Speed Humps

More About Speed Humps

What is traffic calming?

A lot of areas experience foot traffic and vehicular traffic equally. These spaces require a higher level of traffic management than areas where foot traffic is relatively low. Fast vehicles in these areas can cause damage to property and lives. This is the reason why, vehicular traffic in these areas must be calmed down by using a range of measures like the installation of speed bumps and humps.

These measures are relatively easier to install and implement than more aggressive means like allowing one-way traffic in a street or building roundabouts. Speed humps are very easy to install in concrete or asphalt. This makes them ideal for controlling traffic in an area which does not have planned traffic control measures in place.

Are speed humps effective?

Any traffic calming measure is only as effective as its design, build, and the way in which it has been installed. When done correctly, these can be very effective. Typically, a speed hump is made of rubber, plastic, or metal, but sometimes, they may even be built from concrete or asphalt.

Rubber or plastic is often seen as a good choice because they are easy to install and remove. Traffic calming products made of rubber or plastic are also lightweight. They can be installed temporarily and removed when required, and later reinstalled.

Since rubber has greater compression, traffic control products made of rubber are beneficial for vehicles as well. When a vehicle hits these very quickly at an angle, there is lesser damage. Since they are low to the ground, it also reduces vehicle damage to vehicles with low ground clearance. But for the same reasons, rubber humps may end up being less effective in traffic control as concrete or asphalt bumps.

These are ideally installed in areas which does not experience heavy industrial traffic or else the humps may be rendered ineffective or may get damaged very quickly. They can be combined with other road safety products like bollards to improve their effectiveness in traffic calming.

Australian standards for speed humps

Design

The Australian design standard for speed humps regulating off-street parking is AS 2890.1:2004. There are 4 main criteria that a product should keep in mind to be compliant to this standard. These four criteria are:

• Height – The height of the product should be between 25mm and 75mm
• Cross section – The product should have a flat top. It should not be peaked or rounded. The flat-top area should measure between 100m to 150mm.
• Ramp angle – The ramp angle and the height should be in the ratio 2:1
• Markings – It must have alternating parallel stripes in yellow or white with the base colour being black. The alternating stripes should be 250mm wide.

Use and placement

The standard requires the use of the humps in the following ways:

• They are appropriate for smaller or confined spaces like off-street parking, multi-storey car parks and other such areas where the speed of the vehicles is typically less than 30 km/h or less.
• They should be at least 10m apart along any aisle or roadway
• The maximum spacing is 50m when the speed must be continuously controlled along a roadway
• You must not place them on intersections or curved roadways.
• These should not obstruct pedestrian or wheelchair traffic in an accessible travel path intended for people with disabilities.

Features of our speed humps

• Durable

All our traffic calming products are designed with durability in mind. The humps and wheel stops are strong and they do not crack or shrink. They can be used indoors or outdoors in areas like schools, hospitals, and multi storey car parks.

• Modular design

The humps we sell are 250mm, 500mm, or 1000mm long based on your choice of material. This makes it easy for you to achieve the lengths you need. The end caps help you finish off the edges perfectly.

• Manufactured from environment-friendly materials

Our products are mostly designed with environment friendliness in mind. They are either recyclable or made of recycled products.

• Built-in prismatic reflectors

The built-in prismatic reflectors improve visibility of these products in the night improving their effectiveness in controlling traffic even during night.

• Low noise

The rubber and plastic products are designed for low noise making them useful in residential areas, near schools and hospitals where high noise levels can be disturbing.

• Lightweight

They are lightweight making it easy for installation to be completed by a single person.

Our road safety products are designed with quality in mind. We follow Australian standards and use materials that reduce our carbon footprint. Reach out to us now for more information about road safety products that can be used for your site.