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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey
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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You obviously haven't been over the humps that I am talking about. No way can you drive over the at less than 30 mph without getting jolted around, even if you try only doing 5 mph.
These humps are dangerous for a variety of reasons. The average speed of many vehicles is well over 30 mph. You get the odd driver who absolutely crawls over the humps, nearly always followed by an impatient driver who risks his life and others by trying to overtake the slow car in aplace where no sane person would risk it. Many drivers drive along in a normal manner and then swerve out so that their offside wheels are in the gap in the centre of the road which is a very close shave if a car going the other way does rthe same.