Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Proposed Speed Hump on our Road 7Nov 12, 2011 3:53 am I hate speed bumps with a passion and wouldn't want one at the front of my house. I'm one of those people most of you would classify as a "hoon" (though I haven't had a single parking/speeding fine, accident or even put so much as a scratch on my car) If I have to slow down to go over a speed hump, it just means I will rev it harder to speed up again which creates a lot of noise. There is also all the extra noise created from the suspension doing it's job and all the crap in the back jumping about. If you want to argue they make the suburb safer. Drivers stop concentrating on the kids, dogs, pedestrians to concentrate on the speed hump. Distracted drivers are dangerous! For the locals, it adds a lot of wear and tear which devalues your car. Speed bumps seem to be getting nastier and nastier. I've had my wheels aligned then driven over some new style speed humps. They were so nasty the wheel alignment was completly out by the time I made it home which ruins the cars ability to stop, turn and accelerate. For the typical Aussie who aligns their wheels once every 5 years if ever, this concerns me. Those 'slow point' things are merely a chicane and become a challenge. My route to the pizza place had these installed so instead of sitting on the usual 60 I would accelerate to see how fast I could go through them. Not sure the neighbourhood appreciated that... In my opinion, the best way to slow traffic is those elongated speed humps made out of paving. You can drive over the smoothly without needing to see a chiropracter but still ensure you slow down. You don't need to slow to an almost complete stop so there is less revving to get back up to speed afterwards and if you try to go over them too fast you will bottom out your car. Not many 'hoons' are going to do it again after that. Re: Proposed Speed Hump on our Road 8Nov 12, 2011 2:24 pm All your concerns are valid. We have had them installed out the back of where we are staying. We never had a problem with cars speeding - only doing burnouts down the road. Now they do burnouts on the bumps instead, even more so in the wet. So we have had a INCREASE in burnouts, a lot more noise and cars driving all over the road to avoid them. Also while I am a little ashamed to admit it, instead of pottering down the street at around 40-50kph I now go around 65kph for some reason I don't feel them and I'm not the only one. Now the traffic has decreased a little bit but increased down all the little narrow side streets. The road where the bumps were installed is a nice wide road with a nature strip each side then a foot path then approx 3m of lawn/weeds and then everyone's back fence. Not one house faces this street. I didn't bother trying to appeal as I am only staying here while I am building a house elsewhere. I think the only way to fix our problem would have been to block one end of the street so the 'hoons' would be easy to catch on camera. Good luck Re: Proposed Speed Hump on our Road 9Nov 14, 2011 5:02 pm I pretty much agree with meatbag. In my experience people who are likely to speed usually drive even faster before and after the speed hump to make up for their time they lost going over it. Nothing like hearing that loud induction noise of someone flooring it as they pull away from the speed hump. Unless you live in a court there will allways be people driving through the street or road you live on - some will act like idiots and most won't, but there is nothing the council can do to change that. most towels and sheets will fit easily on 300mm deep shelves and my suggestion allows for a counter surface under the window (about 90cm off the floor would be a… 1 2208 I brought terry road box hill in June 2022 House was meant to be completed Nov 2023 That did not happen I had to chase them so much to the land Registration and… 0 898 of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. Sue them. I find it odd that lawyers wouldnt be willing to take on the case, given CCT evidence and… 1 14606 |