which is potentially as dangerous as just leaving it on the ground.

MeteredOut

It's a pity the OP hasn't had come back to tell us what the victim wanted - not logged in for 5 days.

sheramber

He didnlt get the enswers he wanted.