Speed humps (legal height and damage to car)

sophlouwhit

Our road has a speed hump that is a kind of cushion one i suppose (goes up a slope to a flat top and back down) it is not steep but its a wide bump with the spread top etc.
I had a look at it seems to be speed bump measures 15cm high.
Leave the road its fine you can go over it straight and have no issues, coming back into house/road you hit the speed bump unevenly (due to turning left onto it). The left tyre hits the bump first followed shortly by the right one. Firstly does hitting it at this angle increase damage (what damage) or am i over thinking that?
Also what can i do about the height of bump being over 10cm..? Can we force council to remove it/lower it or is this unrealistic?
Thank You in Advanced

AdrianC

First question... Is your street maintained by the local authority, or is it a private development?

Unless your car actually hits the bump, then there is no damage unless you drive over it too fast. Going over it at an angle won't change anything.

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Complain to the council, refer to The Highways (Road Humps) Regulations 1999 and point out that it is too high and constitutes an obstruction. (Obviously check the measurement first).

If you have proof of vehicle damage, send them the bill

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1025/regulation/4/made

If it is one of those nailed down pre-formed "spine breaker"  ones it is unlikely not to be compliant (I've measured them and they are tight on the limit)

sophlouwhit

AdrianC said:

First question... Is your street maintained by the local authority, or is it a private development?

Unless your car actually hits the bump, then there is no damage unless you drive over it too fast. Going over it at an angle won't change anything.

Its a council adopted road thankfully

neilmcl

sophlouwhit said:

Our road has a speed hump that is a kind of cushion one i suppose (goes up a slope to a flat top and back down) it is not steep but its a wide bump with the spread top etc.
I had a look at it seems to be speed bump measures 15cm high.
Leave the road its fine you can go over it straight and have no issues, coming back into house/road you hit the speed bump unevenly (due to turning left onto it). The left tyre hits the bump first followed shortly by the right one. Firstly does hitting it at this angle increase damage (what damage) or am i over thinking that?
Also what can i do about the height of bump being over 10cm..? Can we force council to remove it/lower it or is this unrealistic?
Thank You in Advanced

Pretty much. If you drive over it at the appropriate speed, ie carefully, then it shouldn't cause any damage at all.