Speed control gets the hump
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FOR the first time speed-control humps have been introduced on public roads. The experimental site to be selected is an estate residential road in the Cowley area of Oxford.
The road is subject to a 30mph speed limit but it is frequently used as a short cut by non-residential traffic and there have been a high number of accidents over the past five years.
Spaced at 70-90m (80-100yd) intervals the humps will be constructed to Transport and Road Research Laboratory specifications. They will be 3.7m (12ft) in length rising in a curve to a midway height of 102mm (4in). Drivers will be advised of their presence by a new warning sign and the humps themselves will be of a different colour to the normal road surface.
The trial has been made under Section 17 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 and the humps must be removed not more than one year after their installation. The experiment will be assessed and further legislation would be needed before speed control humps could be placed permanently in the public highway.