They can make a difference for snow removal. It can impact the time to plough depending on the number of crews your city has since ploughing bumped roads take longer. My friend was dealing with this in MA. They really wanted the bumps, but the road was to major to be ploughed later, so they put 9 month bumps on the road, which are pulled up before the first snow.
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They can make a difference for snow removal. It can impact the time to plough depending on the number of crews your city has since ploughing bumped roads take longer. My friend was dealing with this in MA. They really wanted the bumps, but the road was to major to be ploughed later, so they put 9 month bumps on the road, which are pulled up before the first snow.
Post by UMaineTeach on Feb 15, 2024 19:29:27 GMT -5
After watching a YouTube video of someone with one in front of their house who shares footage of the security camera catching people getting their cars all beat up at all hours of the day, I can’t say as I would be excited about that sound outside my window 24/7.
But, I don’t see myself having to worry about it, given my housing plans.
If a speed bump at the bottom would be dangerous or unneeded, they won’t put it there so the issue might be moot. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one at the bottom of a hill before.
If they do put it in, I’d ask for it not to be directly in front of the house but in between the houses because I see people drive strangely to avoid them, even going up on the curb, in driveways, someone’s lawn. People are very weird about speed bumps.
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I don't understand not wanting them near your house, but we've been seriously discussing petitioning the town for them on our road and I desperately want one in front of our house! We don't have sidewalks. So many people speed including our neighbor who sounds like she's trying to go 0-60 the second she pulls out of her driveway.
I hate speed bumps. They wanted to put them on my street and I was like eff no. We have a stop sign in front of our house. People already blow through that. I speed bump won’t slow down the people blowing through stop signs. They will just irritate me and make my purse fall on the ground everytime I leave my house.
Maybe I'm just a bitch, but I would take great joy in hearing people damage the hell out of their cars by bottoming out hard on a speed bump/hump because they wouldn't stop at a posted stop sign.
#anecdotal, but having more traffic-calming pieces in place would also likely solve the stop sign problem. There's a well-trafficked residential/commercial street we often drive down when picking up Kid 1 from school where the city installed speed humps a couple of years ago because people weren't stopping at the stop signs and a kid got hit by a car one day. Let me tell you, the traffic has slowed way down now that the assholes know that the humps are there.
(Anecdote that doesn’t even really relate to the question at hand.)
We have a perceived speeding issue in our neighborhood. Now, for sure, there are the occasional cars that fly through, but it’s not as pervasive as people want to think. Some neighbors have been very vocal in the ‘hood FB, and have written/called local law enforcement multiple times, and at least two speed studies have been done. The findings were that the average speed of traffic was 29 mph (speed limit 25 mph).
Anyway, this group asked for “traffic calming measures”, including but not limited to speed humps/bumps. The city will not allow adding humps/bumps as it would impact first responder time. I’m not sure if it has to do with out street layout (the main loops are double-wide streets with concrete boulevards) or if the city just doesn’t wanna deal with it.
Until this thread I didn't know speed bumps/humps was ReGiOnAl. I've never heard them called humps before LOL
In my state they are actually two different things.
same. but to be fair - I didn't know about humps until this process. speed bumps are probably ~ 1 foot and humps spread out about 4' with the same height in the middle. (hope that makes sense)
You still need to slow down if you don't want car damage, they help with drainage, and if you take them at a good slow speed they aren't jarring at all. Speed bumps are unpleasant to drive over no matter how slow you go. With inverse speed bumps, you naturally comply without even thinking (it just becomes routine) but speed bumps, no matter how wanted, are also always annoying to drive over.
I was thrilled when my neighborhood switched and would be pissed if we went back to speed bumps.
I think we mostly want to know why you don’t want them close to your house? Assuming they wouldn’t be blocking your driveway.
This is really the only question that matters and the one OP hasn’t answered 🤣
I didn't say I didn't want them CLOSE to my house, I said I don't particularly want ONE directly in front of my house. I guess in case they create extra noise?? Not sure why I'm feeling this way about it, that's why I am asking for other's opinions.
The city did decide where to put them, but the map has been revised at least once because originally there wasn't supposed to be one in front of our house. The city has reached out to the residents for feedback on the placement as well.
I don't think they are really needed in the hood, to be honest. I've been here 20years, not one kid or dog has been hit by a car. This study has been underway for years now, when we were first asked about it I voted NO (the minority, apparently) lol. I don't think speeding is really an issue here.
Not to mention, it says so right on the map the speed bumps will slow down emergency vehicle response time.
It would shock me if residents get a say in where they are placed. There is logic and reasoning and engineering (or should be) for where they are installed.
We have several humps in our neighborhood. I wouldn’t say they are super successful at slowing down traffic, but they are fine. There is a flat spot in the middle for motorcycles and the edges don’t extend all the way to the curb so kids on bikes, etc. learn to navigate them just fine.
The city decided where they go and have asked for feedback from the residents. The map has already been revised once, not sure what the reason for that was. I just found out about this.
This is really the only question that matters and the one OP hasn’t answered 🤣
I didn't say I didn't want them CLOSE to my house, I said I don't particularly want ONE directly in front of my house. I guess in case they create extra noise?? Not sure why I'm feeling this way about it, that's why I am asking for other's opinions.
The city did decide where to put them, but the map has been revised at least once because originally there wasn't supposed to be one in front of our house. The city has reached out to the residents for feedback on the placement as well.
I don't think they are really needed in the hood, to be honest. I've been here 20years, not one kid or dog has been hit by a car. This study has been underway for years now, when we were first asked about it I voted NO (the minority, apparently) lol. I don't think speeding is really an issue here.
Not to mention, it says so right on the map the speed bumps will slow down emergency vehicle response time.
this reads to me like "until a kid or pet is hit and maimed or killed, no speed bumps!"
Post by dutchgirl678 on Feb 16, 2024 11:02:26 GMT -5
My DH is a transportation engineer. We live in a relatively new neighborhood in a city that no longer installs speed humps/bumps. The reason is that it doesn't actually slow people down, they just speed up more in between. But people in our neighborhood keep asking for them anyway. We've had speed checks done in the past and the vast majority of people do not speed, which means there would be no incentive for them to be built even if the city allowed it.