Radio 5 report leads me to a question.

[Slow_boat]

Near to where I live the local minority busy bodies (sorry, parish councilors) decided that there should be speed bumps on the main road. So instead of having queues of traffic for half an hour every morning, there were queues all day. It took nearly two years for the residents to get them changed, though they still haven't managed to get rid of them.

Did you know that parish councilors can be appointed by the parish council and don't need to be voted onto the council at all? I know cos my wife did it for a while, until she realised that it was just a talking shop and like any other committee would end up designing a 3 legged camel

I would have thought that if a speed limit for a road is 30mph then you should be able to go over the bumps at 30mph, otherwise they are an obstruction to the highway?

 

[Lakesailor]

No, because you are legally obliged to adjust your speed to the road conditions.

In Kendal they had to take speed bumps out after someone ingeniously measured their height and found they were too high.

 

[Guest]

TK Bedfords ....

Were notorious for the handbrake letting off by nudging it when exiting cab .... we had a few instances in the firm when I was drivers mate .....
The ratchet pawl's used to wear a lot and then you could never rely on them ... our drivers got into habit of in gear as well.

 

[landaftaf]

4 inches ?

 

[Lakesailor]

I believe that was the figure.

 

[landaftaf]

nottalotta ppl knew that - loadsa humps are more than 4 inches ..... could cause a headache if the dissaffected revolted /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Major Catastrophe]

Talking of speed bumps

Friends of mine wanted to visit my house in their expensive supercar. Only trouble was that they couldn't get the car within a mile of the house because of the speed bumps.

When I mentioned it to the council, they suggested that my friends should buy a different car.

I didn't realise it was that easy, so problem was solved!

Actually, I found it was even easier just to change my friends. After all, they were probably noveau riche show offs who had far too much money.

 

[Lakesailor]

Re: Talking of speed bumps

[ QUOTE ]
After all, they were probably noveau riche show offs who had far too much money

[/ QUOTE ] Surely they would have had a Hummer or something appropriate?

How do they tree-hugging councils square the fact that 4x4s are better for speed bump climbing than most other vehicles?

 

[BrendanS]

Re: Talking of speed bumps

Probably explains the car I've just ordered. The old one used to be able to girdle speed humps, and could go through the closed off area in middle of a local estate designed to only allow buses and emergency vehicles thro. At the same time, used to be called by local police to pull vehicles out of local flooded lane, as they couldn't get suitable vehicle to them within 5 hours, and nor could AA etc. I should have charged them a fortune. Instead I just kept a tow rope on passenger seat, and made them get wet attaching rope to their car and my tow bar.

Pulled a 2 month old A6 Audi from the flooded lane, and all you could hear was water flowing from inside. 2 passengers from Glasgow area had been sitting on back seat for hours with shoes off, and no heating, and car full of water, in the dark!

 

[Lakesailor]

Re: Talking of speed bumps

Audi from Glasgow.
Not this one?..........

OK I know it's an A8