Dropped Kerbs

rockingbilly

minty777 wrote: »

This chap tried to help the council out and now is under investigation

http://www.wigantoday.net/news/environment/pitch-battle-rages-over-mowing-plan-1-8190693

There is more to the story than has been printed. To be summoned by the Standards Committee doesn't count for much if the councillor was NOT acting as a councillor at the time but was in fact acting as a member of the public.

It does seem that there is a 'plan' in place to try and get him off the council in any way that they can - much the same as the antics of some posters are doing to me on here!!

rockingbilly

50Twuncle wrote: »

There is huge difference between a pothole and a major road reconstruction job !!

I don't dispute it, so the answer surely is to get a private contractor (who has permission from the Unitary Authority) to carry out the work at your expense if it really bothers you that much.

50Twuncle

rockingbilly wrote: »

It does seem that there is a 'plan' in place to try and get him off the council in any way that they can - much the same as the antics of some posters are doing to me on here!!

I agree - go away......

rockingbilly

50Twuncle wrote: »

I agree - go away......

Why? Says who?

teddysmum

rockingbilly wrote: »

That would only happen with very low built cars namely Ferarri etc with a ground clearance of just an inch or two OR with a LWB vehicle such as a limo or hearse. What happens is that the front wheel clear the hump leaving the centre of the vehicle sitting on the hump with all four wheels swinging in the air.

Ours actually scrape the underside of my Fiat Punto (mark1 ) which cannot be described as low.


The hearse was a Daimler and the humps too high, hence the exhaust was knocked. The correct height/inclinee would have not caused the problem.

rockingbilly

teddysmum wrote: »

Ours actually scrape the underside of my Fiat Punto (mark1 ) which cannot be described as low.


The hearse was a Daimler and the humps too high, hence the exhaust was knocked. The correct height/incline would have not caused the problem.

Unfortunately I don't think that there is a 'standard' hump.
The reason for putting them down lies with those that speed in an area which is dangerous.
So to put the blame onto someone, blame those that used the road previously as a race track.
I have seen many drivers cause immeasurable damage to their cars by going too fast over the humps. The first thing to go will be the bottom of their engine/gearbox followed by the suspension as the car hits the ramp, takes off and drops back down onto the road. they generally leave deep scars in the road surface!

rockingbilly

teddysmum wrote: »

Ours actually scrape the underside of my Fiat Punto (mark1 ) which cannot be described as low.
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try taking your approach speed down to 5mph - see if that solves the issue for your car.

We have a new Jaguar which to be honest is fairly low and to avoid any damage to the front bodywork or alloy engine my wife always approaches those obstacles at walking pace (5mph). Never had a problem apart from the idiots behind who insist on trying to push her to go faster! I say - they can damn well wait!

teddysmum

rockingbilly wrote: »

try taking your approach speed down to 5mph - see if that solves the issue for your car.

We have a new Jaguar which to be honest is fairly low and to avoid any damage to the front bodywork or alloy engine my wife always approaches those obstacles at walking pace (5mph). Never had a problem apart from the idiots behind who insist on trying to push her to go faster! I say - they can damn well wait!

I go very slowly as I find the slightest lurch painful anyway and there are recommendations for the size and inclines on humps as my husband looked them up before complaining.


The ones to which I refer have nothing to do with speeding (You relay do seem to know everthing). The council told us (and mil's councillor friend agreed) that they did not install the humps.


The secondary school, whose road they span, won an award to be spent on any safety measures the children thought suitable and they chose speed humps with a 20mph speed limit.


The whole setup is laughable, as it is impossible to even drive at 10mph during school in and out times, because parents double park or even stop in the middle of the road. There are now huge banners on the school's fences, suggesting safe parking elsewhere, with no effect. (There's nowhere else to park anyway.)

50Twuncle

teddysmum wrote: »

I go very slowly as I find the slightest lurch painful anyway and there are recommendations for the size and inclines on humps as my husband looked them up before complaining.


The ones to which I refer have nothing to do with speeding (You relay do seem to know everthing). The council told us (and mil's councillor friend agreed) that they did not install the humps.


The secondary school, whose road they span, won an award to be spent on any safety measures the children thought suitable and they chose speed humps with a 20mph speed limit.


The whole setup is laughable, as it is impossible to even drive at 10mph during school in and out times, because parents double park or even stop in the middle of the road. There are now huge banners on the school's fences, suggesting safe parking elsewhere, with no effect. (There's nowhere else to park anyway.)

I raised a FOI request on my local council to see whether they followed the rules on the construction of the humps in my area - They failed to even respond to it !!
I took matter no further at the time - for privacy reasons (They needed me to reveal my identity - which I was unwilling to do...)