Southern discomfort

In Southend the council has installed speed cushions on a number of side roads, yet parking is allowed on both sides of the road so you have to straddle two pothills to pass. On one street passing a school you have no less than six sets of pothills over a distance of 600 metres. On other one-way streets that have parking on both sides you have pothills installed down the middle of the road. My car has runflat tyres, are they more at risk of damage?

Asked on 12 March 2010 by J.W., Southend

Answered by Honest John

If it snows in Southend there is a good chance that cars negotiating the street will slide down the sides of the speed cushions and crash into parked cars. If this happens, the council is directly liable for putting an obstruction in the road that caused the crash. I would like to see all councils held responsible for their actions in this way. Yes, stiff sidewall runflats are more vulnerable, the lower their profile the more vulnerable they are.

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