Regulations for speed bumps....

Max Headroom

Anyone know where i can get info on regs. regarding sinage , markings etc..

Did damage to my car the w/end when i hit a speed bump..no markings, no sinage ...went back to have a look in the daylight and it was still hard to see it....just black humps on a black road....very dangerous imo...
It was in Wicklow...

CiniO

I was wondering about it some time ago.
There were good few speed-bumps in Westport which were not signed by any means.
Roads where they were located, are town roads, so speed limit of 50km/h applies.
But if anyone tried to cross them at 50km/h there was nearly certainly going to be some damage to the car.

I think now they are signed, but they weren't for a good while.

a_v525

There are regulations iirc, there was a big enough thread on here about it before if you wanted to search for it...

Tragedy

There were regulations but they were superseded by a new statute which effectively granted local councils the ability to build them to any size or shape they deem fit. There may be regulations on signage and positioning relative to junctions/lights though.

flyingsnail

I guess this covers it, is there any other legislation about this?
S.I. No. 32/1988 — Road Traffic (Bollards and Ramps) Regulations, 1988.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1988/en/si/0032.html

kildare.17hmr

Take loads of pics and bring all details to the council, same thing happened to a friend of mine a few years ago and she got a new set of alloys

Tragedy

flyingsnail wrote: »

I guess this covers it, is there any other legislation about this?
S.I. No. 32/1988 — Road Traffic (Bollards and Ramps) Regulations, 1988.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1988/en/si/0032.html

That's no longer in force, I'll try find what superseded it.

Tragedy

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1994/en/act/pub/0007/sec0038.html#sec38

Road Traffic Act 1994 wrote:

Appendix A: Extract from the Road Traffic Act, 1994: Traffic calming measures
38.—(1) A road authority may, in the interest of the safety and convenience of road users, provide such traffic calming measures as they consider desirable in respect of public roads in their charge.
2) A road authority may remove any traffic calming measures provided by them under this section.

3) Before providing or removing traffic calming measures under this section of such class or classes as may be prescribed, a road authority shall—

( a ) consult with the Commissioner;
( b ) publish a notice in one or more newspapers circulating in the functional area of the authority—
(i) indicating that it is proposed to provide or remove the measures, and
(ii) stating that representations in relation to the proposal may be made in writing to the road authority before a specified date (which shall be not less than one month after the publication of the notice);

( c ) consider any observations made by the Commissioner or any representations made pursuant to paragraph (b) (ii).
(4) The making of a decision to provide or remove traffic calming measures of a class prescribed under subsection (3) and the consideration of observations or representations under paragraph ( c ) of that subsection shall be reserved functions.
(5) Traffic calming measures shall not be provided or removed in respect of a national road without the prior consent of the National Roads Authority.
(6) The Minister may issue general guidelines to road authorities relating to traffic calming measures under this section and may amend or cancel any such guidelines and, where any such guidelines are, for the time being, in force, road authorities shall have regard to such guidelines when performing functions under this section.
(7) A traffic calming measure provided under this section shall be deemed to be a structure forming part of the public road concerned and necessary for the safety of road users.
( 8 ) ( a ) A person who, without lawful authority, removes or damages or attempts to remove or damage a traffic calming measure provided under this section shall be guilty of an offence.
( b ) An offence under this subsection may be prosecuted by the road authority in whose functional area the acts constituting the offence were done.

Max Headroom

Tanx for the replies so far peeps..i'm going back down tomorrow and make a video of the road and all roads leading to it.......;)

101sean

If you can do it safely without getting yourself killed, try and get the height of the hump. I don't know what the guidelines are here but it's 75mm max in the UK.

I installed dozens of them when I was a highway engineer in the UK but councils there are moving away from them as they increase pollution, the vibration damages adjacent properties and increasing numbers of motorists there are suing for damage to vehicles. Bus companies and emergency services don't like them either.

slimjimmc

No point in measuring the height, there is no legal limit so ramps can be as high as the Local Authority see fit however guidance is given in the Traffic Management Guidelines which can be downloaded here