Speed bump rip off bumper trims @ Post Office yard

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Sat 4 Oct 2008 13:04
Speed bump rip off bumper trims @ Post Office yard - Falkirk Bairn
Son went to collect parcel at the post office.

Speed bump at entrance but this ripped off the trim and broke the cluips around the bumper - despite low speed - trim off, clips broken - costs unknown.

The PO employee gave him an address to write to but said "you will get nothing".

Surely there are design heights for speed bumps?
There must be Health & Safety guidance to adhere to by POST OFFICE for members of the public having access

Any experiences? Can you advise.

He has taken photos but I have not seen them.

Edited by Pugugly on 04/10/2008 at 13:12

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Sat 4 Oct 2008 13:17
Speed bump rip off bumper trims @ Post Office yard - Pugugly
The Post Office will have a risk assessment in place for public visits to their sites. You can reasonably ask for them if there is an incident or a near miss. This is more likely to be a near miss (remember health and safety legislation is to protect people not cars). To entertain a claim you will need to have photographs and measurements of the hump and any associated signage, you will also need to see whether there is a disclaimer sign at or near the entrance. My local depot has these horrid rubber black and yellow "portable" humps - no doubt compliant with any legislation. The signage would be viewed as a "control measure" under H&S regs - but as I say that's H&S of people. (I appreciate that a severe enough bump can cause injury to occupants)

Edited by Pugugly on 04/10/2008 at 13:19

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Sat 4 Oct 2008 14:37
Speed bump rip off bumper trims @ Post Office yard - BobbyG
FB, don't know where your son lives but the PO place in Motherwell has these - right suspension jolters!

But it doesn't stop their vans racing over them!
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Sat 4 Oct 2008 16:15
Speed bump rip off bumper trims @ Post Office yard - L'escargot
Surely there are design heights for speed bumps?


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