Urgent: Speed humps on private land

Gene_Hunt_2

If the final surface isn't down on the road yet. When is work due to be finished? If it's not to be adopted it may not be to Highways Specs but to should confrom to something.

Exemplar

Not going to be adopted (see my reply earlier).

Gene_Hunt_2

alcot33uk wrote: »

Not going to be adopted (see my reply earlier).

I know. I read that earlier.;)

jase1

> The sales person stated 'speed humps are there for a reason, perhaps you need to slow down'.

That is not an acceptable answer.

What is the speed limit of the road if you don't mind my asking?

There is ***NO JUSTIFICATION WHATSOEVER*** for setting a limit at 30mph, and then putting up speed humps that are not traversable at half that speed or less.

If the speed limit is too high, lower it.

Going into the village of Coxhoe in County Durham, the speed limit on one road goes from 40 to 30. 10 feet after the change in speed, on a straight, clear road and with no signposting, there are speedbumps that are unsafe to go over the top of at more than 10mph. The wheels would jump off the ground if you tried (I've seen it happen).

The stupid thing is that they are fully traversable at 30mph if you have a car with a wide enough track, and get the positioning right. The problem is (and this goes on on a lot of roads) the "right" position moves you toward the centre of the road. So you get a succession of near misses.

I despair of some of these "safety measures", I really do.

Wig

If I could see some close-up photos in focus of the fracture on both bits of the spring, I could maybe determine the truth of the matter, that is, if you want to hear the truth.

Yes I agree the speed bumps are probably too steep, too high, and yes, I agree the speed bump was the last straw for the spring. But the fact of the matter is that the spring may have been well on its way to breaking anyway, and might have broken next month/year on the slightest pot hole or road surface variation.

And no I don't have any legal advice for you.

My hindsight armchair advice would be not to buy on a new build estate where the road surface is not finished or where there is no contractural date for the road surface to be finished by - and if it isn't finished by that date for there to be financial benefits to the residents from that date on until such time that it is finished for example no grass cutting, maintenance fees until it is finished

forgotmyname

Modern springs break, Fairly common. Not made as well as they used to or because of speed bumps?

Had one snap on my 2004 mondeo. I turned sharply to enter a carpark.

Should i have sued someone???? £120 to get both front springs replaced, Parts and labour all in.

jase1

> Modern springs break, Fairly common. Not made as well as they used to or because of speed bumps?

I suspect that part of it is down to the much-improved suspension systems which place greater stress on components, coupled with cars that are becoming a lot heavier.

That said, I've never had a spring go on any car. Whether this is due to my driving patterns, the fact that I buy Japanese, or sheer blind luck I don't know.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

why ask for legislation if you werent seeking compo?

its laid by the owners of the PRIVATE land not council so any leg is out the window anyway.

my suggestion would be to rally up your neighbours, get signatures,to put to the land owner to get the road finalised.

boycotting your grounds maintenance would be stupid as you entered into a contract for that end up in arears and kick up a fuss will land you county court for troubling your land owner.

take close up photo's with a tape measure to give him an accurate hight of the hump and hand that with the signiture to get it done.

if the spring was new then yeh fair enough you just bought a new one and it snapped going over the hump, it would be covered under warrenty so youd be out of pocket, ive had a spring brake on me i live in an area littered with humps of all verieties, it does add extra wear to your suspension parts but they'd would of gone evntually, who's to blame council? or the people that dont belive in speed limits? or the developers and reaserchers of the humps?

unfortunatly if the hump is BIG go 2mph over it, got one near me that a bumper cracker!! if you hit anymore than that.

jase1

> unfortunatly if the hump is BIG go 2mph over it, got one near me that a bumper cracker!! if you hit anymore than that.

Problem then being that you need to use the clutch to get that level of fine control over the car. Which wears the clutch out over time.

What is really required for residential areas is a bollard that comes up and destroys the car if it detects someone trying to exceed the limit by an unsafe amount :evil:

moggylover

jase1 wrote: »

> unfortunatly if the hump is BIG go 2mph over it, got one near me that a bumper cracker!! if you hit anymore than that.

Problem then being that you need to use the clutch to get that level of fine control over the car. Which wears the clutch out over time.

What is really required for residential areas is a bollard that comes up and destroys the car if it detects someone trying to exceed the limit by an unsafe amount :evil:

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What a truly superb idea! Patent it quick!