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It’s also a matter of comfort. Cities including mine are drunk on putting speed humps everywhere. But obviously they’re not “tuned” for each vehicle size. A
by Scoundreller 3y ago
It’s also a matter of comfort.
Cities including mine are drunk on putting speed humps everywhere.
But obviously they’re not “tuned” for each vehicle size.
A coupe/sedan needs to slow down to half the speed limit to go over, while a larger vehicle with a suspension and tire sizes to match can take them at speed.
Same story for potholes, which of course are worsened by heavier vehicles while small vehicles pay the price.
Literally encouraging an arms race when it comes to vehicle size.
- kemayo 3y ago"Large cars let me ignore speed humps" sounds exactly like prioritizing the occupants of the car over the safety of others...
- Scoundreller 3y agoMy main beef is that the speed humps should be navigable at the speed limit of the road they’re installed on. And they are, but only for larger vehicles on my ass for slowing down to go over them in my sedan.
- cozzyd 3y agoThat is certainly not the intent
- Scoundreller 3y agoBut it is the outcome. And yet another driver in the adoption of ever larger vehicles.
- chrisco255 3y agoThis is almost entirely suspension based. I currently have an F350 but drove an off-road edition Tacoma for a long time. The Tacoma is half the weight and significantly smaller than the F350, and it would take speed bumps like they were nothing because of the offroad tuning, whereas the F350 is quite difficult to drive at fast speeds and takes bumps pretty harshly due to its weight and stiffer suspension designed for hauling.