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However, cable gullies are literally a tiny flush slit in the pavement perpendicular to the street, and wouldn't impede many wheeled vehicles.
When they are new and maintained, sure. When they are a few years old, have got clogged up with dirt, the user doesn't bother to clean it out and the cable is now above the pavement level.
Those pictures also feature level paving which is far from the norm in much of the world.
jellybaby-
I think the risk of this possibly happening at some point in the future is a relatively small price to pay in order to encourage uptake of zero-emission private transport.
Public chargers cost ~56p/kWh; overnight home charging on a smart tariff is ~7.5p/kWh. Enable those living in cities without driveways to take advantage of this and cut localised particulate/NOx emissions. No-brainer.
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I would think there are incentives for the house/car owner to maintain the gully if they are charging cars? They don't want damaged expensive charging cables or sliptripfall legal claims.
It's not like you couldn't identify the property owner.
ectoplasmosis
Grumpy_Git
Ah, completely empathise with your situation, my sister is often wheelchair-bound and I agree it's often no fun navigating busted up pavements!
However, cable gullies are literally a tiny flush slit in the pavement perpendicular to the street, and wouldn't impede many wheeled vehicles.
There are plenty of on-street charging points around the corner from our house, from 4x different companies no less, but they're all eye-wateringly expensive compared to home charging, and obviously not as convenient.