Road Humps.
 

Notice from the LCC in the Observer of their proposal to introduce road humps to the following streets:

• Hope Street
• Major Street
• Richmond Hill Street
• Higher Antley Street
• Perth Street
• Carter Street
• Marsden Street

They do list the actual residencies where they will be laid, will put them up if anyone wishes to know... plans can, as usual, be viewed at Scaitcliffe House.

I presume, though, that residents have been informed, but just in case you missed it and have any objections, etc.

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Hmm, they propose these thing's and if you are lucky enough to get one alongside the road, the Police come along and either, move you and your partner along, or do you both for indecent exposure.

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:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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as far as i know Kate no one can object to them being outside their property, when ours where put in about 5 years ago all the residents around here got notice of this on paper, and a kind of map as to where they would be put, we have one between my dads garden and mine (obviously in the road) and we weren't pleased about it at the time but as it goes i now think its brilliant, the cars always slow right down when they come to it, they use this road as a cut through from Intack traffic lights, instead of going up Whitebirk road to the lights they cut up my street and come out at Wynsors, it gets reallly busy at tea time, the bumps have slowed that down considerably....so i'm all for them, now anyway

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luckily for my car none of these streets are on any of my routes.

perhaps they should concentrate on making a safe size for these speedbumps your supposed to be able to go 30mph over them by rights, i wouldnt mind them if they only buggered cars up that were speeding but some of these bumps they lay down you need a tow rope and a sturdy 4x4 to pull you over them

ok im been a bit fecicious but i think many drivers will agree some of these bumps they lay down are taking the piff a little

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you've never had any problems getting over my humps when you've been here J :)

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there that big i thought someone had shot a cammel and left it in the road :confused:

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thought you preffered them big, using those stops accidents :)

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Only if your not driving at the same time as using them :rolleyes:

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nah he's not a woman, he can't multitask, he's good at 'driving' though

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Is he now?

Is he a slow and careful 'driver' or a fast and furious one?

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depends how much rage he has when driving

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Actually you can Flashy .. the invitation is there in black and white on the notice.

I suppose the problem is why would you object. These are the main objections:

• Damage to vehicles
• Visually detrimental to the Environment
• Access to your property
• Accident statistics on the street (you would need to go through Freedom of Information Act to get these)

Not good enough objections though particularly.

Problem is with lowering a speed limit to 20 m.p.h.; not a favourite one of the police as their cameras do not recognise this at the moment, so not much alternative but to put physical restricitions on the road to slow the motorist down.

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wonder if they have ever considered paramedics working in a moving ambulence oer these humps.?:confused:

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Even an emergency vehicle has to also give consideration in a side street Cashy where a child could dart out at any moment. Better of two evils I guess.

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it has, but trying to treat some poor sod when going oer humps is ok? not a lot wrong wi slow n smooth.

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They reduce the effectiveness of snowploughs - we now realise that we need them:rolleyes:

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The stretches of roads that have road humps are not too long though are they ? Should imagine that ambulances have good suspension anyway ?

Not really arguing about the whys and wherefores of road humps .. but OK .. I will ... sure they have saved many a life or injury from speeders.

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Full leangth of ormerod street.

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Rather than speculating that they have saved lives, do you have any proof?

As Cashy has mentioned, full length of Ormerod St, was this area some form of death valley before? People unable to leave their houses for fear of the speeding millions?
If so there should be statistics to compare before and after the Tarmac big dippers and you must be able to find them.
:)

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as an ex fequent flyer as you would say i can assure you they dont and its a good job the medicne drawers have locks on them .They perform well on standard flaws with roads but speedbumps are a nightmare for them.Unless iv been getting the broken amubulance or somthing

as for speeding they are supposed to so that they can get to hospitals quickly and to be quite blunt about it if you get hit by a fast object with flashy lights and a loud siren then whos really at fault ,even kids know not to run out infront of an ambulance and those not old enough to understand this shoudlnt be out unsupervised to be in a positon to be hit by an ambulance.I assume an ambulance driver is also trained in advance drving liek teh police are so as to minimize chances of an accident but on the bright side what better vehicle to hit you should you ever find yourself run over :)

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i remember whe they were put on ormerod street and at the time peopel were sayin it was because an old woman got run over by a speeding car plus a few other minor accidents where idiots had run into the road not looking where they were going.A speed camera would have been more suitable rather than all them bumps causing extra wear and tear to many peoples vehicles

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i think kate should apply fer the "Mod" position, seems to have all the attributes of the one thats quit.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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And what's that supposed to mean ?

You could do an FOI for all evidence used to justify the construction of
speed humps. That should cover it.

There can be a number of reasons for the introduction of speed humps,
including:

1. An evidenced (high) incident rate - especially if it involves
vulnerable road users (cyclists, pedestrians, persons under 16),
excessive speed was a cause of incidents and/or the incidents have been
classed as Serious;
2. The route deemed a 'rat run' and inappropriate levels of traffic
are using what should primarily be a residential street (this is very
subjective though - ie. Whalley Road is largely residential but it is
also a main traffic route...);
3. Residents making complaints to the traffic authority;
4. Money left to spend from this year's budget; and even
5. An over-zealous councillor kicking up a fuss.

There are probably loads of other reasons but these are some of the most
common. Traffic authorities monitor traffic and incidents on an ongoing
basis - these kinds of analyses are quite common.

Yes, I did speculate that a life or bad injury would be saved after introduction of these speed humps … that’s all we can do really. Past surveys have indicated that ‘Speed Kills’ and the Highways Authority are not just waiting for an accident to happen on some roads, which some people would remark about and demand traffic calming measures. Speed humps, (in my opinion) are the cheapest and most effective .. unlike cameras which are expensive to install and maintain.

You could probably obtain information as to how many emergency patients in an ambulance have been affected by an ambulance going over one. I would think that all types of traffic has been taken into consideration.

I get the impression that the comments in the above posts are aimed at disagreement with them?

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funny i get the same impression.:)

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You can object to them being put outside your house & have them put elsewhere.

I successfully complained when they were proposing them outside my house, in line with the bedroom window on a house I lived at in Burnley.
They moved it to next door...

They ARE noisy, with cars going over them with a bump in the evenings or early mornings they tend to keep you awake or distract a lot at times.

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I suspect you get some cars accelerating after them and braking before them as well increasing to the noise.

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Bet you were top of the pops with your next door neighbors :D

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Nah, they didn't know and besides, they were a young troublesome couple who were only renting so didn't get the mail... lol