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Re: Speedbumps and damage to cars

In article <hd34hi$4te$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
Mr. Benn <%%@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> "Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in news:op.u2zpis154buhsv@i7:

> > If you drove a sports car over speedbumps at the speed limit, you'd
> > wreck it after only a few bumps.  Could you then sue the council?  My
> > Golf is happy to go over them at more than the speed limit, but I
> > frequently see sporty cars having to take them at less than 5mph.

> My car has fairly stiff suspension and I have to slow down to 10-15mph
> over speed bumps (I'm surprised they are not already called "safety
> bumps"!).  I don't object to 30mph speed limits or driving at a speed
> less than the speed limit but I do object to being distracted by these
> humps in the road. I hate the things.

> As much as I hate speed (greed) cameras, I'd rather the road had those
> than speedbumps.

Sadly regular users of a route know where the cameras are and just slow
down for them - then speed up again. You can't really do that with speed
bumps. And there's no doubt they slow the traffic down. For each of the
ones here who say they stick to a 30 limit there are hundreds that don't.
So both lots get penalised equally.

I have a dog, and my route to the common involves a rat run. Before the
speed bumps it was near impossible to cross - traffic hammered down it at
silly speeds. Now they don't. QED, I'm afraid.

--
*People want trepanners like they want a hole in the head*

Dave Plowman     dave@davesound.co.uk     London SW 12

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