We have a communal track serving 7 houses that runs through the back of our property. I've checked the deeds and there is no mention on how wide it has to be so i have that legality covered. But due to a neighbour driving his works vans through at speed i would like to add speed humps at either side of my boundary to try and slow him (and his employees) down. Is there any legal height they have to be? Do i need to place signage up?
Speed Hump Height
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Hi Alan, I'm not from the UK, but this looks helpful;
https://www.theramppeople.co.uk/blog/speed-bump-regulations/
Hope you can figure it out
Steven
https://www.theramppeople.co.uk/blog/speed-bump-regulations/
Hope you can figure it out
Steven
i used to have a phobia of speed bumps but i slowly got over it :smiling:
G
Speed bumps like this?
Is the communal track considered a public or private access? Do the 7 property owners have the sole responsibility for it's upkeep or is it publicly funded? And have you checked with the Legal Beagles to see what you are able to do without getting yourself into a pissing match with the 6 other inhabitants of the neighborhood? Just thinking while enjoying morning coffee. Rick H.
Have you tried talking to him Alan? It might be an easy fix?
If so, and nothing has changed, then I would just check with the local planning office about regulations. If it’s an unmettalled road then it might be easier to just dig in a couple of potholes.....
If so, and nothing has changed, then I would just check with the local planning office about regulations. If it’s an unmettalled road then it might be easier to just dig in a couple of potholes.....
He's a very abrasive person. Me and him don't get on in the slightest. It's a private rough road/track (non-tarmac) and i've had a quick look at the link with the laws on it. I'm going to go and see our local council officer and get their view. He and his employees drive pick-ups down it so the humps have to be something to get them to notice. Max size i can use is 100mm by law.
Can you gate it? You wouldn’t be stopping access, but they’d have to stop and open them.......
Failing that, go for a trench, concrete, and breeze blocks with four inches showing.....I don’t think speed humps have to have a slope, just a maximum height....the square ‘bump’ will make it uncomfortable enough!
Failing that, go for a trench, concrete, and breeze blocks with four inches showing.....I don’t think speed humps have to have a slope, just a maximum height....the square ‘bump’ will make it uncomfortable enough!
I could but that would cause a lot of agro with the other neighbours.
Yes they do. They cannot be more than 1:10 incline.
Interesting....most of the compressor hose and cable protectors used by the council around here are closer to 1:1 incline....and some are at least three inches high...some of the built in humps by the schools in Bruton are pretty steep as well......perhaps it’s a local authority thing?
That's the difference. They are protectors. Not speed humps.
Lay a cable across and put a protector over it - cable doesn't have to go anywhere!
Alan, Just wondering...........when you speak with the local council officer, you might relate to him that an official cease and desist letter, through "official" channels to this individual, might carry a little more weight than a personal confrontational conversation between Mr. Abrasive and yourself.....just another thought.
Rick H.
Rick H.
G
I was about to suggest the sameLay a cable across and put a protector over it - cable doesn't have to go anywhere!
And, of course, it needn't be there all the time - could be put out at odd times, so that they can't guarantee that it would or wouldn't be there, introducing the 'surprise factor'
Maybe the local law could post a speed limit. Most I've seen here in the colonies are 10mph. There is also a dust issue if unimproved that may apply.
How do the other users of the track feel about the problem? Maybe they are also interested in stopping the offender?
If you all got together and talked to the council as a group rather that an individual, they (the council) might jut pay a bit more attention to the problem.
I hope you find a solution to the problem.
I guess a couple of claymores are out of the question.....
If you all got together and talked to the council as a group rather that an individual, they (the council) might jut pay a bit more attention to the problem.
I hope you find a solution to the problem.
I guess a couple of claymores are out of the question.....
Alan.
The local authority Highways Officer can advise, particularly if the carriageway in question is maintainable at public expense; the applicable rules are contained in a tome entitled (if I recall correctly) The Traffic Signs and General Directions Regulations. It's been over twenty years since I was a Highways Officer but the placement of any item on the Highway so as to obstruct or impede is still contrary to the Highways Act (QV), and the onus for repararations for any damage caused by such placement potentially rests with the individual who placed it. I think you stand a very real risk of this escalating disproportionately if you're not careful. You being in Scotland may throw up further complications!
The local authority Highways Officer can advise, particularly if the carriageway in question is maintainable at public expense; the applicable rules are contained in a tome entitled (if I recall correctly) The Traffic Signs and General Directions Regulations. It's been over twenty years since I was a Highways Officer but the placement of any item on the Highway so as to obstruct or impede is still contrary to the Highways Act (QV), and the onus for repararations for any damage caused by such placement potentially rests with the individual who placed it. I think you stand a very real risk of this escalating disproportionately if you're not careful. You being in Scotland may throw up further complications!
Ian.
Dinna mention Claymores in a Scottish context, Alan might just fish out his old plaid!
Scottish?...try Asiatic and dig a trench and fill with punji sticks. :smiling6: Hope you get your speed bumps up.
Cheers,
Richard
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