07-10-2018, 09:47 PM
(07-10-2018, 09:08 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: You are right that one of the biggest problems with speed humps (I assume you mean, when you suggest drivers traverse them at 30 km/h...which is...ahh...quite damaging on a speed bump as I once found out), is that drivers move along at 50-60 km/h, brake hard to get to 20-30, then accelerate hard to get back to 50-60. Meaning, the speed hump fails to have the desired effect of slowing traffic and also cause increased wear and fuel usage.
Not everyone. Some people, yes. Possibly even majority (though we don't know).
But I would typically drive 40ish between humps, and then take my foot off the gas before each hump to go down to 30ish. Not much fierce acceleration or braking going on. But without somebody doing speed measurements on such roads, we don't really know how many people drive in what manner.