Speed Bump
 

There is a double dip by my Vegas house. If you go into the first one too
fast, the next one is deeper, and the following hump is higher. There were
serious gouges in the second where people's frames and oil pans had grooved
the concrete. We had two people crash there after launch, one taking out a
fire hydrant and block wall, the other taking out a street light. I heard
one hellacious bang one day, a car launching from one into the depths of the
other, then being thrown into the air on the subsequent hump. I looked over
the fence in time to see a police cruiser that was the offender. The bump
is one block from their station house, so figured he musta been new. He had
to have one helluva jolt there, and must have smacked his head on the car's
ceiling. A week later a second one did it again.

Steve

Speed Bump
 

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:56:56 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

There is a double dip by my Vegas house. If you go into the first one too
fast, the next one is deeper, and the following hump is higher. There were
serious gouges in the second where people's frames and oil pans had grooved
the concrete. We had two people crash there after launch, one taking out a
fire hydrant and block wall, the other taking out a street light. I heard
one hellacious bang one day, a car launching from one into the depths of the
other, then being thrown into the air on the subsequent hump. I looked over
the fence in time to see a police cruiser that was the offender. The bump
is one block from their station house, so figured he musta been new. He had
to have one helluva jolt there, and must have smacked his head on the car's
ceiling. A week later a second one did it again.

Steve

One of the local merchants had their parking area re paved with mega
speed bumps. After a couple weeks they developed flat tops when they
were milled down to half height. I guess they got tired of having
modified junk piles removed when they got hung up.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Speed Bump
 

"Gerald Miller" wrote

One of the local merchants had their parking area re paved with mega
speed bumps. After a couple weeks they developed flat tops when they
were milled down to half height. I guess they got tired of having
modified junk piles removed when they got hung up.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

A local anal cranky old fart wanted for the city to put in speed bumps in
front of his house. He has owned this property forever, and about ten years
ago, they extended the road to a new park and ballfield complex. So, now,
he has a lot of people going past his house, all going too fast for his
taste, and some really speeding.

He petitioned the city to put speed bumps. They asked for citizen input. I
researched it, and notified the city of the findings:

Speed humps (that's what they're called) may not be placed on any street
that is the prime route for emergency vehicles in or out of a neighborhood
or venue like the park/ball field.
Speed humps cannot be placed on a road that has more of a grade than 7%.
Speed humps cannot be placed on a road or street that has higher than a
certain speed limit.
Speed humps cannot be placed on a street where curvature or undulation would
cause a hazard.
If a jurisdiction installs speed humps on a street or road that receives
federal funding, the funding may be denied in the future.
If a jurisdiction installs speed humps on a street, then any citizen has the
right to require that the same speed bumps be placed on their street.
A state traffic study of at least six months must be carried out to justify
the number of vehicles that use the road. This cost must be borne by the
city.

This fellow, we call him Mr. McGillicuddy, had even altered the street signs
to lower the speed limit, and on event nights, he would place those A-framed
sandwich boards on a public street telling people to slow down. That
backfired when a van went away from the edge of the road to give some
pedestrians some leeway, and ran over the sign, doing front end and tire
damage, which he had to pay for.

The pedestrians filed a complaint with the city saying that they must now
must do a survey to widen the street, install curb and gutters, and put in
an ADA compliant sidewalk on both sides of the street, about half a mile.

Needless to say, Mr. McGillicuddy has removed his signage, and has been
quiet for a long time now.

But on private property, just about anything goes.

Steve

Speed Bump
 

"SteveB" wrote in message
...

"Gerald Miller" wrote

One of the local merchants had their parking area re paved with mega
speed bumps. After a couple weeks they developed flat tops when they
were milled down to half height. I guess they got tired of having
modified junk piles removed when they got hung up.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

A local anal cranky old fart wanted for the city to put in speed bumps in
front of his house. He has owned this property forever, and about ten
years ago, they extended the road to a new park and ballfield complex.
So, now, he has a lot of people going past his house, all going too fast
for his taste, and some really speeding.

He petitioned the city to put speed bumps. They asked for citizen input.
I researched it, and notified the city of the findings:

Speed humps (that's what they're called) may not be placed on any street
that is the prime route for emergency vehicles in or out of a neighborhood
or venue like the park/ball field.
Speed humps cannot be placed on a road that has more of a grade than 7%.
Speed humps cannot be placed on a road or street that has higher than a
certain speed limit.
Speed humps cannot be placed on a street where curvature or undulation
would cause a hazard.
If a jurisdiction installs speed humps on a street or road that receives
federal funding, the funding may be denied in the future.
If a jurisdiction installs speed humps on a street, then any citizen has
the right to require that the same speed bumps be placed on their street.
A state traffic study of at least six months must be carried out to
justify the number of vehicles that use the road. This cost must be borne
by the city.

This fellow, we call him Mr. McGillicuddy, had even altered the street
signs to lower the speed limit, and on event nights, he would place those
A-framed sandwich boards on a public street telling people to slow down.
That backfired when a van went away from the edge of the road to give some
pedestrians some leeway, and ran over the sign, doing front end and tire
damage, which he had to pay for.

The pedestrians filed a complaint with the city saying that they must now
must do a survey to widen the street, install curb and gutters, and put in
an ADA compliant sidewalk on both sides of the street, about half a mile.

Needless to say, Mr. McGillicuddy has removed his signage, and has been
quiet for a long time now.

But on private property, just about anything goes.

Steve


We call 'em "Drunk-Bumps" here.

Speed Bump
 

"Buerste" wrote

We call 'em "Drunk-Bumps" here.

I used to work at The Las Vegas Hilton. They had sets of two speed bumps
that were about five feet wide and six inches tall and about fifteen feet
apart. Very tapered, though. But they had them placed, probably on purpose
so that if one went over the first one, the front end went up, then the back
wheels hit, it caused the car to come down nose first right at the point
where the second speed bump was. BAM. This was absolutely disabling to any
car that was really flying, and I saw literally hundreds of vehicles towed
out of there in a five year span, broken tie rods, collapsed A frames,
leaking all manner of fluids, Made a hell of a racket, too. Cabbies were
the worst, and I've seen luggage and clothes strewn like a plane crash.

Steve

Speed Bump
 

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:34:57 -0400, "Buerste" wrote:


"SteveB" wrote in message
...

"Gerald Miller" wrote

One of the local merchants had their parking area re paved with mega
speed bumps. After a couple weeks they developed flat tops when they
were milled down to half height. I guess they got tired of having
modified junk piles removed when they got hung up.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

A local anal cranky old fart wanted for the city to put in speed bumps in
front of his house. He has owned this property forever, and about ten
years ago, they extended the road to a new park and ballfield complex.
So, now, he has a lot of people going past his house, all going too fast
for his taste, and some really speeding.

He petitioned the city to put speed bumps. They asked for citizen input.
I researched it, and notified the city of the findings:

Speed humps (that's what they're called) may not be placed on any street
that is the prime route for emergency vehicles in or out of a neighborhood
or venue like the park/ball field.
Speed humps cannot be placed on a road that has more of a grade than 7%.
Speed humps cannot be placed on a road or street that has higher than a
certain speed limit.
Speed humps cannot be placed on a street where curvature or undulation
would cause a hazard.
If a jurisdiction installs speed humps on a street or road that receives
federal funding, the funding may be denied in the future.
If a jurisdiction installs speed humps on a street, then any citizen has
the right to require that the same speed bumps be placed on their street.
A state traffic study of at least six months must be carried out to
justify the number of vehicles that use the road. This cost must be borne
by the city.

This fellow, we call him Mr. McGillicuddy, had even altered the street
signs to lower the speed limit, and on event nights, he would place those
A-framed sandwich boards on a public street telling people to slow down.
That backfired when a van went away from the edge of the road to give some
pedestrians some leeway, and ran over the sign, doing front end and tire
damage, which he had to pay for.

The pedestrians filed a complaint with the city saying that they must now
must do a survey to widen the street, install curb and gutters, and put in
an ADA compliant sidewalk on both sides of the street, about half a mile.

Needless to say, Mr. McGillicuddy has removed his signage, and has been
quiet for a long time now.

But on private property, just about anything goes.

Steve


We call 'em "Drunk-Bumps" here.

"dead bobbies" in Limeyland.

Speed Bump
 

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:47:54 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:


"Buerste" wrote

We call 'em "Drunk-Bumps" here.

I used to work at The Las Vegas Hilton. They had sets of two speed bumps
that were about five feet wide and six inches tall and about fifteen feet
apart. Very tapered, though. But they had them placed, probably on purpose
so that if one went over the first one, the front end went up, then the back
wheels hit, it caused the car to come down nose first right at the point
where the second speed bump was. BAM. This was absolutely disabling to any
car that was really flying, and I saw literally hundreds of vehicles towed
out of there in a five year span, broken tie rods, collapsed A frames,
leaking all manner of fluids, Made a hell of a racket, too. Cabbies were
the worst, and I've seen luggage and clothes strewn like a plane crash.

Steve

And at the posted "crawl" cars just float over them without any damage
or excitement.

Speed Bump
 

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:09:10 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:34:57 -0400, "Buerste" wrote:




We call 'em "Drunk-Bumps" here.

"dead bobbies" in Limeyland.

Strictly speaking it's "sleeping policemen"

There is only one location (Trago Mills) that I know of that refers to them as
"dead policemen" and that establishment has been a haven of anarchy for four
decades to my knowledge...


Mark Rand
RTFM

Speed Bump
 

wrote

And at the posted "crawl" cars just float over them without any damage
or excitement.

One would assume that the posted speed limits are there for a reason
....................

Speed Bump
 

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:41:51 +0100, Mark Rand
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:09:10 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:34:57 -0400, "Buerste" wrote:




We call 'em "Drunk-Bumps" here.

"dead bobbies" in Limeyland.

Strictly speaking it's "sleeping policemen"

There is only one location (Trago Mills) that I know of that refers to them as
"dead policemen" and that establishment has been a haven of anarchy for four
decades to my knowledge...


Mark Rand
RTFM
Liverpudian? housemate in Livingstone always called them dead bobbies.

Speed Bump
 

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:38:16 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:41:51 +0100, Mark Rand
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:09:10 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:34:57 -0400, "Buerste" wrote:




We call 'em "Drunk-Bumps" here.

"dead bobbies" in Limeyland.

Strictly speaking it's "sleeping policemen"

There is only one location (Trago Mills) that I know of that refers to them as
"dead policemen" and that establishment has been a haven of anarchy for four
decades to my knowledge...


Mark Rand
RTFM
Liverpudian? housemate in Livingstone always called them dead bobbies.

Very Devon (south west country).


Mark Rand
RTFM

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"Mark Rand" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:38:16 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:41:51 +0100, Mark Rand
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:09:10 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:34:57 -0400, "Buerste" wrote:




We call 'em "Drunk-Bumps" here.

"dead bobbies" in Limeyland.

Strictly speaking it's "sleeping policemen"

There is only one location (Trago Mills) that I know of that refers to
them as
"dead policemen" and that establishment has been a haven of anarchy for
four
decades to my knowledge...


Mark Rand
RTFM
Liverpudian? housemate in Livingstone always called them dead bobbies.

Very Devon (south west country).


Mark Rand
RTFM

co worker from Woking, called them Sleeping Policemen.

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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:44:44 -0700, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"Mark Rand" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:38:16 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:41:51 +0100, Mark Rand
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:09:10 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:34:57 -0400, "Buerste" wrote:




We call 'em "Drunk-Bumps" here.

"dead bobbies" in Limeyland.

Strictly speaking it's "sleeping policemen"

There is only one location (Trago Mills) that I know of that refers to
them as
"dead policemen" and that establishment has been a haven of anarchy for
four
decades to my knowledge...


Mark Rand
RTFM
Liverpudian? housemate in Livingstone always called them dead bobbies.

Very Devon (south west country).


Mark Rand
RTFM

co worker from Woking, called them Sleeping Policemen.


That used to be the standard terminology in the UK, before people got all PC.
That's why Trago's reference to Dead policemen was slight hyperbole. They were
big ramps though...

Mark Rand
RTFM