Kerb in a sentence

Including a car overtaking another car mounting the kerb which resulted in the overtaking car smashing into a parked car, demolishing three neighbouring gardens, and narrowly missing a pedestrian when they mounted the kerb.

A nurse who was "preoccupied" and upset as she drove home tragically killed a retired docks foreman when her car suddenly mounted a kerb and hit him while he was trimming the front hedge outside his house.

Approaching a T-junction, she’s going too fast to stop and zooms over yet another kerb, onto a wide patch of grass land, narrowly missing a road sign before smashing into what looks like a street light, sending the pole half-flying.

A 'stunning' property 'oozing kerb appeal' is one of the latest homes to join Teesside's property market.

Caffeine and Machine wanted to create a haven for motoring enthusiasts in the Derbyshire countryside, but this was kicked to the kerb in mid-December, amid road safety fears from hundreds of residents and the county’s policing chief.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz caused the second red flag of the session when he spun onto the grass coming out of Turn Three and banked himself on a kerb between the grass and track.

Installing pedestrian dropped kerb and tactile paving using multi-way lights, give and take and a footway closure in operation Monday to Friday between 9:30am to 3:30pm.

Leclerc's car needs some treatment after that early lock-up, while Sainz has also gone over the kerb early on.

Mr McKenna then explained: "He negotiated a bend at excessive speed, lost control and mounted a kerb.

The mark shown above has the added detail of the letters SPB, which we take to be the St Pancras borough boundary (the kerb is in Regent's Park).

Therefore often people have to go down the road to make way, to then be unable to get back on the pavement due to a lack of a dropped kerb.

They are clearly signed, wide and a kerb separates it from pedestrians.

When Tamworth Regional Council was contacted on the issue, a spokesperson said "a kerb and gutter program was adopted by council in April last year" and that "part of Panorama Road was identified as a priority".

But National Highways installed added safety measures like replacing the kerb in front of the safety barrier and drainage gullies, and applying anti-skid material between the safety barrier and the bridge edge.

Cirencester Neighbourhood Police officers stopped a female motorist this week who was driving without lights and was colliding with the kerb.

Claire admitted that there were one or two spaces she "could've squeezed into" but felt it was too tight for her car, so opted to park on the kerb while she popped in for her 11-minute shop.

Councillors agreed to the re-allocation at their meeting on Tuesday, August 13. The money will come from footpath, guardrail and kerb and gutter replacement funds, and urban resealing projects.

During the summer, Derbyshire County Council extended the bus layby in front of Marks and Spencer, making space for buses to pull up in-line with the new kerb line.

Even if a vehicle only partially covers a dropped kerb, the owner will be committing a driving offence and could be liable to receive a penalty of up to three points and a fine of up to £100.

He added: “Providing the council get the kerb side collection sorted out and that they offer the service that they should offer then removing these recycling bins is understandable.