Overtaking on speed humps

[Pixelpeep 135]

I suppose i already know the answer to this, and maybe i'm looking for the 'odd' person that might say they'd do the same. I'm sure to the car i passed they would think i was a crazy driver or something.

Context:

Driving to work my journey is majority twisty roads, NSL with no road markings, grass / hedges both sides. Had been stuck behind a car for around 2 miles, doing 40-45 in the NSL, which is fine as that is what speed they're comfortable with, but i am looking for overtake opportunities which unfortunately do not present themselves due to flow in the other direction.

There is a section of the journey which takes us down a rural row of houses on one side which has those plastic temp speedhumps down. Posted speed is 30mph. Road is completely straight for the 1/4 mile ish of humps.

First hump the car i've been following comes to a complete stop and 'climbs' over the hump and then back down the other side. up to 15mph and then back to 0 for the next one.

This goes on for 5 speed humps. road is completely clear, not even parked cars. at the next speed hump i cross into the opposite side and go round him, never hitting more than 20mph.

I get upto 30 for the rest of the road and when the NSL returns i'm off.

Would you have done differently?

[akirk]

As long as you are safe and not damaging your car or causing any other issues - then why not...
you are allowed to overtake in a 30 - it is usually seen as ill advised simply because the risk factors and potential hazards in a 30 are so much higher, but if you have clear views / no children waiting to be run over etc. then go ahead.

[UTH]

What were they driving? I slow down to almost a standstill for most speed bumps......when I'm in the Corvette with hardly any ground clearance

[768]

Absolutely fine, as long as you're not going to hold them up at the NSL, even then it'd just be a bit rude.

[swisstoni]

My area is some sort of living museum of traffic calming measures.

Therefore I encounter all the types of driver who make a drama out of speed bumps. From the old folks, to the van presumably carrying an atom bomb, to the car that’s been lowered to fk.

I’ll give them all a chance but if they are holding me up I’m happy to overtake and will be easily under the speed limit when I do so.

[Debaser]

I go over some speed bumps really slowly, I wouldn't care if someone wanted to overtake me while I do so.

[Xenoous]

I don't really care if people overtake me, or where they do it. As long as they're safe, they're not doing 60 in a 30 and or spent far too long almost inside my boot, go for it. I have issues when people drive up my chuff, or overtake lines of cars on roads where you can barely see 100m ahead. That's just daft.

So in response, no... I'm sure what you did is fine. I can barely take speed bumps at 15mph in my car with its rock solid setup (stupid cup chassis). I wouldn't be offended!

[Hoofy]

Debaser said:

I go over some speed bumps really slowly, I wouldn't care if someone wanted to overtake me while I do so.

Exactly this. The suspension on my fun car is firm and the car is low and scrapey. I hate having to negotiate speed bumps when there are people behind me because I don't like holding people up so if anyone overtakes me (safely) then I am happy for them to do so.

[sixor8]

I do it frequently, especially when on my motorbike.

Round here, most speed humps are one big one on each side so there is a gap for a bike. Buses and lorries can straddle them too, but unfortunately so can big SUVs which means some of them tear round housing areas like idiots. The small rigid ones that go all the way across can sometimes cause my bike to ground out on the exhaust.

[Zarco]

I'd have done the same.

[FNG]

I've done this twice, both times while significantly under the speed limit, and the second time the driver being overtaken got the serious hump - flashing lights and hand signals and speeding up (presumably well outside his comfort zone, as he wasn't doing those speeds until I passed him) to tailgate me.

I had a car that took bumps very well, so just maintained my speed a bit under 30mph, moved out and sailed past. Nothing controversial but you'd think I'd just murdered his first born.

I took the view that it probably wasn't worth it if it was going to escalate tensions to that level. Only needs you to do it to a moron who can't control themselves and follows you home.

Better just pass them once they're back to their mindless 40 in a NSL.

[Emeye]

Any form of overtaking has been illegal in this country for years now.





Well, the way some people act if you ever dare overtaking, you'd think it had.

[Chubbyross]

Nothing wrong with what you did as long as you were looking out for small children or unleashed hounds. What annoys me is when someone overtakes when I’m crawling over speed bumps (I drive a Caterham so they’re all taken at walking speed now) and then holds me up once clear.

[donkmeister]

OP, bit of a "Bradford" manoeuvre isn't it though?

Nothing wrong with it legally, and at least you waited for a couple of humps to check the other driver wasn't going to go diagonally or straddle the centreline.

I've had people overtake me in similar circumstances only to hold me up on the next NSL stretch. Generally anything that can straddle the bumps or take them at speed isn't much good at taking corners in a spirited manner.

[geeks]

Emeye said:

Any form of overtaking has been illegal in this country for years now.





Well, the way some people act if you ever dare overtaking, you'd think it had.

Come and live around here overtaking the car in front seems like a constant necessity

[FNG]

donkmeister said:

OP, bit of a "Bradford" manoeuvre isn't it though?

Nothing wrong with it legally, and at least you waited for a couple of humps to check the other driver wasn't going to go diagonally or straddle the centreline.

I've had people overtake me in similar circumstances only to hold me up on the next NSL stretch. Generally anything that can straddle the bumps or take them at speed isn't much good at taking corners in a spirited manner.

2004 Impreza WRX. It was really very decent over speedbumps.

[AB]

Debaser said:

I go over some speed bumps really slowly, I wouldn't care if someone wanted to overtake me while I do so.

Same, unless they then hold me up further up the road!

[matchmaker]

My wife works in the medieval part of Stirling which has many cobbled streets. Taking her to work, what type of vehicle shows down the most for speed humps and cobbles? Big 4x4 usually...

[Pixelpeep 135]

FNG said:

donkmeister said:

OP, bit of a "Bradford" manoeuvre isn't it though?

Nothing wrong with it legally, and at least you waited for a couple of humps to check the other driver wasn't going to go diagonally or straddle the centreline.

I've had people overtake me in similar circumstances only to hold me up on the next NSL stretch. Generally anything that can straddle the bumps or take them at speed isn't much good at taking corners in a spirited manner.

2004 Impreza WRX. It was really very decent over speedbumps.

2021 f40 bmw m135i - it's actually more comfortable to go over the square plastic humps at 25 than it is 10mph

and i wouldn't do a 'cheeky' overtake if i thought it would be me holding them up further down the road,

and lol @ the bradford manoeuvre - great term

[donkmeister]

FNG said:

donkmeister said:

OP, bit of a "Bradford" manoeuvre isn't it though?

Nothing wrong with it legally, and at least you waited for a couple of humps to check the other driver wasn't going to go diagonally or straddle the centreline.

I've had people overtake me in similar circumstances only to hold me up on the next NSL stretch. Generally anything that can straddle the bumps or take them at speed isn't much good at taking corners in a spirited manner.

2004 Impreza WRX. It was really very decent over speedbumps.

Fair dos... Wasn't the police obsession with Imprezas and Evos (for a while) due to the ability of a "rallycar for the road" at flying over speed bumps and potholes?