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This was in my local paper today.



It’s not more speed humps they need it more police patrolling the area. If these drivers are so called 'lunatic' drivers, I don’t believe speed humps will do anything to stop them.

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Who does he think the humps stop.
Certainly not the idiots - usually not their cars.

My street is humped at 20 -- try driving at 15-20 ( that's fast in my opinion, due to profussion of badly parked cars and kids of all ages playing) and some idiot will be up your a*** flashing etc to try to get you to go faster.
Now some police patroling , not driving through every two weeks might do some good, especially those with time to stop some of the idiots.

Trouble with the politicians getting involved in this - they get an assessment of the cheapest way to solve the problem, which looks good next election

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Isn't that the truth

My road is humped, I drive below the speed limit (20), and its bloody uncomfortable. If you exceed the speed limit over the humps, the ride improves. So thats a really good encouragement to slow down isn't it.

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I have back and neck pain from a rear end impact last year. I have to speed up for humps otherwise it becomes unbearable. At about 33mph I get the best results with only a few hours of neck pain from a typical run through a humped estate. At 20mph it just hurts too much.

Also the majority of my concentration is taken up by lining up my wheels with the sides of the pillow style humps and ensuring that my car is parallel with the hump (which may or may not be parallel with the road). This usually results in me overtaking a parked car, turning in tight, then making a sharp right at the last minute to hit the hump square on (remember this has to be done while accelerating to 33), immediately followed by earache from my GF as the sudden change in direction scares the crap out of a pedestrian who wasn't in my path anyway.

Say what you like about how this may not be the safest or quietest way to drive in a residential area. When my back and neck are fixed I may give a crap. I didn't ask for the humps.

I know. There is an interesting invention coming out to deal with that sort of problem. Basically, the front of the ramp contains a sort of spring loaded rocker arm, with iron chains attached to the trailing edge. The faster (or heavier) a car hits the ramp, the higher the chains on the trailing side jump. The idea is that if the car hits the ramp too fast, the iron chains hit the frontend and smash up the plastic bits on the front that all modern cars have instead of a proper bumper. It's like something out of a torture chamber for motorists.

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So drivers of SUVs will be exempt from having to slow down, and drivers of smaller cars will get their radiator smashed?

Rear engined cars will have less weight over the front wheels, so be able to hit these things faster.

As with current speed bumps, anyone with a front splitter fitted is going to have it broken regardless (see last weeks topgear where they try to get the supercars out of a car park)

Aren't they supposed to have humps made of silicone that deform slowly so if you hit them slowly they are flat, but hit them too quick and you get bumped? I read about these years ago, they were nicknames Pammies Whammies due to the same material being used.

Ah yes, another variation on the "cars are crappy, throw rocks at them" theme...

Not up to your usual standard, that one

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Yes, but mark II of the spring loaded rocker humps will have radar sensors that determine the speed of approaching vehicles. Sprays will go off at the crucial moment to smear the side panels of any car that hits them too fast. The paint will be indelible pink, to cause maximum discomfort to image-conscious SUV drivers.



I'm sorry, but I missed the Jeremy Clownson show due to a subsequent engagement. But surely if the front splitter is split already, it can't get that much worse?



Ha! Even I couldn't make that up! You’d have blokes feeling them up in the road!

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Lum's invention is, though. Pammies Whammies, indeed!

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rumble strips are great for that. progressively going from shake to buzz the faster you go. just more proof the idiots who plan these things have no idea at all.

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bad back problems with speed humps here too, which is why I bought an SUV. Although the best car I ever had for humps was my first, a well run in '84 passat estate that floated over speed humps at any speed you like... the solution is worn out shock absorbers & suspension! not so good on the bends though...

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Now wouldn't an MP's bid to stop "lunatic" councils be a better move?.
When all this hump and bump first started round here a pair of chicanes was built on one road,and then the residents got problems. Those near the chicanes could only drive into their property going home , had to wait hours if they wanted to get out ( and possibly turn their cars round) in the morning getting out was impossible - caused a right uproar.Something was mentioned about the class of road and questions asked if the placement was legal.
In the end the chicanes were removed. Local paper ran a story on the cost .As i remember it , the cost ( partly paid with EEC money) was £3k to put them in and about £8k to take out.

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on