Speed humps and mini roundabouts

We have several mini-roundabouts in our village where most drivers turning right cross in front of the roundabout instead of going around it, claiming that they have right of way. Should an accident occur with a vehicle on the roundabout going straight ahead, who would be at fault?

Can a car drive over the middle of a mini roundabout to turn right?

I agree with Griper; no matter what speed you are doing over some of these speed bumps you can jar your car and/or yourself. A 100 yard long road near me has no less than 5 of the big wide ones, and even going at 2 mph gives one hell of a jolt. It's made worse because it's the only road leading to an old folks retirement complex; a nightmare if an ambulance is needed.

While the principle of speed bumps is sound, there really should be more thought given to the style of them. Smooth bumps raised a couple of inches off the road are OK, but great big edged monstrosities are just ridiculous. And in areas where ambulances are seen frequently, use speed cameras instead!

God created mini-roundabouts and other traffic calming measures so that you could sin going round or over them.

Mini roundabouts were never intended to be that type of junction.
In the majority of cases, the location of the roundabout was originaly a T junction with bend in the road or a crossroads. Due to that the amount of space to turn is greatly reduced.
Due to increasing volumes on traffic on the roads, they were put in to prevent pollution in side roads to bordering houses from waiting stationary traffic. Most of the roads effected were being used as "rat runs" by drivers. They along with speed humps also slow down the traffic, which came about due to the few mindless idiots who speed through quite residential roads.
Therebye spoiling it for the rest of us sensible drivers.
My qualifictions, amongst others Approved Driving Instructor Grade 6 /M.I.A.M/Holder of HGV C+E/Motorcyclist/Diploma In driving Instruction/ADI Trainer.

bad Idea speed bumps in rural areas . keep spilling my beer everytime I hit one of those things

Motor vehicles and their drivers are the primary source of danger on our roads. No-one has ever been killed by a speed camera, mini-roundabout or a speed hump.

The primary contributory causes of the severity of collisions are speed and driver ability / judgement.

Traffic calming is intended to slow the traffic down, so that proper observations and signals may be made and to limit the damage caused, should a collision occur.

Highway Code 188
Mini-roundabouts. Approach these in the same way as normal roundabouts. All vehicles MUST pass round the central markings except large vehicles which are physically incapable of doing so. Remember, there is less space to manoeuvre and less time to signal. Avoid making U-turns at mini-roundabouts. Beware of others doing this.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070338

Griper is clearly a halfwit.

It is perfectly obvious that he is speeding over the speed humps and mini roundabouts.

The crunching sound your car makes, is an indication to SLOW DOWN!

What speed are you doing over these "Speed Humps"? Don't you realise they have been put there for a reason? To slow you down,not to see how fast you can take them!
Unfortunatly I am disabled & walk with the aid of a stick. The number of drivers that refuse to slow down to allow me to cross safely never ceases to amaze me.

The scourge of the mini roundabout may be on the decline.

Of the six that were there in the 1 mile stretch when I raised the gripe, two have been since removed.

You should try coming to Penrith in Cumbria. It's absolutely shocking! One bus firm recieved a payment from the council because their buses were getting ruined. Just outside the town there is a village called Clifton with the most stupid traffic calming measures I have ever seen. Basically, they are square kerbs that extend into the road (with no reflective markers), effectively narrowing the road. Except the road was very wide to start with, so basically it's narrowed to a conventional road's width. Oh and the one way, one-car's-width lane at the back of my house has a speed hump now. Despite there being at max 5 or 6 cars that park up the road, and don't drive fast and have not hit anyone in all the 10 years I have lived there.
What's with that?

ps to my last message.
The "Green" argument regarding road building holds no water either, as far as I can see, because a vehicle travelling at a constant speed uses far less fuel, and produces much less polution than one constantly stoping and starting.
Also the latest "pet" traffic calming measure in my area is to Build an artificial road narrows on a blind bend, so that traffic approaching from either direction, cannot see other vehicles until they are in the single narrowed part of the road. I have witnessed several narrow misses between cars at these points, and wonder how long before there is a major accident?