Speed bumps shouldn't be so disruptive that you can't go over them at the posted speed without smacking your head on the roof. Example if the limit is 25mph, you shouldn't need to slow to 5mph to go over it. It enrages me.
On a local road near me, the (financially well off) residents along the street complained to the city about speeding, so they did targeted enforcement and while there's always some speeders, the average driver on that road did indeed slow down to the posted limit.
Not good enough. The people there kept complaining that 25 in a 25 was dangerous and kept bitching to the city until they installed like 20 speed bumps in less than 1 mile of roadway. You can't even get back to the posted speed limit now between bumps unless you're constantly flooring it and slamming the brakes, so now the whole area is clogged with traffic going 8-12mph.
...now the residents are complaining about all the exhaust from the traffic and how they can't find openings in traffic to cross the street except at the one traffic light and one stop sign along that stretch.
Basically they want to turn the road...a main throughway between three big neighborhoods...into their own private drive, and they'll bitch constantly about not having that.
First there's nothing; then the government cuts that nothing with a road; then people open business to serve the road; then the business attract more people and a city is born along the road; then the city grows and the road is a huge, lethal obstacle right on the middle of everybody's path; then the government finds a new piece of nothing and moves the road there; then all the business along the older road die, and the city needs to travel into and out of the center every day.
Honestly, I'm not sure anybody can do anything about it.
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Speed bumps shouldn't be so disruptive that you can't go over them at the posted speed without smacking your head on the roof. Example if the limit is 25mph, you shouldn't need to slow to 5mph to go over it. It enrages me.
On a local road near me, the (financially well off) residents along the street complained to the city about speeding, so they did targeted enforcement and while there's always some speeders, the average driver on that road did indeed slow down to the posted limit.
Not good enough. The people there kept complaining that 25 in a 25 was dangerous and kept bitching to the city until they installed like 20 speed bumps in less than 1 mile of roadway. You can't even get back to the posted speed limit now between bumps unless you're constantly flooring it and slamming the brakes, so now the whole area is clogged with traffic going 8-12mph.
...now the residents are complaining about all the exhaust from the traffic and how they can't find openings in traffic to cross the street except at the one traffic light and one stop sign along that stretch.
Basically they want to turn the road...a main throughway between three big neighborhoods...into their own private drive, and they'll bitch constantly about not having that.
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The fastest car over a speed bump isn't a lifted truck with off road suspension, it's my rental car.
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That's the lifecycle of a road.
First there's nothing; then the government cuts that nothing with a road; then people open business to serve the road; then the business attract more people and a city is born along the road; then the city grows and the road is a huge, lethal obstacle right on the middle of everybody's path; then the government finds a new piece of nothing and moves the road there; then all the business along the older road die, and the city needs to travel into and out of the center every day.
Honestly, I'm not sure anybody can do anything about it.
And shouldn't be so tall that you need a winch to get over them without trashing the bottom of your car like the new ones near to where I live.
Are you using a sledgehammer to drag your cauldron like in the Getting Over It game?