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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a couple of households in my neighborhood (in DC) where people have run cable out to the sidewalk to charge their EVs in street parking spaces, one in a rowhouse and one in a standalone house. But that depends on a neighborhood where parking is not scarce and there's a general understanding that everybody gets dibs on the space in front of their own house. It's not a situation I would count on being able to replicate in most neighborhoods.[/quote]

This is not legal and (if they ever get their stuff together) DDOT will heavily fine these drivers.[/quote]

As they should. You can’t have some unsecured extension cord running down the sidewalk tripping people walking by just so you can enjoy the smugness of EV ownership. I’d unplug it and toss it back in your yard where it can’t trip someone every time I walked past your house. [/quote]

There are a few people who do this in my neighborhood- they all have one of these covering it:

https://www.discountramps.com/drop-over-cord-protector/p/DH-CR-5/?msclkid=5f72b58a32491c62cc98d4e7a4ca00eb&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=06%20Shopping%20-%20Web%20A%20-%20Cable%20Ramps%20%26%20Protectors%20-%20COMM&utm_term=4584826054743853&utm_content=Cable%20Ramps[/quote]

Just because you have a piece of flimsy cheap plastic ramp covering it doesn’t make it code, or an obstacle to people in mobility devices. It’s still a trip hazard and I’m still tossing it back in your yard if I see it. You don’t own the sidewalk and it’s not there for you to claim for your own use. [/quote]

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