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Speed Bumps /Traffic calming and safety
carbore:
Right, now I know speed bumps are not a huge concern for owners of 4x4 unless you own a series with rusty springs, however....
Do speed bumps have to be built to any specific standard? is this tested? do they know the affect this has on a vehicle if it hits is at any specific speed? e.g. if a speed bump is in a 30mph limit should it be safe to hit at 30 mph? if not why is the safe speed not signed? Do they have to be visible, what happens if you hit one during an emergency stop? etc etc etc
I know that the speed safe campaigners think thats all irrelevant but, Someone had a motorbike accident near me once when a badly built one collapsed in the sun. When I looked for my last house I could not live in some areas due to the huge speed bumps that me Elise (then only car) could not get over.
I have a sneaky feeling that they dont 8l**7y know so why are these things stuck in the middle of the road?
Disco-Ron:
not exactly what you're after, but an interesting read...
http://www.abd.org.uk/speed_humps.htm
There are speed humps in the village where i do a lot of work, i quite often see the rear wheels of lorries leave the ground..... and they reckon they're safe... yeh right...!!
I've just tonight driven through 'Poundbury',...... Prince charles's 'model' village...... there are humps everywhere, and NO signs..... OR markings on them at-all....... only a royal could allow such things.... :roll:
Range Rover Blues:
They destroy the foundations of old buildings because of the vibrations they cause and in some areas the ambulances have refused to go down some roads because the nbumps lead to injuries. The fire brigade will tell you how much it extends their response tiime to slow down for speed humps and some taxi firms no longer cover villages with them in.
Stupidly Rotherham now buys those large square ready made ones, theones that buses and white vans don't have to slow down for because they fit either side of them......
discowoman:
I remember watching a police programme on TV where the copper said that the 'joyriders' now find all the speed bumps out - so they basically cause the coppers more grief and hope they will slow down due to govern ment rules on pursuits over speed bumps..anyone else remember this???
V8MoneyPit:
My colleague at work was asking the same question about height specifications of speed bumps. They have them in their town and the road is lower at each side of a couple of them. This effictively makes the bump bigger.
My concern with speed bumps or any other 'traffic calming' measure is that many people accelerate between them. We've all seen Saxo's (sorry to stereotype, but you know what I mean!) accelerating flat out between bumps and then braking hard for the next one. Surely it takes longer to stop an accelerating vehicle than one travelling at a constant speed?
Edit:
Just found this....
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tal/trafficmanagement/highwaysroadhumpsregulations1996?page=3
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