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Posted By Tony O'Keefe
Is there anybody out there who could help me? I am looking for any information that may have been published with regard to whole body vibration when travelling over speed humps/traffic calming measures.
This is in resepect of legislation regarding exposures to vibration.
Thanking You in advance for your help.
Tony
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Posted By JAMES MM
Tony,
Have you tried the highway code!!
Approach any obstacles at a safe speed,keep control of your vehicle at all times and be observant to any hazards and take appropriate measures to reduce your speed.
Anyone who gets WBV from driving a vehicle is either:
a) not driving a servicable vehicle
b) not in control of the vehicle
or
c) driving round a test track with nothing but bumps and humps for miles.
regards
James
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Posted By Jason Gould
I don't know what line of work you’re in so am not going to say over reactive measure! which is what it seems to indicate.
I personally have not seen anything on this issue but if you were looking for stats etc on WBV in vehicles I would look at military sources if there is any and also construction and farming.
I am pretty interested in what has prompted this question.
Jason Gould
(has rode in back of 4 tonner in Catterick)
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Posted By Emma Forbes This link to HSE's leaflet, In the driving seat, gives some details on WBV......don't know if it's any use to you at all.... http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg242.pdfI think that WBV deals with more continuous vibration, like working on vibrating plates, vibration travelling through pedals on machinery, etc.....? I would have thought that speed calming measures have more of a shock/jolt to the whole body/spine and really wouldn't fall within the WBV problem...?
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Posted By Lee Daniels
The question relates to driving buses in the Hull and East Yorkshire region (judging by Tony's e-mail address).
I agree with Emma in that the proposed regulations do not deal with the jolt from going over a speed bump every few hundred yards, but rather the continual vibration which may be transmitted from the engine, road surface etc. through the seat and feet.
The draft ACOP should still be available on the HSE website which gives some good information on whole body vibration.
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Posted By Ron Hunter Tony, I agree with your approach.Effect of traffic calming features will form part of the overall WBV exposure, and some routes may be worse then others. I don't have any info. for you, but suggest that the number of possible variables (including vehicle, seat,driver; height, number and design of speed humps etc., would make it very difficult to draw conclusions across from any limited published data. Sometimes there is no alternative but to get someone in to measure it! I understand that HSE may be taking a 'softly softly' approach to enforcement on this issue? Might be something on http://umetech.niwl.se for you.
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