Markings on speed tables? | Motoring discussion | Back Room Forum

Reviews
Best Cars To Buy
Ask HJ
- See all Ask HJ questions
Real MPG
- Find your Real MPG
- Best MPG Cars for 2025
News
Advice
Help & Tools
Free car valuation
- Get a FREE valuation
- How to sell your car
Cars For Sale
- Used cars for sale
- New cars for sale
Profile
Log out
Log in
New account

Thu 30 Aug 2007 17:01

Markings on speed tables? - runboy

If you have a speed table, and by that I mean a road with a raised platform across both lanes that is about one car length (so by the time the rear wheels are on the speed table the fronts are on the way down) do they have to be marked with a white arrow or such like? I ask because one near me is made out of the same road surface as the road and in the dark merges into the road surface nicely. If you hit it at the speed limit in a car it would give you a bit of a jolt but a cycle would be a bit of a bone-shaker!

Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Thu 30 Aug 2007 21:31

Markings on speed tables? - Dwight Van Driver

If 'speed table' equals 'road hump' then Yes, should be marked.

Advice to LA at

www.tinyurl.com/29xef
see Para 19.

Also requirement at Reg 6 The Highways (Road Humps) Regulations 1999.

Word with your LA to get its sorted?

dvd

Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Thu 30 Aug 2007 22:28

Markings on speed tables? - runboy

Thanks DVD. From memory all other speed tables in the area have some markings (usually a pyramid shape).

Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Related questions

Does a 30mph limit still count at night if the street lights are switched off?

Assuming the Highway Code still states that street lighting on roads indicates a 30 mph speed limit, my area turns the lighting off for part of the night (approximately between 12 and 4am). Some nights...

Do motorway speed cameras operate when no limit is shown?

I have received a notification of prosecution from West Midlands Police for travelling at 81 mph thus exceeding the 70 mph speed limit. This was recorded by an automatic camera between Junctions 3A & 4...

Can I challenge an NIP for alleged speeding in a variable speed limit?

I’ve recently received a Notice of Intended prosecution from the police. The notice arrived 12 days after the offence. I responded immediately providing the required information although we had to resort...

What are the speed limits for a Toyota 4x4 pickup?

Can you tell me the speed limits for a Toyota HL2 4x4 light utility goods vehicle category N1 less than 2040 in weight. It is all very ambiguous and the police do not seem to know.