A car appears to have damaged its wheels and require recovery after passing over 'horrific' speed bumps at a Reading retail park. 

A video showing the speed bumps at Reading Gate Retail Park had over one million views in less than 24 hours - and prompted close to a thousand comments from visitors fed-up with the traffic measure. 

Reading Gate Retail Park, which is home to shops including McDonalds, Currys, and TK Maxx off the A33, has two sets of speed bumps at the main entrance and exit of the site. 

The site's managers, Savills, installed the speed bumps in September to combat 'anti-social behaviour at the scheme', according to a spokesperson.

Now it appears that a car has broken trying to pass over the speed bumps. 

Several visitors at the retail park contacted The Reading Chronicle this morning to report that the car appears to have seriously damaged its suspension - leaving it stranded and in need of recovery from the site entrance. 

The speed bumps have been labelled as 'violent' and 'painful' for people with spine issues - while others have called into question whether the measure has deterred anti-social driving. 

A Reading Chronicle video from inside a car passing over the speed bumps has been viewed over 1.6 million times and has attracted more than 730 comments in less than a day. 

"As someone that had 6 spinal procedures in the past 2 years, it SUCKS!" one person said in a comment below the video.

"No matter how slow I go over them it REALLY hurts, now try to go as little as possible."

Site manager's Savills is looking to install signs to warn drivers about the speed bumps, a spokesperson from the firm said. 

They added: "Following discussions with Reading Council, speed bumps were installed at the entrance of Reading Gate Retail Park in September this year to mitigate anti-social behaviour at the scheme.

"As the appointed managing agent at the site, Savills can confirm that the speed bumps were installed to British Standard height and the site is in the process of arranging for the installation of signage to accompany the speed bumps as a matter of priority."

Savills was contacted following the hundreds of negative comments about the speed bumps, but declined to comment further.