Editing Utility pole (section)

==Access==
[[File:Telephone Pole Orchard? (28776548771).jpg|thumb|Pre-apprentice lineman class climbing telephone poles]]
In some countries, such as the United Kingdom, utility poles have sets of brackets arranged in a standard pattern up the pole to act as hand and foot holds so that maintenance and repair workers can climb the pole to work on the lines. In the United States, such steps have been determined to be a public hazard and are no longer allowed on new poles.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} Linemen may use climbing spikes called gaffs to ascend wooden poles without steps on them. In the UK, boots fitted with steel loops that go around the pole (known as "Scandinavian Climbers") are also used for climbing poles. In the US, linemen use [[Cherry picker|bucket trucks]] for the vast majority of poles that are accessible by vehicle.