More than a fifth of UK motorists claim their car has been damaged by so-called ‘sleeping policemen’, a study has found.
Damage caused by speed bumps saw councils fork out around £35,000 in compensation claims over the two-year period between 2015 and 2017, researchers at Confused.com have found.
The study showed that almost half (48 per cent) of the damaged cars sustained tyre issues, while a third (33 per cent) experienced suspension problems.
A fifth of drivers admitting to not slowing down over speed bumps.
London councils alone paid out almost half of the total (£15,717), with 8,516 speed bump scrapes reported on the capital’s roads.
Motorists themselves are thought to pay out an average of £141 to repair speed bump-related damage.
Confused.com say because they are classified as “traffic-calming measures”, and not “road defects”, it can be hard to make a successful claim.
The research is based on an online survey of 2,000 drivers and Freedom of Information requests sent to local councils.
There are currently more than 29,000 speed bumps installed on the UK’s roads.
The RAC warns that driving over speed bumps without slowing down can cause damage to vehicles, particularly to the underside and suspension.
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