Speedbump

vaio

If the speed hump is rising 200mm then that's twice as high as it should be

http://www.ukroads.org/webfiles/tal07-96.pdf

anotherbaldrick

vaio wrote: »

If the speed hump is rising 200mm then that's twice as high as it should be

http://www.ukroads.org/webfiles/tal07-96.pdf

It's not a speed hump, it's a raised table.

vaio

If it looks like a hump etc etc

Either way, it shouldn't be higher than 100mm

bigjl

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

I do not believe the OP is genuine. A road hump or table would not be installed in such a location on the junction with a main road , it would be moved back so that warning notices can be accommodated , A hump or table would only be installed where vehicles will cross it at 90 degrees, not on a swept bend entry as shown where it would be a hazard to all road users particularly cyclists.
Ishaw123 is posting a load of KAPOK

You are wrong.

London is full of tabletop type speedbumps at junctions with main roads.

There is one particular one in East London that is angled in such away you have to slow down to walking pace to go over it remotely smoothly. And even at walking pace it is also a good idea to trail brake when going over it to reduce the vehicle rocking from side to side.

The only way i can see for somebody to scrape the front bumper is if they have lowered or faulty suspension or are simply driving to fast.

The specifications of speedbumps and speed tables have to be within certain tolerances.

And often the noise when people going over them is caused by the engine undertray or exhaust. Though that normally relates to the smaller pillow type speedbumps.

In my experience people who have their car wrapped in matt black tend to drive at the quicker end of the speed spectrum

Unless the bump has been constructed outside the appropriate guidelines then i see very little chance of getting compensation of any kind.

And as it the OP would infer they have driven over it previously without hitting it i think i know on what i think the answer from the council will be

bigjl

The most insightfull comment made by the OP was as follows.


"The only way to avoid the problem is to slow rite down"

I don't think there is anything further to add.

We have all scraped the nose of a car on occasion i suspect.

If the OP thinks that is a big or awkward speed table/bump.

Then is suggest they drive round East or North London.

Some of those require permission from Air Traffic Control

alastairq

There is one particular one in East London that is angled in such away you have to slow down to walking pace to go over it remotely smoothly. And even at walking pace it is also a good idea to trail brake when going over it to reduce the vehicle rocking from side to side.

Strange as it may seem, it appears someone in the Local Authority has actually got their head screwed on with regards to the best way to minimise vehicle instability when negotiating the hump!

To reduce the de-stabilising effect of a hump [or rut, to go the other way].... avoid placing the same two wheels, on the same axle [or, axle line]..onto, or down, the same hole/hump, at the same time.

This is a basic rule when driving off-road..ie , on a surface not covered in tarmac or concrete.

The reason is, by allowing one wheel at a time to deal with the hump/hole, the suspension is allowed to work [articulate]....allowed to do its job.

By hitting the hump/hole with both wheels on an axle[line] at the same time, the suspension is not allowed to articulate....the entire vehicle is lifted or dropped.

This adversely affects vehicle stability.

Excessive speed for the environment has obviously been the issue that has resulted in the positioning of these methods of traffic-calming.

Seems some do not take the hint?

mattyprice4004

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Really? You can't be that dim.

You would be surprised.

alastairq

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

I take it you've never lived on a road that had speedbumps installed because a local councilor lived there and thought it was a way of stopping people driving down HIS road then.

One day councils will become liable for the damage speedbumps cause to cars.

Hopefully.

No use taking a pop at someone who has bothered to find out how to solve a particular problem that affects them.

Instead , why not take a pop at all the other residents of that road, for not challenging the application?

Or, could they simply 'not be bothered?'

It would appear then, that everybody else living there had an issue, too, with the speeds of passing traffic....and obviously felt that 'speed humps' were certainly the lesser of the two evils?

I live in a village...with a major road [A road...although, in the village, it becomes the 'Main Street!] passing down the middle.

I am quite liable to campaign vigorously for the emplacement of traffic calming measures, such as definite 'road narrowing', with 'give way to oncoming traffic' refuges left, right & centre......in fact, anything which truly gets right up the noses of drivers who pass through.

It would also get up my nose, as I frequently 'pass through' as part of my work.....

But that fact alone does not prevent me from campaigning!

Trouble with speed humps is...they are 'inconvenient!'

Which is why they are there....to create an inconvenience, thus slowing traffic down.

The alternatives could be slaloms.....which might mean, residents not being able to receive building materials or washing machines, as the lorries cannot get to them...but hey ho?

Why is it we all expect the local authorities to make roads suitable for our cars....instead of us making our cars more suitable for the roads?

topdaddy_2

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

You would be surprised.

Your that dim to reply to that 1.too late, its been proven that the op isnt trolling there is photo evidence. 2. You have'nt managed to sort out your sig yet? But you wont be back to this thread, you rarely return.:rotfl:

Iceweasel

The only way to avoid the problem is to slow rite down and swing slightly to the left of the hump [ when turning in from other side of the road]

Why is there any problem in doing exactly that?

Slowing the traffic down is what it is meant to do.