On a road exiting a village nearby, there is a "speed reducing" device on the road. It consists of a bunch of tarmac ridges, about quarter of an inch high, spaced about 5 inches apart, the whole thing is 5 metres long, painted red. Some may know what i mean or see something similar. It is on the boundary between a 50 and a 30 zone.
I find that driving over it at 50mph, it has little effect on me or the car. The car vibrates at a high frequency due to the speed, and it is much more pleasant than . . .
Driving over it at 30. My car isn't the most solidly built, i'll admit, but at 30, the car rattles and shakes like an old bus, and im thrown about in my seat.
So what is this device then, that seems to actually reward drivers for going at 50 across the 30 signs. What is the point? I actually do 50 over it and then slow down, in the interest of me and my car. And why does it go all the way across the road?
There is also an LED slow down sign here. There have never been any fatal accidents in this village, and the road is straight and long, perfectly fine for 40, the old limit until 2 years ago. Waste of money.
I find that driving over it at 50mph, it has little effect on me or the car. The car vibrates at a high frequency due to the speed, and it is much more pleasant than . . .
Driving over it at 30. My car isn't the most solidly built, i'll admit, but at 30, the car rattles and shakes like an old bus, and im thrown about in my seat.
So what is this device then, that seems to actually reward drivers for going at 50 across the 30 signs. What is the point? I actually do 50 over it and then slow down, in the interest of me and my car. And why does it go all the way across the road?
There is also an LED slow down sign here. There have never been any fatal accidents in this village, and the road is straight and long, perfectly fine for 40, the old limit until 2 years ago. Waste of money.