Can I force my local council to take out speed humps?

[MM2S]

The speed limit of the road is 30mph - you can only do 10mph without damaging your car! What is the legal standpoint here?

[sigma]

I witnessed a mobility scooter negotiating a speed bump. The result was the scooter was overturned throwing the rider to the ground.

[another-view]

30mph is a maximum not a minimum speed.

[New Judge]

Indeed it is a-v.

And motorists are entitled to drive up to that speed (provided the conditions are suitable). Speed humps (which should really be called no-speed humps) deliberately impede motorists and have no place on the roads at all. They are often to be found in so-called "rat runs" which motorists use to avoid some congested main roads. Usually they are installed at the behest of residents who dislike the idea of their "quiet back street" being used as a through route. These are often roads where excess speed is not possible anyway and they are installed simply to make the route more unpleasant and to persuade drivers not to use the road.

[craft1948]

York is littered with the bloody things. I was once going to a funeral and was in the car behind the hearse, but couldn't understand the route it was taking. It was only later I realised he'd planned the route to avoid streets with speed bumps.........visions of the coffin boucing up the road........

[TWR]

I'm sure I have read that these Suspension Spring breakers have to be of certain dimensions in height, width, & lenght, I would advise anyone that breaks a spring on these take it up with their local highways dept.

[magicmerlin]

When I was having driving lessons my instructor always told me they were speed limits and not speed TARGETS.