Jersey R&O 130/2002
Highways (Jersey) Law 1956
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HIGHWAYS (ROAD HUMPS) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 2002
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(Promulgated on the 6th day of November 2002)
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STATES OF JERSEY
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The 5th day of November 2002
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THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 3 of the Highways (Jersey) Law 1956, as
amended, have made the following Regulations -
Interpretation
1.-(1) In these Regulations
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“Committee” means the Public
Services Committee;
“road hump” means an artificial hump
on a highway that is designed to control the speed of vehicles on the highway;
“Pedestrian Crossings Order” means
the Road Traffic (Pedestrian Crossings) (Jersey) Order 1982;
“Traffic Signs Order” means the
Traffic Signs (Jersey) Order 1968.
(2) In these Regulations road humps on a
highway are a series of humps if there are at least 2 humps and each hump is
not less than 20 metres or more than 150 metres from the one next to it.
(3) A reference in these Regulations to a
numbered Regulation is a reference to the Regulation so numbered in these
Regulations and a reference to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to
these Regulations.
(4) A reference in these Regulations to an
enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or
under any subsequent enactment.
Consultation
2. A
highway authority must not construct a road hump on a highway for which it is
the highway authority unless it has, in the case of a by-road, consulted the
Committee or, in the case of a main road, consulted the Connétable of the
parish.
Circumstances in which road humps
may be constructed
3. Except
as provided by Regulation 6, a highway authority must not construct a road hump
on a highway unless -
(a) the highway has street lighting that the
Committee considers adequate; or
(b) lighting approved by the Committee is
specially provided for the hump.
Nature, dimensions, location and
spacing of road humps
4.-(1) A highway authority
must not construct a road hump that -
(a) does not comply with one of the sets of
specifications in the Schedule; and
(b) except in the case of a road hump
constructed on a highway with a speed limit of 20 miles an hour or less, is not
at right angles to an imaginary line along the centre of the carriageway of the
highway in which it is constructed.
(2) A road hump is to be taken to comply with
one of the sets of specifications in the Schedule if -
(a) in the case of a vertical measurement, it
varies from the corresponding measurement in the specification by no more than
12 millimetres; or
(b) in the case of a horizontal measurement, it
varies by no more than 5 per cent.
(3) Except as provided by paragraph (4), a
highway authority must not construct a road hump -
(a) within the limits of a zebra controlled
area, as defined in Article 1(1) of the Pedestrian Crossings Order, or within
30 metres from the imaginary line along the centre of the pattern of black and
white stripes specified in the Second Schedule to that Order; or
(b) within the limits of a pelican crossing as
defined in Article 1(1) of the Pedestrian Crossings Order or within
30 metres of a part of such a crossing.
(4) A highway authority may construct a road
hump of a type that complies with the specifications shown in diagram No. 3 in
the Schedule -
(a) so that an imaginary line along the centre
of the hump from one side of the highway to the other is in the same position
as an imaginary line from one side of the highway to the other along the centre
of the pattern of black and white stripes specified in the Second Schedule to
the Pedestrian Crossings Order; or
(b) along the centre of the limits of the
crossing as specified in the Fifth Schedule to that Order.
Placing of traffic signs
5.-(1) Except as provided
by Regulation 6, the highway authority of a highway must place and maintain the
following traffic signs in respect of a road hump it constructs in the highway,
namely -
(a) traffic sign No. 557.1 in combination with traffic
sign No. 557.2, 557.3 or 557.4 placed in positions the Committee considers
provide adequate warning to people using the highway of the presence of the
road hump or series of road humps;
(b) except in a case mentioned in sub-paragraph
(c), traffic signs Nos. 1060 and 1060.1 or Nos. 1061 and 1061.1 on the road
hump or on each hump in a series of humps;
(c) in respect of a road hump placed on a
highway in accordance with Regulation 4(4)(a), traffic sign No. 544 facing
traffic approaching the pedestrian crossing together with traffic sign No.
547.5;
(d) in respect of a road hump placed on a
highway in accordance with Regulation 4(4)(b), traffic sign No. 543 facing
traffic approaching the pedestrian crossing together with traffic sign No.
547.5.
(2) In this Regulation a reference to a road
sign by number is a reference to the road sign shown in the diagram so numbered
in the First Schedule to the Traffic Signs Order.
Humps on highways with
a speed limit of 20 miles an hour or less
6. If
a road hump is constructed on a highway with a speed limit of 20 miles an hour
or less the Highway Authority may decide, after consulting the Committee, that
either Regulation 3 or 5, but not both, shall not apply in respect of the road
hump.
Revocation
7. The
Highways (Road Humps) (Jersey) Regulations 1994 are repealed.
Citation and commencement
8. These Regulations may be
cited as the Highways (Road Humps) (Jersey) Regulations 2002 and shall come
into force seven days after they are made.
M.N. DE LA HAYE
Greffier of the States.
SCHEDULE
(Regulation
4)
CROSS SECTIONS AND HUMP DIMENSIONS
Diagram 1. Round Top
Hump
Longitudinal Section
Note:
This hump normally extends across the highway
from kerb to kerb.
A permitted variant is given in diagram 2a below.
Diagram
2a. Round Top Hump - tapered sides
Transverse Section
Diagram
2b. Round Top Hump - tapered sides
Plan View
Diagram
3. Flat Top Hump
Longitudinal section
Note:
This hump normally extends across the highway
from kerb to kerb.
A permitted variant is given in diagram 4a
below.
Diagram 4a. Flat Top
Hump - tapered sides
Transverse Section
Diagram 4b. Flat Top
Hump - tapered sides
Plan View
