Set the target speed
Profile height sets the crossing speed directly. A 10 km/h target and a 30 km/h target are not the same product. As height rises, comfort falls and complaints rise.
I need to slow traffic down
A warning sign does not slow traffic; physics does. But the wrong bump damages vehicles and generates complaints. The right choice starts from the target speed.
The order of the job
Add night visibility
An unseen speed bump causes crashes. Reflectors set into the body, or road studs, reveal it under headlights.
Think of the pedestrian too
A speed bump usually goes in with a crossing. Guidance and sight lines ahead of the crossing complete its work.
The most common mistake on site
The most common mistake is a full-width bump on an ambulance or bus route. Those routes take cushion types instead: a narrow vehicle slows, while a wide-axle vehicle passes between.
The second common mistake is placing the hump without thinking about drainage. On a gradient water ponds in front of it and freezes in winter, so a product installed as a safeguard becomes a hazard.
The third is using a harsh profile on an ambulance route.
Tell us these when you ask for a quote
- Carriageway width and the target speed
- Whether ambulances, fire engines or buses use the route
- Substrate: asphalt or concrete
- The target speed — profile, width and spacing all follow from this single figure.
- Whether ambulances or fire appliances use the route.
- The road width and the gradient; on a slope the drainage is planned with it.
- Whether the work needs authority approval; hump placement on a public road requires permission.
- Whether speed has been measured on the route before, and the average that was recorded.
With these three, the price and loading plan come in the first reply; without them we have to ask first.
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