Speed bumps

[Matt 211988]

hello everyone

I'm after a bit of advice.
on the routes to my house, 2 of, there are a number of speed bumps, those square red stty ones.

how do i go about trying to get them removed and some other form of speed deterent added?

reasons for wanting rid,

a) they cause lots of damage to my cars (and im sure others too)
b) I have to literally crawl over them as slow as possible
c) in my kit car i have to wait until its clear for me to straddle the two so my sump clears causing traffic
d) they increase emissions which damages the environment
e) as people slow and speed up, theres an increase in noise pollution
f) they cause visual pollution (ie they look st!)
g) they dont slow 70% of the traffic down anyway, faster = smoother obviously :S
h) they cause people to rush between them, bad if a kid walks out
i) cause traffic, theres only one lane at each end of the road and at peak times it take ages to get through
j)thats all i can think of for now


I have spoken to a guy at the council about the conditions of the road i live on (pot holes etc) and mentioned this too him, he said his car also gets damaged by them, but its nothing to do with him to sort out.

is it just a case of presenting my points to the council or is it someone else i speak too?

in the past year, this is the damage to my cars alone

e46 bmw: 3 broken rear coils (they were all KW coils), exhaust got a hole in it from rubbing, front bumper badly scraped and damaged (my car is lowered, but never scrapes on any other speed bummps)

nissan terrano: 2 broken coils, both rear suspension rubbers have dissappeared and were found next to bumps

mk indy kit car: one hole fireblade engine destroyed, the sump plug caught on the bump and was ripped out without me knowing, thus no engine oil and very badly scored cylinders

this adds up to quite a lot of money to repair! plus the time of me doing the repairs myself

like i say, none of my cars scrape on other bumps, and they all get driven very slowly over them.

I beleive another method of traffic calming would be better, lighting up signs, reduction in speed limit to 20mph, cameras etc

any advice on how to try getting this sorted?

thanks

[fangio]

How high above the road surface? Guidelines are 4".

[Matt 211988]

i'll have to measure, if its over 4inch can i hack the top off it?

[Who me ?]

Might be worth sounding out a few neighbours to judge reaction and if favourable contacting county councillor for assistance. You never know -he/she might be looking for some votes and publicity for the May elections . You might even find you've got one like our last one -totally anti the car hate brigade .

[AdiT]

Is it a 30mph limit? According to the speed awareness course I went on, DoT guidelines say humps can only be on 20 limit roads. Might be worth having a go at your local highways dept about their "incorrectly positioned" humps.

However if your damaging the suspension on a Terrano I can't help but doubt your "literally crawl over them" claim.

[Riley Blue]

There are laid down dimensions for all types of speed cushions/bumps including angle of slope, height, width with is worth checking against those that are causing the damage. If they're incorrect, contact your local councillors, highways department and get them changed. It can be done, I've done it.

[philmh]

AdiT said:

Is it a 30mph limit? According to the speed awareness course I went on, DoT guidelines say humps can only be on 20 limit roads. Might be worth having a go at your local highways dept about their "incorrectly positioned" humps.

However if your damaging the suspension on a Terrano I can't help but doubt your "literally crawl over them" claim.

I didn't know that. There's some near me ina 30 limit and I hate the bd things. My car isn't lowered, but sounds like the suspension might collapse every time I go over them. Man's worst idea ever= Speed humps!

[vikingaero]

A friendly JCB driver with his bucket accidently down would do wonders at 3am.

[LoonR1]

philmh said:

AdiT said:

Is it a 30mph limit? According to the speed awareness course I went on, DoT guidelines say humps can only be on 20 limit roads. Might be worth having a go at your local highways dept about their "incorrectly positioned" humps.

However if your damaging the suspension on a Terrano I can't help but doubt your "literally crawl over them" claim.

I didn't know that. There's some near me ina 30 limit and I hate the bd things. My car isn't lowered, but sounds like the suspension might collapse every time I go over them. Man's worst idea ever= Speed humps!

Doesn't help. They've just made every road with humps a 20 limit instead near me.

[aw51 121565]

Riley Blue said:

There are laid down dimensions for all types of speed cushions/bumps including angle of slope, height, width with is worth checking against those that are causing the damage. If they're incorrect, contact your local councillors, highways department and get them changed. It can be done, I've done it.

There was a "road safety scheme" carried out in Bury the best part of 10 years ago, following an incident in which a young lad was run down as he left school. The roads in that area are not fun due to parked cars and the roads being relatively narrow anyway.

The "scheme" included numerous 'speed humps', and the contractor did not lay them to spec. as per the contract - the defective humps (and there were something like 80 from memory) were removed and relaid at the contractor's cost .

So it can, indeed, be done .

[carl_w]

I used to have this problem when I ran a Cerbera. If speed bumps cannot be navigated by a vehicle that meets UK (SVA/EC/whatever) type approval regs then surely the bumps are defective?

[Bronze]

They don't need to put speed bumps on the roads around my way as they're naturally rich in inverted speed bumps anyway, or as they're more commonly referred to, potholes.

Speed bumps, one of the most pointless things ever introduced. Those that don't care about their cars or have works vehicles go hammering over them anyway, leaving people like me who do give a stuff about their vehicles to drive in something which increasingly starts to sound like an old panel van inside.

[Matt 211988]

im sure if i mentioned they can only be on 20mph roads, then the limit would soon be changed. then i would have a 20mph road which is fine by me, but still have speed bumps!

tbh, the terrano goes offroad and allsorts, it just so happens that the coils broke on the speed bumps, so thats obviously what caused it! :P i dont crawl over them in that, but im certainly not flying over them, maybe 10-15mph.

[Type R Tom]

I can assure you traffic calming a 30 mph road (and of course 20mph) is fine, you can’t use them on 40mph though.

Have a read through this

http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/local-transp...