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Originally Posted by Bagpuss
I agree with you Janet, anything that slows motorists down is a good idea, surely Less you must agree that there is a need to drive more slowly or is it just speed humps you are against?
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All speed humps do is cause extra wear & tear on the vehicles, people that drive sensibly do so wether there are speed humps or not, the people that don't drive sensibly just look on the humps as a challenge to get over as quickly as possible. A similar outcome can be seen on Charter street where the chichanes were introdruced, before them people would drive carefully between the two rows of parked cars and would politely give way if necessary to other road users, now, as well as losing several car parking spaces (causing greater congestion), often people are seen racing for the gaps playing 'chicken' with each other just to try & get through first.
Traffic calming? It now looks like the traffic is having a nervous break-down!