Parking on Speed Humps

[Planner1]

Even if it were illegal to park on speed humps (and then enforced) cares parked near speed humps also make it really difficult as you have to slow considerably and turn in to then turn out again in order to continue down the road.

Personally, i blame the type of speed hump.... what was wrong with the sleeping policemen type? People can (potentially) park on them, go over them at whatever width and they still force you to reduce speed

 

In fact, the cambered style (don't know what they are called) are really annoying for me because I have a very narrow width of car and can't actually get over them anyway without 1 wheel (or both) going quite high up

 

Speed cushions (two or three smaller, cambered humps across the road with gaps between them) are usually the preferred type of vertical deflection feaure in traffic calming schemes on bus routes. The buses can straddle the humps without undue discomfort to the passengers or driver. Bus routes which involve many speed humps can cause problems to bus drivers who go around the route many times during a shift.

 

Traditional round topped humps (sleeping policemen) cause severe up/down movements in buses and aren't now usually put in on a bus route. Speed tables (raised junctions) or flat topped road humps can also cause difficulties to buses if the length of the hump is such that the front wheels of the bus are coming down one side of the hump as the rear wheels are climbing the othe side, or the approach / exit ramp gradients aren't correct.

 

There is a lot of consideration given to getting the right type of traffic calming feature for each scheme, but humps can be a bit of a blunt instrument. Trouble is, the altrnatives which work are often much more costly.

[Cyclone]

You'd still ruin your suspension if you drove over them at 30 mph, which is the speed limit where most are situated.

[Eddie_shef]

what about the discomfort to me and my car pooling passengers? these bus drivers get it ok

[Chopsie]

I used to live on Carter Knowle Rd - never had an issue with the speedbumps and/or people parking on them, I used to just slow down for the humps, and if there was a car coming the other way with right of way, I would stop and let them pass if there wasn't room for both of us. Maybe I'm missing the point of this thread??

[Eddie_shef]

You'd still ruin your suspension if you drove over them at 30 mph, which is the speed limit where most are situated.

 

but I would be going over them slowly. My point is no matter how slow I go over these speed cushions i can't bypass actually going "over" them

[Planner1]

Yes but it could also be argued that by parking on humps the traffic is then forced to slow even more or it gets a bigger bump. The whole speed cushion is a dangerous idea because people going in opposite directions often head straight for each other in order to get their outer wheels in the same narrow but flat gap in the middle of the road. It's just a cheapskate way of traffic calming instead of putting them right across the road. More like traffic infuriating than calming.

 

The accident statistics don't back up your claim that these features are "dangerous".

 

Traffic calming schemes do actually lower average speeds and do reduce casualties. Some people don't like them, but the Council get an awful lot of requests for them.

[newvanandman]

The accident statistics don't back up your claim that these features are "dangerous".

 

Traffic calming schemes do actually lower average speeds and do reduce casualties. Some people don't like them, but the Council get an awful lot of requests for them.

 

 

If you say so!!!!

 

i used to live on a street with none,there was no accidents at all.then they put humps and give ways to oncoming traffic,then there was hardly a day went past when there wasnt an incident of some sort.i lost 2 mirrors and had a few lucky escapes thorough people trying to beat oncoming traffic through.

Then theres the parking issue,the bays arnt big enough which leaves vehicles hanging into the road,which then makes vehicles move over the centre white line to get past.then the bays are close to corners,which if a vans parkedlegaly in the bay,traffic coming from the side road cannot see clearly down the road,hence the rise in junction accidents.

I think you should get from out behind your desk and into reality!!!

[Planner1]

You'd still ruin your suspension if you drove over them at 30 mph, which is the speed limit where most are situated.

 

Of course this is the upper limit and it is incumbent on the driver to drive safely, in accordance with the prevailing road conditions, which includes the presence of traffic calming features.

 

What you need to remember is that the features wouldn't be there if there wasn't an accident problem. Lower speeds do equal lower, or less severe causalties.

[retep]

The accident statistics don't back up your claim that these features are "dangerous".

 

Traffic calming schemes do actually lower average speeds and do reduce casualties. Some people don't like them, but the Council get an awful lot of requests for them.

 

Probably another six people from Netheredge.

[newvanandman]

Of course this is the upper limit and it is incumbent on the driver to drive safely, in accordance with the prevailing road conditions, which includes the presence of traffic calming features.

 

What you need to remember is that the features wouldn't be there if there wasn't an accident problem. Lower speeds do equal lower, or less severe causalties.

 

 

Planner1,please stop quoting from books(goverment books at that),and not from experience.

How can traffic zig zagging down roads trying to avoid huge damaging humps be safer than a nice straight road with no cars dangerously over hanging into the road,with alot with mirrors folded in to avoid losing them again?

And just to add,try fitting a van into these bays,you cant!so what do you do?You park a little on the kerb,then get done for it.

Bad design by stupied people who know nothing about the safety of roads but have an alterior motive,making conjestion,then plenty of money from pay per mile!!