SO residential areas have speed humps or narrow choke points with the speed limit being 20km/h.
Say i was going at 50km/h and slowed down to 25km/h for the speed hump, is that technically speeding and can i be booked for that?
Is it speeding if you go faster than 20km/h over speed humps??
L[Deactivated] on 01/01/2017 - 20:13
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What about roundabouts that say something like "reduce speed to 40km/h"?
What about roundabouts that say something like "reduce speed to 40km/h"?
Pretty sure those speed hump signs are just recommended max speed to avoid damaging your car..
It will be a dangerous driving offence when all four wheels leave the ground :p
Challenge accepted ;)
About 20 K north of Whangarei [NZ] there are (were?) three humpback bridges withing about 5 meters of each other. It has been alleged that the MOW Hydrology crew used to try for jumping the trio in the short wheel base Land Cruiser they had. Barry Crump has a lot to answer for…
You probably shouldn't be doing 25 over those bumps anyway. That's still pretty fast for your car to be hitting a bump.
Not for an SUV or anything with a wider distance between the wheels…
Oh good point. I naturally assume a small sedan or hatch when I hear residential area.
I've got a Peugeot 505 :-p. Neither my old VW Beetle nor Ovlov 360 gave a shit about them either.
I drive a Camry and regularly do over 30 on those bumps and it seems fine….
Fair enough. I have a relatively small car and I'm normally worried about long-term wearing on my suspension at that speed, but I'm not a mechanic so I don't know.
Is it stupid if you go faster than 20km/h over speed humps??
Fixed, and yes it is!
Would you be able to explain??? Is it that bad on the car?
You should find a speed bump in a quiet area and go 50 over the bumps. You learn best as first person, it'll answer all your questions, saves people from explaining physics etc
i dont go 50 over humps but certainly not 20. I'd say around 30-40?
It's not 'speeding' but you risk damaging your car (or flying out of control if you try hard enough).
Dem coilover feels.
We were in a 4 car convoy. The car i was in was last.
The first two cars look like they where swerving to avoid something.
Turns out it was a flattish round about.
Thats when we saw the car in front of us get airborne.
That's when you know the convoy can't drive and don't know how to keep a safe distance…
I put it down to inexperience also.
now assume those first two cars had avoided a person or animal lying on the road
Unless you're driving the president in a convoy of black SUV's, you might want to look at leaving a better gap between cars
But president elect trump must be protected. Kidding. Just inexperience. And i was not driving. Just a passenger.
Minimum 10km/h over the speed limit to be booked,
doubt police will ever have the resources cover speed bump enforcement ;)
Go as fast as you like over speed humps at your own risk. Just dont exceed the urban speed limit which is 60kph unless sign posted as 50kph.
Definitely not advisable to even go the urban speed limit over a speed hump because the car will likely go airborne. The driver will likely lose control of the vehicle if one or two wheels mount or hit the kerb possibly resulting in uneven traction. This could spin the car around if not flip it.
Mate. Im not advising anything. Just replying to the post about speed signs. Note the words "at your own risk"
I get that. However someone will take that as "challenge accepted"
Note the words "at your own risk"
taking a 1-2 tonne hunk of metal at speed over a speed hump may not just be at 'your own risk'… Considering these things are generally in residential areas, its likely its also someone else's 'own' that you'll be risking
Well, if you're talking about being fined by police, it all depends whether they've fulfilled their daily quota of fines. If you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time….
The important bit is in the colour of the sign.
taken from the RMS rulebook:
Regulatory speed limit signs have a white background with the speed limit shown inside a red circle.
It is illegal to drive faster than the posted speed limit.
Advisory speed signs have a yellow background. These signs indicate the recommended maximum speed in good driving conditions for the average car.
Advisory speed signs are generally placed before curves, bends and crests.