humpback bridge without warning

[muddy_trousers]

went into honiton yesterday straight from work looking for an auto parts shop when i launched the car over a bridge aroud 60/70mph. hit the ground with a huge bang disconecting a gear linkage, denting my 4.2.1 manifold, shearing bolts in the gearbox and something in the front left corner is knocking. :clapping::clapping::clapping: my car is rapidly deteriarating, far quicker than i can aford to fix it anyway.

[Bound]

Guess it doesn't work like it does in the movies :/.

[dj_russell]

hump back bridges are bad news if your cars lowered lol, ive had some good jumps in the years but never would of atempted it in the vts as it was too low, too low really for fast lane driving.

[muddy_trousers]

it would seem so! i didn't know the road and should of been.......

[dj_russell]

id reword that before the health and safety boffins cop you and make a citizens arrest on your ass lol.

[muddy_trousers]

I think that works

[dj_russell]

lmfao i swear if sax-p had a direct police helpline some of the sax-p members would dob others in.

[Bound]

it would seem so! i didn't know the road and should of been.......

id reword that before the health and safety boffins cop you and make a citizens arrest on your ass lol.

Yep, 20 years in saxperience morality prison.

[Prickle]

Why go over a humback bridge that quick?

Surely you would know to slow down, own fault.

[Pieface]

Why go over a humback bridge that quick?

Surely you would know to slow down, own fault.

Some people really are quite retarded and can't read...

[muddy_trousers]

Why go over a humback bridge that quick?

Surely you would know to slow down, own fault.

Surely you read the "without warning" part of this thread as it is in the title.....

[Prickle]

Some people really are quite retarded and can't read...

Says it had no warning so slow down than. :S

[muddy_trousers]

Says it had no warning so slow down than. :S

spellings not too hot either....

u have lost me

[Prickle]

spellings not too hot either....

u have lost me

Speak for yourself...


Okay, you did 60/70mph over a humback bridge and seen no warning.. if you seen no warning would it be sensible to slow down a tad before you got to the bridge?

[muddy_trousers]

Speak for yourself...


Okay, you did 60/70mph over a humback bridge and seen no warning.. if you seen no warning would it be sensible to slow down a tad before you got to the bridge?

I didnt realise there was a bridge untill i was in the air hence the NO WARNING part.

[wicked-vtr]

60-70 is too fast to drive down lanes IMO, it would have been smart to slow down when you saw the bridge coming, assuming you could see it coming of course.

[Prickle]

I didnt realise there was a bridge untill i was in the air hence the NO WARNING part.

So you continue to do 60/70... should of slowed down and you know it.

Nevermind, hope you get it sorted.

[Liam_]

Okay, you did 60/70mph over a humback bridge and seen no warning.. if you seen no warning would it be sensible to slow down a tad before you got to the bridge?

It's not always obvious that they are there - some smaller ones can just look like a small rise in the road. You don't notice how steep they are at the other side until you've gone over.

I've had this happen to me a few times, mostly on quiet B roads (NSL) with no signs to warn you - I guess the tax payer's money is focused more on the busier roads (in theory).

[muddy_trousers]

I'm not up for a "whats the optimum speed to be drivin on an....." conversation. it wasn't on a lane anyway, I was looking for a shop.

[wicked-vtr]

It's not always obvious that they are there - some smaller ones can just look like a small rise in the road. You don't notice how steep they are at the other side until you've gone over.

+1, ive seen some that are a very low rise on one side and then drop away down a bank on the other, and the walls next to the bridge are also covered in bushed ect occasionally. depends on the road/bridge as to wether you can see the hazard

[Liam_]

I'm not up for a "whats the optimum speed to be drivin on an....." conversation. it wasn't on a lane anyway, I was looking for a shop.

So it was a built up area? There should definitely have been a sign to warn you. :S

[RichM]

Humpback bridges are fun on a bike, not good on the forks though.. :D

[smiith]

theres an awesome jump near fylingthorpe, a village near here, you take off, and land on a down hill, can do it proper rapid if you have good suspension, howerver i did shatter a back bumper on my clio doing it

[danboy]

i occasionally like to do the odd jump on purpose.

[KamRacing]

most humpback bridges have signs to warn of them .. usually spot them if not going too fast.

[Lloydie]

60/70? Perfect speed down a lane :y:

[d4r3n]

there seems too be too many people whos allways moaning about speeds... what does it matter hes not doing 100 mph through a town is he?..... hope you get car sorted out bud

[shooorn94]

I had my crash two years back on a humpback bridge. Again there was no sign and tbh I should have been going slower. The road seemed to go straight but unluckily for me it went to the right with a curved humpback bridge.. young and foolish though tbh is my reasoning for it. However there has been many crashes on the same road since then. I was lucky to come away ok and by the sounds of it you were too. Take it as a step in the right direction, always be cautious of blind bends/roads you are unsure of :y:

[DCMan]

Sorry to dig up an old thread - havent been on here for a while properly so was just reading through some old threads..

I'm just curious - what bridge was it? I know the area really well :)