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Old 18-03-2004, 13:55   #3
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Re: Traffic calming

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Originally Posted by stuartbe
I wonder if they have ever been taken to court over this ? There is allos the damage to the car suspention to take into consideration !
But surely the answer would be, if you were travelling at a reasonable speed, you would not be jolted around, nor would there be any damage to the car?

..but personally I do think these speed bumps are dangerous - since a lot of drives slow down for the humps and then speed up drastically - to make up for the 'lost time' inbetween the bumps.

Also, alot of the 'normal' speed bumps, i.e. ones that spread all the way across the road - end up meaning that ambulances etc, end up having to go slow - which isn't that useful if it's an emergency.

I seem to remember the head of the ambulance service was on TV not so long ago, saying they kill more people (as a knock on effect) than they save?
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