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Speed humps cause the same problem of drivers slowing right down then speeding up.There are loads of speed humps around the back in the village where i live,and also around the outskirts of town.I am a self employed mechanic and over the past two years i have lost count of the number ... Read review
Advantages: Got me a bit of extra work Disadvantages: Expensive,Cause steering,suspension and other damage.Add to pollution levels.
...road that as a national speed limit on it,its a residental area,but the one speed camera on it is at the end of the road going into town.Where the traffic has to slow down anyway due to congestion 90% of the time and where the speed limit goes to 40.So cars come down the road sometimes at 80+ then brake for the cameras.Whats the point?This is the problem with most speed cameras,people know where thay are and slow down for them,then speed up between ... ...Speed humps cause the same problem of drivers slowing right down then speeding up.There are loads of speed humps around the back in the village where i live,and also around the outskirts of town.I am a self employed mechanic and over the past two years i have lost count of the number of bottom arms,steering racks and track rod ends i have fitted.I should be pleased that the goverment insist that these monstrosatys are a good thing.
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Firstly let me say that yes trafic mesures do need to be put into place.I live on a main road that as a national speed limit on it,its a residental area,but the one speed camera on it is at the end of the road going into town.Where the traffic has to slow down anyway due to congestion 90% of the time and where the speed limit goes to 40.So cars come down the road sometimes at 80+ then brake for the cameras.Whats the point?This is the problem with most speed cameras,people know where thay are and slow down for them,then speed up between them. Haveing been in the motor trade for over 22years,i feel i can safely say this is one of the main causes of pollution constant slowing down and then speeding up.Not to mention the fact most people spend more time looking for cameras than thay do looking where thay are going. Speed humps cause the same problem of drivers slowing right down then speeding up.There are loads of speed humps around the back in the village where i live,and also around the outskirts of town.I am a self employed mechanic and over the past two years i have lost count of the number of bottom arms,steering racks and track rod ends i have fitted.I should be pleased that the goverment insist that these monstrosatys are a good thing. Yes real pleased my £600 cd changer as got shaken to bits over time.Pleased that i have to replace my bottom arms every six months.Im not a boy racer any longer at the age of 38 but my car is lowerd and there dents in my sills to prove it as there is no way i can aviod the humps and the slower i try to go other them the more my car bottoms out. Then theres the cost of the things £2000+ each,then the cliams to local councils for damage thay cause,well into the £100,000s,per town.Surly this money could be better spent.Bring back proper policeing for one and scrap all the speed humps and cameras.Id sooner look at a phone maskt myself than a hump in the road or a bright yellow box,at least there usefull. If speed humps work then why o why dont thay put them in sencible places ie outside schools?The ones hid in dips on 40mph roads are just dam right dangerous.The number of times that i have been dazzled by someones headlamps both on comeing and in the rear view mirror is just beond a joke aswell.
Advantages: Slow doen traffic Disadvantages: Cause damage to your car
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Compared to speed cameras, speed humps are definately the better option in my opinion.
Firstly, speed humps actually do slow down the traffic and don't leave you financially ruined in the process. Also they are positioned where they are needed i.e. outside schools, shopping centres, anywhere there are lots of peolpe in close proximity to the roads. And once they are there they stay there, they don't keep popping up in random places ... ...they are there (so people know they have to slow down) unlike the unmarked Volvo T5's cruising the motorways.
Now having said that I do have to have a bit of a moan, there are two main types of hump that I have come across - the raised section across the entire width of the road, and the little squares plonked in the middle of each lane. I personally hate the little square ones, apart from the fact that they are completely useless to bigger vehicles ...
craig911gt2 11.09.2005
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