19-07-2023, 10:58 AM
Yes, you have tyre and suspension wear as you go up and over. How much depends on the speed at which you do it, and if done carefully it's negligible, but if you live down a street with several, over years it must add up. And I forgot the fuel cost of the stop-start driving needed - the slower you go over the bumps, the more the fuel cost over time.
Yes, the footpaths are also a mess and I included them in what money should be spent on. Like most motorists, I park where I can and do the actual errands on foot so have walked most of the streets of our cbd recently. And they are shocking. I grew up with a disabled mother so am well aware of the impact of even a small bump in the surface. Ours are so bad you could barely call it a surface on the street behind the shops (where there's a doctor but you have to walk to the main street for the pharmacy)
Yes, the footpaths are also a mess and I included them in what money should be spent on. Like most motorists, I park where I can and do the actual errands on foot so have walked most of the streets of our cbd recently. And they are shocking. I grew up with a disabled mother so am well aware of the impact of even a small bump in the surface. Ours are so bad you could barely call it a surface on the street behind the shops (where there's a doctor but you have to walk to the main street for the pharmacy)