HEADPHONES Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Ahhhh, wouldn't it be great if this was on the options list along with "avoid motorways" etc Do any of you think something like this may eventually be possible? Maybe at least "route with the least speed bumps". Or maybe this is as impossible as "route without potholes" Got a wedding to go to just south of London. After seeing the muddy roads of another members "adventures" it left me wanting for extra functions on my satnav Looking forward to the drive. It's been over a year since I've gone for a long drive in the ZED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It that was an option I could never go anywhere, as I live in London...speed hump City,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Does everyone cringe when they see a speed bump mine is standard set up and there's been a couple of times I've been caught out. FFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhuman Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Does everyone cringe when they see a speed bump mine is standard set up and there's been a couple of times I've been caught out. FFS. Yup. Paranoid about scraping. And, on an aside, steel panther rock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 When I slow down for speed humps...which is every 100 yards in London..!! White Van Man drives right up your ass..with a "why did you brake" look..!! :rant: :rant: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianphampton Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Definitely HATE speed bumps - the Zed is lowered about 15 - 20mm and I have to take them all REALLY slowly For the folks who live in the Northwest - I can never visit Cheshire Oaks for a film as the bumps are so stupid and they're about 10mm higher than most and it sounds like I'm ripping the bottom off the car - so have to take the truck if we go there for a film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Don't lower your Zed I think it's low enough standard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Standard... never had an issue with any speed bump (been over the various...). Have you noticed its the small ones, those black and yellow plasticy ones that jar the car the most?...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsniss350z Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 AMT, i'm in total agreement, those things look nice & small but i feel my spine crumbling each time i go over one, and my car is not even lowered. Vicious little b******s! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yep there bad, I'd rather take it over the concrete bigger humps lol Is it because its so sharp and short a bump the suspensions not reacting quick enough maybe? (not that your driving over them quickly but not matter how slow...they feel horrid ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Never bothered me, in any vehicle. Even in the MR2 with a turbo conversion that left the inter cooler below the sump, worst that ever happened was the scoop made a nifty snow plough Just curious as well, but I'm assuming we all know how to take those semi-humps, you know the ones that are just a bump in the middle that you can drive straight over if you get the entry right? 'Cos I didn't until Jan last year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 lol I refuse to hear that someone hasn't been jarred by those little speed bumps. Doesn't matter how you take them.... they find a way! For the record...these ones.... http://www.bellworkwear.com/images/products/l_HAR010_1295974645.1023.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Drive slower. Very, very simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) You clearly have never experienced one of these...lol I now know your lying, you can't drive over it at 5 or less and it still shudders a car like no other speed hump lol I hate them so bad. Possibly if you do 2 mph, but lets be honest you won't be doing that...even over a speed hump I think Edited February 20, 2013 by AMT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 i'm dropped around 40-45mm and can still navigate most without major scraping. Theres an art to going over speed bumps in a lowered car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 You clearly have never experienced one of these...lol I now know your lying, you can't drive over it at 5 or less and it still shudders a car like no other speed hump lol I hate them so bad. Possibly if you do 2 mph, but lets be honest you won't be doing that...even over a speed hump I think They have them at my gym, I drive over them every weekday Flat out is the best way I've found to take them, but that's in the flabby truck: In my cars I just crawl over them, no vibrations at all. You sure you don't have any suspension issues? Serious question, not a p*sstake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Its happens in every car I've had and have been in, its not a vibration its just a quick jar... whoever invented them anyway should be shot, you think.....ah...its just a wee one...BANG....broken spine I think you have a spine of steel lol I like the rectangle ones....those trapezoid or whatever jobbies. They've got them in our Asda and you can just go over them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 What speed? At crawling less than the natural torque of 1st, you really shouldn't be feeling anything major at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizurd Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 i'm dropped around 40-45mm and can still navigate most without major scraping. Theres an art to going over speed bumps in a lowered car. ok my zeds not lowered but what is the knack to getting a lowered car over humps apart from just going really slow. strangely even with a non lowered zed I've had one incident of a concrete speed bump scrapping the y section of the exhaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Angles man, it's all about the angles! 45degrees over them will see you right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizurd Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 cool thanks. did wonder about whether that would make much of a difference. never had the problem anywhere else but will try it should it happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Any angle will help, as long as one wheel goes over before the other on the same axle you'll be laughing, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RE Leather Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 There is a 10 page information document released by the DOT on definitions of the "Road Hump" and it also lists the max advised height. Here is one section of that document. Road Humps 5. The maximum height for road humps is 100mm but 75mm is recommended by the DOT. The recommended gradient for the "on/off' slope of a flat top road hump/raised junction is 1: 15 For the entire script go to http://www.sustrans.org.uk/assets/files/guidelines/traffic%20calming.pdf And after reading it you can laugh your rocks off. We all know that this is a load if COD, because I went out and measured the ones in West Barnes Lane in Worcester Park. The lowest was 10" and the highest was 12.5". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 That site is a charity, it has no official recommendations. The data you're after is here. Also, no chance there's a 10" hump near you, that's 250mm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I discovered the tactic needed for those stupid wee ones last year when I went over one just under 10mph, heard a clank and the gearstick jolted. 1st gear torque at 45 degrees is the way to go. I've never had any problems with the proper big slanted ones though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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