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Speed bumps are great up until you need an ambulance or fire truck to get to you quickly.
by TDL 14y ago
Speed bumps are great up until you need an ambulance or fire truck to get to you quickly.
- stuaxo 14y agoHere (UK) we have speed bumps that are narrow - cars hit the bump, buses ambulances and trucks hit the bump ... though cars in the US are pretty big, so not sure this would work.
- TDL 14y agoThe speed bumps that I've encountered in the U.S. typically take up as much of the street as possible. The UK example is interesting, but I think you are right about the cars here in the U.S.
- dmckeon 14y agoIf you have lower back issues, each speed bump is painful, no matter how slow you cross it. Also, barriers can make a neighbourhood arms race - street A gets speed bumps; traffic diverts to B & C, who get roundabouts; traffic diverts to D & E, which get pinch points; traffic diverts again, streets F, G, H & I become one-way; wash, rinse, repeat.
- JoeAltmaier 14y agoYou can ramp normal speed bumps pretty easily. Hit them at 35-40 and bah-bump you're over them. So its only the 'vicious' ones that have any effect at all.