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Can they send some here?

Village main road has been rebuilt with concrete 6 meter wide. Guess what happens.

Always concerned to go out with the dogs.

Before is had speed bumps,  cracks and potholes.

Good old times.

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They don't do damage unless you are speeding, uncomfortable, yes a pain in the backside yes but they do want they are supposed to do...slow traffic down

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4 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

Next, a chicane. :coffee1:

That's what has been created already.

Motor cyclists go off road to get round them

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Totally frowned upon now in UK. Speed bumps are not installed where required because of slowing down emergency vehicles. They now put 2 smaller box shaped ramps in the roadway that ambulances and fire engines can straddle when attending emergency call outs.

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9 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

However, affected villagers say the number and density of the bumps far exceed what is necessary. One resident explained that while the intention to slow traffic is appreciated, the excessive number of bumps has caused damage to vehicles, disrupted daily transport, particularly for the elderly and ill and increased the risk of accidents for those unfamiliar with the route

Nice if you happen to be in the back of an ambulance..... trying to get somewhere fast

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This is precisely the issue we’re facing in our moobaan.

 

Most residents drive with care - respectful of speed limits and mindful that children often play in the street. It’s a shared space, and fortunately the community is kind of middle-class, educated and generally behaves with consideration in mind.

 

The problem lies with delivery motorcycle deliveries. They routinely swerve around the speed bumps to avoid slowing down, completely ignoring the intended purpose of those traffic-calming measures.

 

In response, some residents placed flower pots at the edges of the bumps to block the bikes from swerving around the speedbumps - only to be told by the juristic committee that personal items aren't permitted on the road.

 

Now, many of us are pushing to have the speed bumps extended fully across the road to eliminate these gaps altogether.

 

Ironically, the only truly effective deterrent at present is when an adult physically stands in the street while the children are playing. Only then do the delivery riders seem to take notice and actually reduce their speed.

 

We've had the security guards tell riders to go slowly - but this in instruction which they forget to pass on quite quickly - its an unreliable measure.... 

 

The only alternative was to ban delivery vehicles and have them deliver the rest of the way on foot - but clearly this was unpractical too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thai local government don't grasp the idea of speed bumps. The idea is to put speed bump together with warning signs so the drivers slow down when driving through the area. Here they put the road bumps to let cars drive fast then hit a bump and slow down after their suspension is ruined. They also don't extend them to the road edges so then you have the extra hazard of motorbikes maintaining their speed but weaving around the humps

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12 minutes ago, proton said:

They rarely slow and traffic down and they do wear shocks, most take no notice of them, like zebra crossings, no parking lines or speed limits

 

Yes and no... Some fools blow over them as if they are not there (one on this thread already), meanwhile others drive over them at slower than walking pace, as if their car were made of glass and will break...

 

Nevertheless - anything which slows vehicles down to a reasonable speed in a built up area is a good thing.

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29 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

someone seems to have been either extremely flippant or extremely stupid in placing so many so closely.

 

...or just completely pissed off at the people speeding through their area. I would suggest only needing two (about a car length apart), with higher and more angled tops. You want to make sure pickup trucks and large SUV's feel the wrath too. Maybe try the approach below, makes for great youtube videos....LOL

 

 

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That makes it more dangerous for pedestrians now. Avoiding the dimwits on bikes heading for the very space they will be walking on.

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