Are speed bumps getting out of hand?

On Nov 26, 3:41*pm, Nate Nagel > wrote:

>
> The right solution, of course, is to not have the infernal things in the
> first place.
>

What do you replace them with?. And don't say just let people drive
as fast as they wish.

I think speed bumps are a great idea that has been carried too far in
some cases. Without them, psychos would be racing
at 30 mph thru parking lots.

On Nov 26, 9:15*pm, "Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
> wrote:
> On Nov 26, 3:41*pm, Nate Nagel > wrote:
>
>
>
> > The right solution, of course, is to not have the infernal things in the
> > first place.
>
> What do you replace them with?. *And don't say just let people drive
> as fast as they wish.
>
> I think speed bumps are a great idea that has been carried too far in
> some cases. Without them, psychos would be racing
> at 30 mph thru parking lots.

How about inverting them? IOW put a trench across the road the
approximate shape
and depth of the normal speed bump. Should accomplish the same
purpose and no danger of scraping a low slung vehicle.

Harry K

Smooth pavement. Anyone who can't be trusted to drive safely without artificial crap in the road shouldn't be driving.

On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:42:00 -0800, Harry K wrote:

> On Nov 26, 9:15Â*pm, "Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
> > wrote:
>> On Nov 26, 3:41Â*pm, Nate Nagel > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > The right solution, of course, is to not have the infernal things in
>> > the first place.
>>
>> What do you replace them with?. Â*And don't say just let people drive as
>> fast as they wish.
>>
>> I think speed bumps are a great idea that has been carried too far in
>> some cases. Without them, psychos would be racing at 30 mph thru
>> parking lots.
>
> How about inverting them? IOW put a trench across the road the
> approximate shape
> and depth of the normal speed bump. Should accomplish the same purpose
> and no danger of scraping a low slung vehicle.

Then they'd tend to fill in, fill with water or, in
northern climes, fill with ice right where you need
stopping traction to be uninterrupted.

Thing is, they're just plain getting out of hand.
What's needed are some lawsuits filed by people
with damaged cars and/or cycles/scooters that were
damaged or, better yet, bounced off the road into
an injury-causing crash.

As soon as they things are seen as a cash liability
waiting to happen they'll largely disappear or at
least some standard, less odious, bump will be
codified by the FHSB or DOTs.

Of course if you're evil-minded you could try just
driving around the things when possible - right up
through someones very expensive lawn - preferably
with a vehicle that'll tear up a lot of turf :-)

**** For Brains spewed:

> I think speed bumps are a great idea that has been carried too far in
> some cases.

In other words, they are great until they inconvenience fairies like you.

necromancer:

Harry, Brent, Alan, and Nate have one thing in common: They use their brains when they type. Try doing the same!

"You can tell if a society is in decline when within said society knowledge becomes equated in peoples' minds with snobbery."
-Anon.

On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:39:32 PM UTC-5, necromancer wrote:
> **** For Brains spewed:
>
>
>
> > I think speed bumps are a great idea that has been carried too far in
>
> > some cases.
>
>
>
> In other words, they are great until they inconvenience fairies like you.
_______________



necromancer:

Harry, Brent, and Nate have one thing in common: They use their brains when they type. Try doing the same!

"You can tell if a society is in decline when within said society knowledge becomes equated in peoples' minds with snobbery."
-Anon.

On Nov 26, 10:42*pm, Harry K > wrote:
> On Nov 26, 9:15*pm, "Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
>
> > wrote:
> > On Nov 26, 3:41*pm, Nate Nagel > wrote:
>
> > > The right solution, of course, is to not have the infernal things in the
> > > first place.
>
> > What do you replace them with?. *And don't say just let people drive
> > as fast as they wish.
>
> > I think speed bumps are a great idea that has been carried too far in
> > some cases. Without them, psychos would be racing
> > at 30 mph thru parking lots.
>
> How about inverting them? *IOW put a trench across the road the
> approximate shape
> and depth of the normal speed bump. *Should accomplish the same
> purpose and no danger of scraping a low slung vehicle.
>
> Harry K

They'd collect water for one thing and that would cause trouble. You
want to put a drain in each one too and connect it to a
storm sewer.?

On Nov 29, 8:01*pm, "Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
> wrote:
> On Nov 26, 10:42*pm, Harry K > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Nov 26, 9:15*pm, "Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
>
> > > wrote:
> > > On Nov 26, 3:41*pm, Nate Nagel > wrote:
>
> > > > The right solution, of course, is to not have the infernal things in the
> > > > first place.
>
> > > What do you replace them with?. *And don't say just let people drive
> > > as fast as they wish.
>
> > > I think speed bumps are a great idea that has been carried too far in
> > > some cases. Without them, psychos would be racing
> > > at 30 mph thru parking lots.
>
> > How about inverting them? *IOW put a trench across the road the
> > approximate shape
> > and depth of the normal speed bump. *Should accomplish the same
> > purpose and no danger of scraping a low slung vehicle.
>
> > Harry K
>
<snip> post of no sense.

Harry K

"Nate Nagel" > wrote in message
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> On 11/25/2012 12:29 AM, Alan Baker wrote:
>> In article
>> >,
>> "Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Nov 21, 1:51 am, Alan Baker > wrote:
>>>> In article
>>>> >,
>>>> "Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year"
>>>>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> Some of them are so high that no matter how slow you go, it's an
>>>>> adventure.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like you're speeding to me...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Taking a speed bump at 2 mph is speeding??
>>
>> Please show me a speed bump where you need to take it at 2mph...
>>
>
> Again, I find myself in the odd position of having to agree with SADDAM,
> but I've seen some locally that are so tall that they will scrape a
> "sporty" car's undercarriage at *any* speed because they're simply taller
> than some vehicles' ground clearance.
>
> nate
>
I've observed that those with the sporty or low-rider vehicles often drive
over the speed bumps diagonally rather than straight on, if they can't drive
around the speed bump. They do have to also go very slow over the bump.