The worrying thing is the attitude of the County Council spokesperson.
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A spokesman said: "The humps were built to comply with the safety guidelines of the time. We don't appear to have had any particular complaints about their height.
"Generally, these speed humps are safe if you go over them at the appropriate speed. If it looks as though this hump itself played any significant role in this incident then we will look at it."
Now I never complain about humps, except to object to the plans to put them on the estate where I live. It's POINTLESS, as they NEVER take any notice.
"Generally they are safe" is like saying water is harmless - you can bath in it, drink it, and sail on it. However from time to time, people DROWN in it!
At the end of the day, speed humps are pointless - those who will speed where they are used, STILL speed between humps - possibly at greater speed to "make up for lost time" and those who drive company cars, don't worry about the wear and tear on their suspension.
Over 10 years, and on two different vehicles, I have had three coiled suspension springs fracture - one catastrophically, which speared the side wall of the front tyre! Not on my car, but my wife's!
For ages, I thought we were just unlucky, until the local garage where we took them for repair said they had fixed several vehicles with identical problems.
My own approach is to test the reaction of the car to humps I pass regularly to reduce the effect to passengers, and set my speed WHEREVER I drive according to the conditions.
A 20 mph zone AND humps is an admission that one or both dont work.
A regular police presence at school run times, or rush hour, would acheive far more.