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Well a main access road to my estate ( a b-road) has been shut for a week due to a pipe burst, it's now reopened and I was driving down it and saw a sign saying ramp, thinking this was just your usual ramp due to a change in surface since the work was just finished I slowed to around 50mph as the sign was 30ft at the very most away from the ramp, and they had only installed a speed bump!, no arrows to highlight it as usual , there's a farm on one side and a farmhouse on the other side so I can only assume that's why it's been installed and I've now got a crazy knocking from the front end, surely they can't put a speed bump there can they without any warning? It's a 1/2 mile straight road with no lighting whatsoever, to say I'm unhappy is an understatement
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 rallye1999
Senior User  Location: redcar Registered: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 717 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 21st Jan 2012 at 22:49
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chrisd306
Seasoned Pro  Location: Perth Scotland Registered: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 10,061 Status: Offline |
Post #2
There is a warning so they would expect you to slow right up ________________________________________ In my garage just now2003 BMW M3 & 2009 L200 Raging Bull & Audi Q5 S Line AX stock rod & Saxo Stock rod Sold the bike an charged rallye an bought a caravan, midlife crisis or what! |
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Posted 21st Jan 2012 at 23:01
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m306
Seasoned Pro  Location: south coast Registered: 16 May 2011 Posts: 1,074 Status: Offline |
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i can understand your frustration, i know how annoyed i get when i hit potholes or poorly marked speed bumps. of which i have both at the end of my street too, soon have to leave my 6 at the end of the road i think.in your case they did put up a sign, albeit an incorrect one but atleast it was some warning. i think you may have a case against them but could be difficult to prove that it was the bump that caused the damage? just my opinion, i have no actual knowledge on this kind of thing ________________________________________ supercharged China gti6 - Thu 16th Sep 1999 - sold2010 megane rs250 |
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Posted 21st Jan 2012 at 23:05
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rallye1999
Senior User Location: redcar Registered: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 717 Status: Offline |
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I'll have a google about it, thing is that the kind of speedbump it is is bad enough on a 30 road and I would slow right down to well less than 30, let alone hitting it at 60! I suppose here was a sign even though a wrong one but expecting people to slam on their brakes for a temporary sign half wedged in a bus within 30 feet is a joke. |
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Posted 21st Jan 2012 at 23:20
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m306
Seasoned Pro Location: south coast Registered: 16 May 2011 Posts: 1,074 Status: Offline |
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rallye1999 wrote: expecting people to slam on their brakes for a temporary sign half wedged in a bus within 30 feet is a joke. you drive a bus? didnt any passengers complain about your speed?  ________________________________________ supercharged China gti6 - Thu 16th Sep 1999 - sold2010 megane rs250 |
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Posted 21st Jan 2012 at 23:27
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yippeekayay
Seasoned Pro  Location: wilts Registered: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 4,144 Status: Offline |
Post #6
Also to be legal they need to be marked with dragon teeth triangles. Also i think they can only be installed in 30mph zones so hit the council with a damage letter. ________________________________________ 306 less for first time in nearly 7 years. Lets keep it that way... please refuse any offers i make to buy your 306 ( doctors letter supplied by request)Marmite and cheese sandwiches anyone??? Burns and Mcrae will be forever missed. x box "yippeekayaymofo" |
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Posted 21st Jan 2012 at 23:38
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rallye1999
Senior User Location: redcar Registered: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 717 Status: Offline |
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And say my ast's are knackered lol  they don't have the triangles there painted the same as the road, |
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Posted 21st Jan 2012 at 23:44
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allesclar
Seasoned Pro  Location: Sheffield Registered: 17 May 2009 Posts: 4,254 Status: Offline |
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council = w*nkers.________________________________________ Team allesclar ® |
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Posted 21st Jan 2012 at 23:46
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ian7675
Techno Viking  Location: Gloucestershire Registered: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 6,068 Status: Offline |
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Hang on....is this B road national speed limit? Before the ramp and sign is there no other indication of speed reduction, streetworks, men at work signs, "slow" signs, cones or anything else that should alert you to a potential obstruction ahead?If it's literally a speed ramp in a 60mph limit with only one sign next to it then that sounds very strange as these are usually to slow you down to circa 10mph  Get some photos up and I'll have a look as I'm streetworks qualified. Something doesn't add up here as the council is usually overly fussy about this kind of thing. ________________________________________ Less than 24 hours to go! |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2012 at 08:59
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rallye1999
Senior User Location: redcar Registered: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 717 Status: Offline |
Post #10
Basically your driving down the road (it was at night with no lighting whatsoever) you see a temporary pop up ramp sign, then oh sh!t there's no slow markings on the road, it looks like they are trying to slow that stretch of road down by the farm then forgot to do anything, it's currently a nation speed limit |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2012 at 10:34
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro  Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,894 Status: Offline |
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Speedbump in national speed limit area?________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2012 at 10:56
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rallye1999
Senior User Location: redcar Registered: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 717 Status: Offline |
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buzzbrightyear wrote: YupSpeedbump in national speed limit area?  |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2012 at 11:11
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ian7675
Techno Viking Location: Gloucestershire Registered: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 6,068 Status: Offline |
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There's something very irregular about that, get plenty of pictures of the area and the road leading up to it to prove there are no signs etc and then bang in a claim.________________________________________ Less than 24 hours to go! |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2012 at 11:27
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rallye1999
Senior User Location: redcar Registered: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 717 Status: Offline |
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buzzbrightyear wrote: YupSpeedbump in national speed limit area? |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2012 at 15:16
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adam b
Seasoned Pro  Location: The Nam Registered: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 12,828 Status: Offline |
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Unlikely to be a dead AST as they take a lot of abuse in rally cars, you can get them rebuilt by Curtis fairly cheaply anyway.________________________________________ Nothing to see here |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2012 at 15:25
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rallye1999
Senior User Location: redcar Registered: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 717 Status: Offline |
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buzzbrightyear wrote: YupSpeedbump in national speed limit area? |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2012 at 17:42
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,894 Status: Offline |
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rallye1999 wrote: buzzbrightyear wrote: YupSpeedbump in national speed limit area? Just to clarify can you confirm this? ________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2012 at 17:47
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