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Zenith2017 t1_j3wo3ef wrote

Reply to comment by susinpgh in Is there a way to effectively complain to the city to have this removed from the curbs around my neighborhood? They are old and rusty and all they do there is pop peoples tires. by Strong-Lawfulness805

Okay, since you've never driven. It's a common experience to bump a curb when you're backing into a spot (since you can't see right where your rear passenger-side tire is in relation to the curb). But you feel it when you bump it, so what you do is use that as a sign to adjust. You're not aiming to park your vehicle ON the curb (illegal, a nuisance, damaging to the sidewalk and to your vehicle). But you might bump the curb in the process of parking legally and safely on the street. And in this instance, this rusty piece of metal could very well puncture your tire despite not ending with your vehicle parked on the curb.

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susinpgh t1_j3wtvox wrote

If you know this is an issue in parking in that area, then why would you park there? Why wouldn't you report it?

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Zenith2017 t1_j3wv9nl wrote

If I encountered something like this in the areas I commonly park, I would report it. As for parking there, well, if this were on the streets surrounding my home I don't really have any choice. It's street park or no park. Thankfully there's usually room on the cross street when needed, but our infrastructure is only going to continue to degrade until we do something about it.

I hope my prior comment highlighted that you don't have to break the law, have an inappropriately sized vehicle, or park like a jag in order to be impacted by rusty metal protrusions like this. Not to mention incidental risk of injury, tetanus etc for pedestrians and passers-by

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