Corvette Killers; Traffic Control Devices
Pro
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From: Tulsa Oklahoma
I don't know about your problem, but I think the police have given up enforcing speed limits. In Tulsa on hwy 169 the posted speed limit is 65 but if you arn't going 80 you better get out of the way! Lots of road rage and accidents on it too. I have seen the cops running over the limit without lights or sirens on this streach of highway. Just my two cents worth.
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From: Eureka California
I live in a little bitty mining town in central NV. They just placed speed bumbs throughout the town using those yellow plastic/rubber parking lot wheel stop thingies. They're about four feet long and they use four of them spread across the streets about two rows per city block. This leaves gaps in between each of these damnable parking blocks and there's sharp edges at both ends that could easily tear up a sidewall if you try to keep one side of your car off the blocks. My vert isn't lowered but the air dams still hit these freekin parking blocks. Now that they've laid them down they say they can't plow the streets anymore.
Everyone in town has complained to the City Manager and the Town Council, to no avail.
I guess what I'm saying is, GOOD LUCK!
If the local fuz would do their damned jobs we wouldn't need these things, and believe me, we've got plenty of them. Fuz that is.
There's some speed bumps in the parking lots of some of the malls in Reno I know I couldn't get over. I just avoid those stores.
Everyone in town has complained to the City Manager and the Town Council, to no avail. I guess what I'm saying is, GOOD LUCK!If the local fuz would do their damned jobs we wouldn't need these things, and believe me, we've got plenty of them. Fuz that is.
There's some speed bumps in the parking lots of some of the malls in Reno I know I couldn't get over. I just avoid those stores.
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From: Northern Illinois
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. . . response times also suffer from heavy traffic, trains blocking crossings, bad weather, etc. I still think it would be difficult to prove that speed bumps create a safety hazard by slowing response times. I don't know about communities in Texas, but many here have guidelines governing emergency vehicles response speeds. As an example, our police department has a guideline that dictates the speed of squad cars responding to emergencies in residential areas. I learned a long time ago that driving like a maniac to a call isn't going to get you there any faster, but it may very well get you involved in an accident and or injure someone. Unfortunately, the only thing that gets attention from local government today is anything to do with money. I'd wager a guess that if these towns start getting inundated with claims for vehicle damage caused by speed bumps, they'd be gone very quickly. 
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From: pasadena in the great state of TEXAS
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. . . response times also suffer from heavy traffic, trains blocking crossings, bad weather, etc. I still think it would be difficult to prove that speed bumps create a safety hazard by slowing response times. I don't know about communities in Texas, but many here have guidelines governing emergency vehicles response speeds. As an example, our police department has a guideline that dictates the speed of squad cars responding to emergencies in residential areas. I learned a long time ago that driving like a maniac to a call isn't going to get you there any faster, but it may very well get you involved in an accident and or injure someone. Unfortunately, the only thing that gets attention from local government today is anything to do with money. I'd wager a guess that if these towns start getting inundated with claims for vehicle damage caused by speed bumps, they'd be gone very quickly.
if your house catches on fire and the extra time spent negociating the humps coulda saved it from total destruction. time is important in a fire especially when YOUR corvette is sitting in the garage....
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From: Houston TX
they recently put in "Traffic Control Device's" we know them as speed bumps, in my neighborhood and I need some input/advice on what argument I could make to get these removed or put some kind of control or oversight on these.I heard there's some statute or fed. law controling these.Anybody know if theres some kind of spec. concerning the size (L x W.) and height. Seems one's a little high and I scrape so that means I can't use a public street as other vettes and similar cars also will find out. And every car that travels that street slows almost to a stop then accelerates (there are 5 in about a 1/4 mile) five times and this is a fairly active street so there is considerable energy being wasted.All of this is being done to pacify a select few Does anybody know how much fuel is used to accelerate a typical car from a standstill as opposed to a car holding a steady speed.So if anybody is gonna dyno their vette and the dyno has the capabilityof measuring fuel used a little pull to imitate a 0 to 30-40 mph and a steady 1800-2000 rpm comparsion would be much appreciated. (politicans and newspapers love facts) Some people want them ,I say OK to put in McDonalds and parking lots or around schools, but leave the streets alone if theres a speeding problem or other traffic infractions let the police handle it like they always have.
All coments appreciated
All coments appreciated
I would think any street that needs to be plowed would not want speed bumps.
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From: Northern Illinois
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you are correct, other things do affect response times, but that big truck with men in the back trying to get dressed ect. has to really slow down and then get the momentum going again takes extra time. i have talked to the ambulance people and they say the same thing. i would think cop cars would have the least difficulity negotiating the humps, i know that in my car it is kinda like a drag race between the humps.. if you ever rode in a fire truck in this situation you would understand. so with that said i don't wanna hear any wining if your house catches on fire and the extra time spent negociating the humps coulda saved it from total destruction. time is important in a fire especially when YOUR corvette is sitting in the garage....
if your house catches on fire and the extra time spent negociating the humps coulda saved it from total destruction. time is important in a fire especially when YOUR corvette is sitting in the garage.... They don't install speed bumps here in Illinois on public roadways, so I'm not too concerned about that problem. We also live less than a mile from a fire station, so I don't worry about my Corvette burning unless it's one of those days when we get a bunch of snow.
I've never had the pleasure of riding in a fire truck, but I've been in an ambulance or two during my 34 year career.
Drifting
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From: Cambridge Illinois
I'm a retired public works director. Speed bumps, bump outs, traffic circles and other methods are called traffic "calming" procedures. I always resisted doing them, but the elected officials listen to a few citizens and give into them.
Most people know them for what they are. A waste of tax money. They do make snow removal more difficult and costly. The Village Board in Homewood, Illinois put them in around the late 90's. The next election the votes booted out all the trustees that voted for them. The new board had everything torn back out.
Most people know them for what they are. A waste of tax money. They do make snow removal more difficult and costly. The Village Board in Homewood, Illinois put them in around the late 90's. The next election the votes booted out all the trustees that voted for them. The new board had everything torn back out.
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I have one in my neighborhood before I get to my house and I have to go over it real slow not to scrape. Bigger trucks when behind me come up way too fast then realize I am on the brakes crawling over the bump and they have to jam on the brakes right up on my @$$.