It almost caught me off-guard!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 871
Likes: 3
From: Alpha/Coopersburg NJ/PA
I've owned my vette for 72 hours, and I've already had to find a shady back way to my favorite Chinese place that avoids the very high, very narrow speed bumps in the front. Heck, I work in a historic city that was first settled in the 1700's, and the streets are kind of ark-shaped with the apex in the center of the road and the curb side being very low. I've bottomed out just driving too close to the curb already. That was painful 
Pro
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 580
Likes: 0
From: Fort Lauderdale Florida
Who in their right mind would even consider making a speed bump that high?
Good thing you noticed and realized there was no possible way you were going to make it.
I can already see some teenage girl in a jette or a mazda 3 try to take it at 20 mph while talking on the phone.
Good thing you noticed and realized there was no possible way you were going to make it.
I can already see some teenage girl in a jette or a mazda 3 try to take it at 20 mph while talking on the phone.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,119
Likes: 156
From: Huntington tx
Who in their right mind would even consider making a speed bump that high?
Good thing you noticed and realized there was no possible way you were going to make it.
I can already see some teenage girl in a jette or a mazda 3 try to take it at 20 mph while talking on the phone.
Good thing you noticed and realized there was no possible way you were going to make it.
I can already see some teenage girl in a jette or a mazda 3 try to take it at 20 mph while talking on the phone.
weird.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,163
Likes: 4
From: Concord California
Due to speeders in the parking lot and the fact that cars vs peoples end up with people not making it. They decided since they can't slow vehicles down, LAUNCH the suckers over the people... Or they rather have people trip over oil pans, front suspensions, transmission casings left on the road instead of bodies.. they need to PAINT that so we vetts can know it. I don't think I could even go over that no matter what angle I approach, that's a vette STOP!.... LOL
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 4,977
Likes: 256
From: St. Louis Missouri
It looks like the concrete company used forms for the blocks at the end of a parking spot.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 5,706
Likes: 552
From: St. Peters MO
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This reminded me of an incident many years ago.
My grandfather who was around 70 years old at the time purchased a new car. A Chrysler Cordoba as I recall. Anyway the small town where he lived decided to install asphalt speed bumps on a street to slow down traffic. They were pretty tall and my grandfather drug the underside of his new car going over them.
He didnt like that. Being that he worked as the equipment maintenance supervisor for the town he waited until after dark and fired up the backhoe and removed all of the speed bumps to the shoulder of the road.
They never put them back.
My grandfather who was around 70 years old at the time purchased a new car. A Chrysler Cordoba as I recall. Anyway the small town where he lived decided to install asphalt speed bumps on a street to slow down traffic. They were pretty tall and my grandfather drug the underside of his new car going over them.
He didnt like that. Being that he worked as the equipment maintenance supervisor for the town he waited until after dark and fired up the backhoe and removed all of the speed bumps to the shoulder of the road.
They never put them back.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 2,151
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From: N.CHARLESTON SC