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It's quite possible to make more than 30 between speed bumps. But the point is that I feel it makes a lot of people drive less safely than they otherwise would. As a side note, this type of driving also causes more emissions from the car.
They also divert traffic away from these roads, meaning that the accidents will just happen elsewhere instead (hell, I'll drive twice as far if it means avoiding speed bumps).
And on a personal level, I'm sick of getting dazzled by the headlights of the car coming the other way. I haven't had an accident yet, but can you seriously say that that's safe? Cars have dipped headlights for a reason.
Oh and a quick story from my local area.
I know you've already mentioned the emergency services but it is worth reminding ourselves that they have said speed bumps cause up to 100 deaths per year due to the delays they cause to ambulances ferrying seriously ill patients to hospital.
And a great many speed bumps remain road-wide, as opposed to the shorter ones which allow ambulances to go over them at speed.
So the whole saving lives issue is cancelled out right away.
Then there is the issue of pollution and noise. Accelerating and breaking constantly is not only a great nuisance for neighbours but very bad for the environment.
And before anyone says 'why should you accelerate and break instead of keeping a constant speed' I should point out that going over many of the speed bumps round where I live at 20mph would mean a certain death, if not yours certainly of your car. In fact, going over anything over 11-12mph is going to be extremely uncomfortable and not good at all for the car.
So we have tens of thousands of badly designed speed bumps that hinder efforts of ambulance crews to save lives and caused untold pollution and noise due to their WWII anti-tank obstacle size.
Put cameras if you want. Put bollards and chicanes. But remove those odious monstruocities from the roads please.
My reasoned viewpoint
Dom's waffly anti-democratic droning
However, if any of you signing this think it will make one tiny bit of difference you are very dim indeed.
Plus the island I live on has none
That doesn't make them a good solution. Like Hellfire said, "if you don't like the road they're on find a bloody different route." Unfortunately, everyone does, which means that traffic is diverted to roads which are ill-designed to have such a large amount of traffic on them. And everyone bangs on about the reduced number of casualties "at the sites where they are placed" (and this goes for speed cameras too) whilst ignoring the fact that overall road casualties remain unchanged. Do you think it might have anything to do with the accidents simply happening elsewhere instead?
first was outside my college. We had one kid hit per year on average, and after two fatalities they put up speed bumps and at one bit made the road so it was give way, so only traffic coming one way could get through. Since then, 0 people have been hit by cars. That was about 6/7 years ago now. Though other students have been killed by stabbing each other
Second set is through the local villages main roads, as the M1 was being expanded, so they put it up to stop through traffic. Worked a treat, and me being a local, knew the backroads anyway, so just went through there.
I personally don't have much of a problem with them, you don't find them on empty dual carriageways like you do speed cameras, you have them in urban areas, outside schools and residential areas where twats speed. You'll find that they do bring the average speed of cars down, I think mostly they're perfectly justified. Anyone who says that they damage the car is probably going over them too fast, as if you slow down they're fine!
1. Wouldn't this be a good thread debate on it's own? Rather than hijack someone else's thread you could start one just about this. I;m sure that the mods wouldn't mind
2. Judging by your "viewpoint", and the comments which follow, do you and Dom actually talk to each other in the office, or is your communication only via comment boxes?
the ones around here are always hitting my front bumper on my car, even on my old 306 the way the middle pipe on the exhaust was designed i always had to have it replace for the mot every year because the hole where it would hit
yep. thats probably the main reason why he started this thread. probably lowered waaay too much as well.
Yes people!
Hump-haters honk.
Drivers who don't like speed humps and are serious about it, don't just moan on forums. We do petitions! And we protest. When you face a hump in the road and it is an obstruction, beep.
This riles the community who will be so sick of hearing how we feel about the humps, they'll petition their councils to get rid of them.
Hang on, before someone respond with: "But its not their fault."
If they are not protesting along with us, and if they haven't already taken action, then it IS their fault.
In other European countries, drivers are so disgusted with speed humps, they 'Sound their horn' at the site of them.
Take action, and tell everyone else to do the same.
Hump-haters honk! Be warned.
But what if they don't want them removed? What if it solves a genuine issue in their community? They just have to put up with you honking?
If there was a speed bump outside your house I doubt you'd find it so amusing to disturb other people who have no responsibility to you. Sure, honk outside the houses of parliament, but why should everyone suffer because of your opinion?
It starts with "The purpose of traffic calming is to reduce vehicle speeds..". etc., etc., blah blah.
Thats really strange!! The sovereign people have spoken and commanded the administration to do a task and they have failed to do so! Instead they have misread the instruction. It was not a request for information, it was a clear instruction to remove the speed bumps. Does this mean the petition was somewhat ineffectual? In this free and modern land where the democratic voice of the people has clout?
Now, I'll be honest with you. I am being sarcastic. Those among you who thought a petition would work will not have known that.
Hump-couldn't-be-bothereders petition. Hump-haters HONK.
Take responsibility.
See! There's one.
There's one what?
Stupid-people-haters honk!
It's amusing you belittle the efforts of a petition and then assume that beeping your horn will get things changed
Hey your avatar is pretty cool too. I like you people.
Now how long can I poke you in the eye before you stop asking me politely to stop?
You're doing it wrong!
Now, how loudly does a passionate person HONK when they want something to happen?
Precisely. Come on people.
If you don't want speed humps, make it known.
For three years we have had the bumbs ...not one accident ...they are large as well which stops the stupid modded motors from being able to use the road at all!
Keep the bumbs.