As someone who doesn’t drive, I recognize the variables drivers face when getting out of the car. They have to watch for cars, bicycles, and the occasional jaywalking pedestrian.
Unless they’re parking on a one-way street with parking on both sides, they don’t have to worry about uneven curbs, trees, and the like.
In front of the houses both north (pictured) and south of our house, large shade trees stand. They do a wonderful job keeping the street a bit cooler in the summer. I would hate for them to go.
But each of them pushes the curb into the street and slightly upward, no more than a few inches, but enough to make it difficult for someone on the passenger side to get out of the car. And walking over the roots is an adventure in balance.
You say verges, I say berm
I’ve become very, I say very, cognisant of uneven road verges. What? It is “a strip of ground cover consisting of grass or garden plants, sometimes shrubs and trees, located between a roadway and a sidewalk. Verges are also known by other names such as parkway, grass strip, nature strip, curb strip, berm, park strip, or tree lawn, the usage of which is often quite regional.” There are other terms.
Recently, I was getting out of the car, and the verge was at least a 30-degree angle. I don’t usually need my cane to get to the sidewalk, but I did that day.
Also, very rough with a walker! Been there, done that too… and will still be doing it for awhile!