Don't you just f*****g hate kerbs!!!!
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Sat in stationary traffic on the way home from work today a Police van a few cars behind me puts on its lights and starts squeezing through the gaps that were opening up in the traffic as the other drivers started to mount the high (square edged) kerbs, thinking that I would damaged my alloys if I mounted the evil kerb I edged to the left as far as I dared and got damn close to the kerb without mounting it or causing any damage to my wheels, the Police wound down their window and told me in no uncertain terms to move out of their way up onto the kerb like all the other cars had done, So what could I do.. I grimaced and took my Polo up the kerb as carefully as I could hearing a horrible grating sound as I did.
The Police passed me drove a few hundred metres down the road to where the junction was, turned off their lights and joined the front of the queue for the right hand filter lane. Well I was outraged its either an emergancy or not! The rest of the journey home I was wondering how bad the damaged would be, I got home checked and have managed to grate about 3cm along the edge of one of my 1 week old rims!
Im gutted now, and Id been parking so carefully so as not to cause any damage.
The Police passed me drove a few hundred metres down the road to where the junction was, turned off their lights and joined the front of the queue for the right hand filter lane. Well I was outraged its either an emergancy or not! The rest of the journey home I was wondering how bad the damaged would be, I got home checked and have managed to grate about 3cm along the edge of one of my 1 week old rims!
Im gutted now, and Id been parking so carefully so as not to cause any damage.
last time i got a kerb it ate half my exhaust 
i now have my passenger mirror pointing at the floor so i can see the kerb with my 8s
i now have my passenger mirror pointing at the floor so i can see the kerb with my 8s
Last edited by GTILass on Fri May 04, 2007 9:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Steer so the wheel goes as close to straight into the kerb as possible, and it shouldn't be a problem. If you edge on, by definition, your wheel rim will touch at the same time as the tyre. My Mk2 is a bit lower than standard, but has no issues climbing a 3 inch kerb when I have to park it on the grass at my folks' place.LiverpoloGTi wrote:Sat in stationary traffic on the way home from work today a Police van a few cars behind me puts on its lights and starts squeezing through the gaps that were opening up in the traffic as the other drivers started to mount the high (square edged) kerbs, thinking that I would damaged my alloys if I mounted the evil kerb I edged to the left as far as I dared and got damn close to the kerb without mounting it or causing any damage to my wheels, the Police wound down their window and told me in no uncertain terms to move out of their way up onto the kerb like all the other cars had done, So what could I do.. I grimaced and took my Polo up the kerb as carefully as I could hearing a horrible grating sound as I did.
There's a reason for that. At a junction like that with the lights against them and traffic waiting to go the same way as them, They've got a 3 choicees:LiverpoloGTi wrote: The Police passed me drove a few hundred metres down the road to where the junction was, turned off their lights and joined the front of the queue for the right hand filter lane. Well I was outraged its either an emergancy or not! The rest of the journey home I was wondering how bad the damaged would be, I got home checked and have managed to grate about 3cm along the edge of one of my 1 week old rims!
- Wrong side of the road it. This is the fastest way, but there's massive potential for a head-on collision as the lights will be sending traffic in their direction. If it's a van, the driver probably isn't a traffic officer, so may well not have the training and skills to risk assess and perform this manoveur.
- Find a way through between 2+ lanes of traffic and go up the nearside of the filter lane (ideal situation, but not always possible, especially in a larger vehicle).
- Wait in line for traffic to clear. If they're going to wait in line, they'll turn off blues and twos so the drivers in front won't feel pressured (possibly panic) into doing something unsafe to help them out. It's by a long way the slowest way, but the safest.
that works if u dont have stretched or low profile tyresomicron wrote:
Steer so the wheel goes as close to straight into the kerb as possible, and it shouldn't be a problem. If you edge on, by definition, your wheel rim will touch at the same time as the tyre. My Mk2 is a bit lower than standard, but has no issues climbing a 3 inch kerb when I have to park it on the grass at my folks' place.
