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Posted by TiestoFanMatt on Jun-20-2003 19:19:

eradication of speed bumps

Aparently, somewhere in London, Bath i think, is getting rid of all speed bumps, hopefully within 5 years!

I hope this comes a national thing!

Posted by joeh on Jun-20-2003 19:32:

no mate,

Barnet is the place they are doing them - Bath is over near bristol.

I heard them interview the guy from the council on the radio also - and its a very good idea that they scrap them as they are a menace!

opefuly they will get rid of them here also!

Posted by TiestoFanMatt on Jun-20-2003 22:53:

quote:
Originally posted by joeh152
no mate,

Barnet is the place they are doing them - Bath is over near bristol.

I heard them interview the guy from the council on the radio also - and its a very good idea that they scrap them as they are a menace!

opefuly they will get rid of them here also!

I knew it began with a B

Posted by Kinuvan on Jun-21-2003 10:55:

how is this a good thing.. speed bumps are an effective method of slowing down traffic in residential areas... something i'm all for.

Posted by evil_bastard on Jun-21-2003 13:05:

They're going to put a speed bump right outside my house. It's not the one that's a simple bump across the whole road, they cover half of the road so both cars must go through one side. In other words there's gonna be a massive clog up of traffic right outside my front door

Posted by tu_face on Jun-21-2003 14:29:

i think it was sheffield where the bus drivers were trying to get rid of them, or lower the numbers as they were all getting back and neck trouble from having to go over these speed bumps all day..

ye speed bumps are effective for slowing down traffic but i think some places go a bit over the top.. there are places where there are roughly 8 in 200 yards of road which IMO is daft

then theres ambulances to think of too

Posted by TiestoFanMatt on Jun-21-2003 22:42:

Most cars who fly down residential areas do it in stolen cars! When they go over speed bumps they just wreck a car even more until it cant be used any more!
It is true that it does slow down traffic, but if you have to go to and from work everytime one way, and have go go over these shitty bumps, which are very uncomfortable btw in a shite car, then they are going to ennoy you!
Just a shame that there are boy races out there who like to "fly" down these residential areas. Instead of money being used to put them down, it could be used on more benificial things, LIKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT! lol

Posted by Luke Terry on Jun-22-2003 09:13:

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Originally posted by evil_bastard
They're going to put a speed bump right outside my house. It's not the one that's a simple bump across the whole road, they cover half of the road so both cars must go through one side. In other words there's gonna be a massive clog up of traffic right outside my front door

they are loud as fuck aswell mate, say bye bye to sleeping. it was on the news that some guy took a jackhammer to one outside his house and then was forced to pay to have it put back in by the council lol, unlucky or what.

also they are stickin in more rather than taking them out, there is a street bout a half mile from me in the village where one of them remains unpainted, the street is 30 mph, you can guess the damage that happens. personally the worst ive seen is somebody scrape their front bumper really bad from not knowin 2 slow down.

edit: lol just remembered, they can totally put the tracking out on your car, just like them little yellow raised rumble strips of which there is also no neeeed

Posted by CyberAdz on Jun-23-2003 00:28:

if you wanna slow down traffic stick speed cameras everywhere

costly but effective

Posted by jamie on Jun-23-2003 08:02:

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Originally posted by CyberAdz
if you wanna slow down traffic stick speed cameras everywhere

costly but effective

NO!

You dont wanna slow down traffic, if you wanna go slow, get a bike

Posted by evil_bastard on Jun-23-2003 11:47:

Where I live they are putting more and more up all the time not taking them away. It's obviously different for different areas.

Posted by George Kendall on Jun-23-2003 11:55:

handy in some places....stupid in others.

Posted by Spyder on Jun-23-2003 16:13:

but speedbumps are sooo much fun..
enspcialy the ones in tdot..

theres this one street were the speed bumps are like 3- 4 feet in width.. and are about a foot high.. they are soo fun to go over wit them.. hehehe

Boingy boingy boingy boingy..

Posted by Nautica on Jun-23-2003 17:55:

Speedhumps are NOT fun with 35 profile tyres and a front splitter an inch off the tarmac...

Posted by tu_face on Jun-28-2003 11:21:

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Originally posted by Nautica
Speedhumps are NOT fun with 35 profile tyres and a front splitter an inch off the tarmac...

ur daft having anything that low on a car that is only going on the road anyway.. not to mention something expensive