If you have a low vehicle, how should you approach high humps?

Question

they say you should perform a turn so it would not hit the muffler or chassis..

i have seen vehicles turn when they approach a hump..

does this differ from driving straight and slowly?

is this true or just a myth?

Answer 1

Approach humps/bumps in all vehicles slowly.     Less stress on the suspension.  

Turning a bit over bumps spreads the axis of the bump,  only one wheel is going over at a time which reduces the up and down bounce.

Answer 2

If the humps span the road completely,then traversing diagonally would certainly reduce the risk of grounding.

The method is a classic off-road manouevre.

Crossing diagonally,means that as one wheel exits another begins to climb the hump.

Answer 3

I have an rx-8...

pretty low enough vehicle....

The difference between my low vehicle and some others is the tires are soft and hug every turn (IT CORNERS LIKE ITS ON RAILS!!! LOL)

always approach slowly...if you turn your wheels you still will hit the chassis...so.. I always use caution and just go as slowly as i can over the high humps..

chances are the MPH near high humps are slow anyway...

so use caution....

and treat your car well...

:-) good luck

Answer 4

do the s turn or you could probably do it really really slowly

Answer 5

at high speeds

Answer 6

if possible travel over them diagionally and slowly

Answer 7

slowyl

Answer 8

we had a really bad winter so it like wore off the paint on speed bumps and i was going 25 mph in the Albertsons parking lot over one...it scares the **** out of you but it didnt hurt my car.

Answer 9

just go over the hump with one side of your vehicle at a time, left or right it does not matter.

Answer 10

It effectively reduces the distance between the wheels, with regard to clearing the obstacle.  It has a similar effect to actually raising the car up, actually.  This is one of the reasons most of the best off-road vehicles have relatively short wheelbases.

It CAN help you clear things you wouldn't otherwise, in that you can have the car go 1 wheel up, two wheels up, 1 wheel up  without ever letting center of the car drop on the hump.  It depends how much room you have to maneuver, and the particular geometry on the underside of your car whether doing this would help, though.  

It isn't a myth.  Get a hot wheels car and try it out.