Would you swap speed bumps for SPECs?

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Would you swap suspension wrecking speed bumps for SPEC's?

Part of me would, id like a nice smooth road, and its easy to control your speed, no need to look at speedo all the time like some people say. However another part of me thinks if they add specs to roads that previously used speed bumps, they'd end up putting up specs EVERYWHERE, which would be a terrible thing.
 
I'd settle for speed cameras in the village where I live if it meant getting rid of the bumps. I've already lost one tyre thanks to the speed bumps breaking up in the winter :rolleyes:
 
I'd rather have almost anything other than speed bumps. Except perhaps an electronic government 'driving safety manager' in my car.
 
I would gladly have SPECS in every 30 zone in the country IF it mean that they would remove silly speed bumps and have perfectly smooth race-track quality tarmac with no pot holes.
 
NathanE said:
I would gladly have SPECS in every 30 zone in the country IF it mean that they would remove silly speed bumps and have perfectly smooth race-track quality tarmac with no pot holes.
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Ditto.


Either that or if I could I'd buy a big monster truck to fly over the bumps :D
 
I'd like to say that SPECS stop retards driving like well, retards, but sadly this isn't the case. Would still prefer SPECS over bumps though.
 
I'd have specs if they'd catch tail gaters too. Anywhere with average cameras you always get someone riding your bumper who thinks he should be going 0.1mph more than you are.
 
SPECs definitely - they let you drive at a constant speed rather than having to speed up and slow down for speed bumps. Less stress, better fuel economy etc.
 
I'd certainly like to rid our roads of all types of 'traffic calming' obstacles.
Road humps, for one, are, I'm sure, responsible for the rise in sales of 4x4s and SUV type vehicles.

As long as the local authorities believed that SPECS would be a much worse stick to beat the motorist with, they'd bloody-mindedly go for it.
 
As Dolph says, you can't easily implement a SPECS like system in urban areas.

If you think about how SPECS works, calculating your average speed based on the time you take to travel between two predetermined points, then someone reversing out of a drive, a traffic light, a zebra crossing etc. would all cause you to stop or slow down for a reasonable portion of your journey, reducing your average speed. You can test this yourself if you have a trip computer with average speed. Reset it as you leave your home and cane it to the supermarket - you'll find that when you get there, you've probably averaged less than 30. This is of course before we've figured out how to track cars through the large number of junctions in urban areas!

The only place you could use it would be on the long open stretches of road, which are rarely limited to 30 anyway, and the alternative system that could work in urban areas is constant speed monitoring, which just wouldn't be very nice.

Saying that, I don't think speed bumps are very good. They are very uncomfortable, environmentally unfriendly, dangerous (as pedestrians seem to think they are automatically a safe place to cross), costly (if you want to keep them properly maintained) and excessively wear vehicle suspension components.
 
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I'd love to have SPECS instead of speed humps. For that matter, just about any supercar owner would. I dread to think how many TVRs have damaged their cars on speed humps.
 
NathanE said:
I would gladly have SPECS in every 30 zone in the country IF it mean that they would remove silly speed bumps and have perfectly smooth race-track quality tarmac with no pot holes.
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I agree with NathanE - if they could sort the technology for it.

Dolph said:
I'd prefer a solution that actually deals with the causes of accidents personally.
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So would I, but Dolph, don't expect sensible suggestions, that'd actually work to be implemented. Its my opinion that the driving test should be harder, you should be required to re-take it at least every 10 years, and driver training should cover a much more comprehensive syllabus.
 
I just wish someone in power would have a serious look at EVERYTHING concerning our roads.
 
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