Ideas for speed bumps on gravel road

[OldeEnglish]

Has anyone tried calling the police and give them permission to sit on your land to hit the speeders with radar? We did that at my folks place where there is a blind corner with a narrow bridge. Had some bad accidents there over the years and one guy even smashed through the railings on the bridge, but lucky for him his truck stopped him from a 30ft fall into a small river. We let the police sit at the bottom of the driveway and they nabs speeders every timethey sit there, by the time they see him it's too late. After a few $300 tickets the regulars start slowing down , and the cops love it because it's like shooting fish in a barrel. I agree with Wolfman about the liability of building your own traps. If they crash you could be liable even if you put up signs. It's a toss up who would win in court but it's a guarantee that it will cost you $$$ to hire a lawyer to defend yourself.

 

[CJN8]

I am getting a real kick reading through all these suggestions. Seems like a lot of you all go through the same thing. My major problem is the dust. Our house is about 150 feet of the easement and during the dry season the dust carries over to our house and I am constantly cleaning up, blowing the driveway and porches off. The crushed asphalt has made it considerably better but there is still room for improvement. Before I bought the property a neighbor used to maintain the road with his bobcat. It was the wrong tool for the job. What he ended up doing was making the road the low spot by taking the crown out of the road with his FEL. Before the asphalt went in it would turn into a mud pit. Like i said it is way better now but I need to get 4/5 more truck loads of the asphalt to get a better crown built up over the 600ft section in front of my house. Anyway, love the responses...only one I have not heard is land mines...that would get my vote.

 

[coachgeo]

know plenty of folk who say "Mother in Laws" would make good speed bumps

 

[Daren Todd]

I am getting a real kick reading through all these suggestions. Seems like a lot of you all go through the same thing. My major problem is the dust. Our house is about 150 feet of the easement and during the dry season the dust carries over to our house and I am constantly cleaning up, blowing the driveway and porches off. The crushed asphalt has made it considerably better but there is still room for improvement. Before I bought the property a neighbor used to maintain the road with his bobcat. It was the wrong tool for the job. What he ended up doing was making the road the low spot by taking the crown out of the road with his FEL. Before the asphalt went in it would turn into a mud pit. Like i said it is way better now but I need to get 4/5 more truck loads of the asphalt to get a better crown built up over the 600ft section in front of my house. Anyway, love the responses...only one I have not heard is land mines...that would get my vote.

We have the same issue with dust in the summer. The builder of the neighborhood didn't put a road in that meets county specs or they would have taken it over and seal coated it. Local judge said sorry bout your luck, and the builders been bankrupt for some time. In order for the county to take it over, the road would have to be widened about 8 ft, and with only 6 homes on the road, it's not a big priority.

Coach, my mil is the bomb. But I got a step mother that I could donate for the cause

 

[Confused8122]

What about a gate? Friends of mine have property that has easement to a bunch of camps behind them. Supposedly they are not required to maintain, just allow traffic, ie. Can't keep people out.
During certain times of the year (spring break up, hunting, etc.) they close their gates. No locks, but it makes people stop, slow down, etc.
But his road is completely private, all mail boxes are at end, no county maintenance, no nothing, it is essentially his driveway.

 

[Diydave]

angry ram is the answer to your problems...http://youtu.be/nTGQZbY9834

 

[Daren Todd]

Or geese
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1D95bv0A8s0

 

[Tooljunkie]

Our local road maintenace crew removed a delapitated bridge, and installed what is called a ford crossing. Its a big dip in the road. Someone had no clue what a ford crossing was and hit it at 60 mph. It was signed and big warning to go 20. Needless to say car was airborne and it pretty much destroyed it. Municipality wasnt at fault as it was properly marked. Insurance refused-driving too fast for road conditions.

I feel your pain, speed limit is 30 past my house,they go 60+.
I have a double row of tall spruce trees, they trap the dust and reduce a little of the noise.

 

[Lil Foot]

Has anyone tried calling the police and give them permission to sit on your land to hit the speeders with radar?

Neighborhood family up the street (with small children) got tired of the speeders on our residential street, and borrowed a radar gun from the local cop shop. Speed limit is 25mph, and in 30 days she clocked over 2 dozen at 60mph or above, one at 73mph. Took her documentation back to the cops, who set up to catch some speeders & 'splain to them the error of their ways. Then we petitioned the city to install speed bumps. We now have (5) in about 3/8 of a mile. We live on an asphalt street, but maybe your local cops have a similar loaner program.

 

[Bulldog]

If the cops don't do any better for him than they did on my street it's a waste of time to bring them out. 3 came out here for 30 minutes one afternoon and wrote 12 or 15 tickets, left and have never been back unless they are just passing thru.

 

[cabu]

Hello, I travel the world and see a lot of different solutions to the same problem. Actually the best solution for speed bumps are big bumps. The small plastic ones make to much noise and speed is no problem, if you have the suspension. What works are speed bumpers of asphalt 6-8 feet wide and up to 8" hight. If those are near enough there is even no time to speed up. This solution is used in Kuwait in construction areas and last also the heavy traffic.
It is annoying to drive on those roads, but it really slow down the traffic...

BR carl

 

[CJN8]

I ordered my signs yesterday. I also found an outfit that sells solid plastic speed bumps so I am going to go that route. I believe they will handle any load. I want to dress the road with my rock rake first before I put the bumps down. I want to move any lose material towards the crown. Then the fun begins. I am going to have some neighbors that are not too happy. I plan to put some big eucalyptus rounds on the outside of the road to keep traffic from going around them. They weigh a good 200 pounds.

 

[olthumpa]

I ordered my signs yesterday. I also found an outfit that sells solid plastic speed bumps so I am going to go that route. I believe they will handle any load. I want to dress the road with my rock rake first before I put the bumps down. I want to move any lose material towards the crown. Then the fun begins. I am going to have some neighbors that are not too happy. I plan to put some big eucalyptus rounds on the outside of the road to keep traffic from going around them. They weigh a good 200 pounds.

If they are relatively easy to move, move them around every couple weeks to month just to keep things interesting.

 

[altamira]

You can try this product

 

[mikester]

problem solved

 

[leveraddict]

When we bought our house the road was macadam with dips and bumps. People avoided our road to the point when a car came down it we would look out the window thinking someone was stopping by! Well times have changed the township paved it as its a school bus route. Now theres lots of traffic and cars go way faster than the posted 25 mph. Its dangerous!

 

[GreensvilleJay]

'easement' is THE reason I didn't buy 35ac with house/barn on it decades ago. road also had 3 other houses, and I'd be at the end.
Saw problems like
1) WHO maintains the road ?
2) blocked road due to stalled cars ?
3) neighbour 'issues' like #1 and #2

At the time ,didn't have easy access to dozers and excavators to make a new 'MY' driveway and then block off the other with Jersy barriers and chain.

for dust control, plant FAST growing trees and shrubs 2-3 -4 rows of them, small-medium, tall. yes,it'll take time but if this is your forever home, well worth the effort.

 

[85Hokie]

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[The Evil Twin]

Instead of placing the bumps perpendicular to the direction of travel, place them at 45° angles across. That way only one tire hits it at a time.
The down side is that some donkey is likely to drive around it.

 

[jyoutz]

The very best and lasting speed bumps on dirt or gravel roads is to have a small dozer cut rolling dips into the road surface itself. Then cover with gravel. Research rolling dips. They are primarily used on woods roads for drainage, but they would also serve as speed bumps.