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Help Required With Speed Bumps


Holden1989

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I'm running Tein Super Street suspension which is around 20mm lower than stock and I have no trouble with speed humps, but you do have to crawl over them, probably max. 15mph. If they're the little square ones that sit in the middle of each lane, I always move out so that one set of wheels goes over it squarely so as not to ground anything out.

 

I'll see if I can have a word with the guys in our highways department at work, they'll know about speed humps on private roads.

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it is yeah, how u no :D

 

Got the PM, but may as well anwer here too :D

 

You mentioned College, Gloucester and horses in one thread a while ago. I just put the 3 together, I was going to ask at the time but must have forgot, but it stuck in memory.

 

I spent a lot of my teens years there getting drunk and chasing the 'horsie' ladies that stayed there :D

 

The reason I asked was because they've always had monsterous speed humps on the drive up to the college, even my old Cavalier used to bottom out on them - god knows what they've put in now if they're worse!

 

Edit - oh and it's private property so they can pretty much install whatever they feel necessary. However, they must give a warning at the entrance to the property that speed humps are in place.

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The industrial estate that my work is in has the most hideous humps ever. At least 100mm high, full width of the road, only 10 inches long and perfect dome shape. Heard a Supra making horrible graunching noises with his loverly veilside front bumper going over them. I have no probs with my standard Supe though.

 

Has anyone ever fitted air suspension to a Supra? Can't see it being very practical - all the gubbins would fill the boot

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a dirty great red one that smokes alot :p

 

Firstly, the only person I know that you would know with a red Supra would be Gav.......:blink:

 

Secondly, and most importantly, what the :swear: are you doing here......:complain: :confused: :think: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/member.php?u=2766

 

And lastly, what the :swear: do you want with a Supra :faint:.......shouldnt you be on the http://www.fordfiestaforum.com

 

:telephone: :sos: :run:

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Firstly, the only person I know that you would know with a red Supra would be Gav.......:blink:

 

Secondly, and most importantly, what the :swear: are you doing here......:complain: :confused: :think: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/member.php?u=2766

 

And lastly, what the :swear: do you want with a Supra :faint:.......shouldnt you be on the http://www.fordfiestaforum.com

 

:telephone: :sos: :run:

 

whats the problem ash? discuss it on pm, we dont want any of our old secrets coming out do we,

 

suprabitch? wtf u on about :blink:

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I don't have a definite answer ...but... given one has to have a legal car when on private ground that is open to the public, i.e. correct numberplates, lighting etc when "croozing" in Tesco's car park, would it be reasonable to assume that the roads within such private grounds have to conform to the same standards as public roads?

I've done a lot of design work for Colleges, indeed my old company did Hartpury College I believe, and access roads all have to have the correct setting out radii, gradients, camber etc etc. I'd write or visit to the Estates Office and put across your problem.

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I don't have a definite answer ...but... given one has to have a legal car when on private ground that is open to the public, i.e. correct numberplates, lighting etc when "croozing" in Tesco's car park, would it be reasonable to assume that the roads within such private grounds have to conform to the same standards as public roads?

I've done a lot of design work for Colleges, indeed my old company did Hartpury College I believe, and access roads all have to have the correct setting out radii, gradients, camber etc etc. I'd write or visit to the Estates Office and put across your problem.

 

 

I would have thought that would apply. I think Doug mentioned on here ages ago that private roads are subject to the same laws as public ones (e.g. you can get done for speeding in Tesco's car park), but I'm not sure if it's the same for regulations as opposed to traffic laws.

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whats the problem ash? discuss it on pm, we dont want any of our old secrets coming out do we,

 

suprabitch? wtf u on about :blink:

 

Trust me you could do me no harm to me, what ever you say, so dont threaten me Kayla, I know this lot better and I know they can be very understanding, so Im not bothered either way......plus it seems we have to both live around here so I have said my peice and thats all you'll hear from me......

 

But you know and I know Suprabitch was you......;)

 

But I'll let you get on with things, happy Supra hunting......be good to know there will be another N/A about to kill......:D

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