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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 09:11 AM Jun 2022

I need me some of these!

😁

Speed Bump Olympics‘ channel description describes its content as “Videos of speedbumps and the people who fail to heed them being there. Speed limit 25, 10mph warning before the bumps with signage on the street as well as poles.” The one-month-old channel already has 1.3 million views of its videos of careless drivers bouncing over the bumps and testing the limits of their suspension.

If the channel description is accurate regarding the signage, it’s a little absurd that this keeps happening. Interestingly, per a Carscoops article, the owner of the YouTube channel, who films from his front window, says he hasn’t seen a collision in the 11 years he’s lived across from the speed bumps.

https://driving.ca/auto-news/crashes/watch-twin-speed-bumps-go-viral-for-sending-cars-airborne
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I need me some of these! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2022 OP
This issue I have with them in my city is that they are poorly marked. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #1
Where's the fun in that? 😁 Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2022 #2
Poorly marked, difficult to see at night or in rain unc70 Jun 2022 #4
Goin' airborne!!! Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #3
😏 Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2022 #5
The bitter taste of Karma was given ... TomWilm Jun 2022 #6
😂Like I said, I need me some! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2022 #7

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)
1. This issue I have with them in my city is that they are poorly marked.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 09:13 AM
Jun 2022

Many times they are the same color as the asphalt AND the signs are not very visible. I wish it was mandatory that they be brightly colored.

unc70

(6,113 posts)
4. Poorly marked, difficult to see at night or in rain
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 09:32 AM
Jun 2022

All too often the markings are inadequate, maybe a sign hidden behind parked vehicles, with possibly faded, non-reflective markings on the street. Couple that with poorly designed bumps that are killers at half the posted speed limit or so tall they scrape at any speed.

TomWilm

(1,832 posts)
6. The bitter taste of Karma was given ...
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 12:34 PM
Jun 2022

... in my small town, when a black muscle car with too loud music ignored the warning. They dived fully down on the speedbump, and their car made some very interesting sounds humping away from there.

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