Russ
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Speed Bumps?
Good 'ol US ingenuity.
http://autos.aol.com/article/news/_a/philadelphia-begins-eff...
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CaboRon
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What a great idea !!!!
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shari
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In the ejido on the road from Vizcaino to Asuncion...they erected official looking TOPES signs....but no speed bumps. Get's the tourist to slow down
but we all know there aren't any so just fly on by as usual!
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Russ
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I think the same thing would happen with the high tech tope too. Only the tax payers in the States would pay through the nose for something that may
work for a week or so. Clever gringos
[Edited on 7-10-2008 by Russ]
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BMG
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Like most laws, rules, regulations, ideas, there are the unintended consequences that should be considered but rarely are.
"A report produced by the UK Transport Research Laboratory in February 2001 found that speed bumps can increase
urban pollution by up to 60 percent by leading drivers to repeatedly increase and decrease their speed."
I think the world is run by C- students.
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oldlady
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Shari naiiled it. About a year ago they built two topes between Chametla and Centenario. 3 weeks later they scraped the bumps and repainted to look
like topes. The trucks speed right over the "faux-pes" and almost everyone else too.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oldlady
Shari naiiled it. About a year ago they built two topes between Chametla and Centenario. 3 weeks later they scraped the bumps and repainted to look
like topes. The trucks speed right over the "faux-pes" and almost everyone else too. |
They still get me to slow down because I am never sure if they might put the hump back in 
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fulano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oldlady
Shari naiiled it. About a year ago they built two topes between Chametla and Centenario. 3 weeks later they scraped the bumps and repainted to look
like topes. The trucks speed right over the "faux-pes" and almost everyone else too. |
They should put the topes back in the middle of the night, only make them about 8 inches high.
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tehag
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Speed bump
This one works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CktvNSFAfY&feature=relat...
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topes on mainland Mex, sure create a lot of work for their mechanics/welders.
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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Topes work....
Look at El Rosario...used to be like a race track thru that town...slowed em down.
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Martyman
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My friend got some air on the final speed bumb going south in El Rosario. It has since been removed. His subaru needed welding!
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fulano
| Quote: | Originally posted by oldlady
Shari naiiled it. About a year ago they built two topes between Chametla and Centenario. 3 weeks later they scraped the bumps and repainted to look
like topes. The trucks speed right over the "faux-pes" and almost everyone else too. |
They should put the topes back in the middle of the night, only make them about 8 inches high.
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CaboRon
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Tehag,
Those are some awesome topes
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jeans
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I've seen pictures of them and they look very real.
To save gas, I've taken to REALLY slowing down (Read: to the speed limit) and noticing lead-footed tendancies... seeing how far I can coast is now a
game...it's helped!
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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