No Access to Home without Several Speed Humps

almillar

Oh I hate speed bumps!
No they're not a necessity. Seriously - if the only way to slow a driver down is to put a bump in the road that physically stops it from happening, should that driver really be on the road?
If speed limits were ENFORCED in these areas, these people would lose their licenses quickly enough, and the rest of us could just get on with it.
If there are complaints about speeding or accidents in certain areas, instead of deploying sleeping policemen, how about sending awake ones along with a speed camera?
It slows ambulances etc. down, causes safety issues in winter, more wear and tear on cars and more fuel being burnt.
That's a good point about them not being painted too OP, this is extremely dangerous and not acceptable.

Rossy.

almillar wrote: »

Oh I hate speed bumps!
No they're not a necessity. Seriously - if the only way to slow a driver down is to put a bump in the road that physically stops it from happening, should that driver really be on the road?
If speed limits were ENFORCED in these areas, these people would lose their licenses quickly enough, and the rest of us could just get on with it.
If there are complaints about speeding or accidents in certain areas, instead of deploying sleeping policemen, how about sending awake ones along with a speed camera?
It slows ambulances etc. down, causes safety issues in winter, more wear and tear on cars and more fuel being burnt.
That's a good point about them not being painted too OP, this is extremely dangerous and not acceptable.

How would you suggest they slow everyone down then? Policeman on every corner?

Be serious and get real. Yes they are a pain but they DO actually work. Unless your a complete idiot and hit them at 30mph you deserve a wrecked car.

How would you feel if hypothetically your kid got hit by a car and died yet 2 weeks after they installed humps the traffic was slowed. What if you was told that if the humps were their you're child would still be alive - Yes thats a random scenario but think about it

Just because WE FEEL as motorists they are over-used in areas it doesn't make them less effective

Lum

Rossy. wrote: »

Obviously i have no evidence only the police would, but it's plainly obvious they serve a purpose

I know south Wales very well (Caerphilly etc) and the drivers around their just poodle along. It used to frustrate me so much as being a Londoner i'm used to a faster pace not people driving like they've got a week to get home

In my experience it's the other way around. I used to live in the South East (Aylesbury) and drove into London from time to time. Generally traffic flows faster up here I've found and in the South East the sheer volume of traffic slows it down. The "rat race" is more down to the aggressive driving style adopted by a large number of people down that way whereas up here people are a bit more co-operative, for the benefit of everyone. I certainly make much better progress around here, though I guess if you were up this way for a weekend when all the old people, holidaymakers and caravans are out and about it would be a bit different.

Here in London it's a rat race everwhere and speed humps definately help reduce peoples overall speed. Residential roads are essential as you are less likely to be killed at 20mph than 30mph and speed humps instigate this further by people slowing down.

That's a very simplistic view, propagated by a government that was making a profit from speed cameras, and fails to take into account such things as while someone is trying to accurately position their car to hit the bump correctly they will be paying less attention to the child on the curb.

You are less likely to get killed if the driver doing 30 sees you coming and takes some form of evasive action than by a driver doing 20 who is paying attention to the obstacle course on the road and not to you. One will hit you at 20 the other will not hit you at all.

I couldn't care whether you think they damage a car. In 11 years of driving i've never had a speed hump related issue and a tyre wall will not wear down due to speed humps. Jesus if that was the case it would happen to everybody

It does happen to everybody. It's just gradual so you don't notice. Most drive don't even notice until an MOT tester tells them that they worn upper arm bushes, then they don't associate it with speed bumps, just normal wear and tear even though without those speed bumps those bushes would've likely lasted another year or two. Same with the tyres.

I think it was the ABD did a study where they obtained the statistics on MOT failures and found that failures due to suspension have been increasing noticeably, the increase following the increase in use of speed bumps but lagging behind by a year or so.

Edit: Actually it was "Warranty Direct" who used their own data on claims they have paid out. They claim that the UK mototists will save £1.1 million a year on car repair costs due to the plans that were announced in 2009 to have humps removed from 20mph zones.

Lets not forget, also, that the OP has a disability and these humps are aggravating that and therefore restricting their freedom of movement. I wonder if this is covered by the DDA?

misssarahleigh

Ok Rossy. We get it, you see the advantage of speed bumps.

(says in a whisper) Although don't see the advantage of your attitude!

In responce to the example you have just given, tbh it would be entirely the fault of the child and parent!

You have no idea how many times i come up the road to see kids (between 2-8) playing on bikes, walking on the road etc and they look at me as if i'm stupid!

It's unfortunate but there are a few in the area that feel it's perfectally acceptable to allow their children free reign around the area (i once very nearly hit a thee ish year old child) with no supervision or road sense.

And the irony. The speed humps stop before you get up to the part where the kids are. The speed humps cover the bit of the road with mainly middle aged residents. A few cats and one dog (called josh, very sweet but locked behind a gate) and never noticed that any of them have children.

Rossy.

I agree with you about the parents but kids are unpreictable.

It happens on a daily basis of kids running into the road. It's not the kids fault as they don't know the difference. It's easy to blame the parents but everybody has a lapse of concentration

I agree with everything everybody says but if nobody can see the safety benefits then i think your all extremely naive.

I'm not on here to rub anyone up the wrong way. It's a public forum allowing you to voice your opinion. We all have different views but it doesn't mean we are all right or wrong

Strider590

Rossy. wrote: »

Be serious and get real. Yes they are a pain but they DO actually work. Unless your a complete idiot and hit them at 30mph you deserve a wrecked car.

If it's a 30mph road then 30 should be possible.
Speed bumps create a hazard therefore the speed limit on that road should be reduced.

I was driving to meet a friend in Rubery a few years ago (at night), I rounded a corner on a 40mph road only to find a huge unmarked speed bump. I couldn't brake as hard as I needed to because in a corner it'd cause the car to spin out, so I smashed the underside of my car on it and bottomed out the suspension.

If the purpose of speed bumps is to slow traffic, then for god sake reduce the speed limits on the road!

Oh and why do I never see speed camera's anywhere near a school?

Hintza

Rossy. wrote: »

How would you feel if hypothetically your kid got hit by a car

And todays winner is Rossy please approach the mods for your prize.

Rossy.

Strider590 wrote: »

If it's a 30mph road then 30 should be possible.
Speed bumps create a hazard therefore the speed limit on that road should be reduced.

I was driving to meet a friend in Rubery a few years ago (at night), I rounded a corner on a 40mph road only to find a huge unmarked speed bump. I couldn't brake as hard as I needed to because in a corner it'd cause the car to spin out, so I smashed the underside of my car on it and bottomed out the suspension.

If the purpose of speed bumps is to slow traffic, then for god sake reduce the speed limits on the road!

Oh and why do I never see speed camera's anywhere near a school?

It's a limit not a target !

i really cannot believe how most drivers percieve road scenarios. Then again i've got my PCV / HGV etc so i drive probably 100x more than most of you 10min to work and back drivers.

Most car drivers don't have a clue, but that's an argument for another day.

Speed humps may be a pain as you have to slow down, but again it's the slowing down that serves it's purpose

johnson293

Strider590 wrote: »

If it's a 30mph road then 30 should be possible.
Speed bumps create a hazard therefore the speed limit on that road should be reduced.

I was driving to meet a friend in Rubery a few years ago (at night), I rounded a corner on a 40mph road only to find a huge unmarked speed bump. I couldn't brake as hard as I needed to because in a corner it'd cause the car to spin out, so I smashed the underside of my car on it and bottomed out the suspension.

If the purpose of speed bumps is to slow traffic, then for god sake reduce the speed limits on the road!

Oh and why do I never see speed camera's anywhere near a school?

Its easy to say drop the speed limit, but the reason speed bumps were forced to be introduced was due to people ignoring speed limits, and thus driving OVER 30mph in built up areas.

So they can put up signs with 20 or 30mph, but if people want to drive too fast they will.

At least with Speed bumps, the driver then takes the risk of damaging their car if they insist on still driving too fast over them.

cyclonebri1

misssarahleigh wrote: »

There are three routes which can be taken to get to my part of the road. Two routes have multipal speed humps which i avoid and go the direct route without speed humps.

I have now come home to find there are four speed humps up the road. I have no access to my house without going over these and TBH i'm concerned for the damage to my car.

I come and go a bit and drive a 96 Corsa. I avoid speed bumps to lower the chance of suspension damage and knocking the tracking in my car out.

Two questions.

If my car does become damaged can i claim? and i assume this will come with a 'prove it's the speed humps' problem

and

Two, are they allowed to simply put them there? (thinking along the lines of you have to have 3 accidents for a speed camera to be errected, or something along those lines)

I'm pretty annoyed.

Third question, should i move home?


1 yes it is a problem especially with owners of sporty cars

and 2, it is pretty simple for the locals to get these removed if only they can all agree, :(:(:(:(, but so sad they don't