Comments on: Optical Illusion Speed Bump

By: Neron

Neron — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:26:12 +0000

Doesn't work the way the would like.
Got a few of those in The Hage, Netherlands and i can tell you i do not slow down for them

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:44:27 +0000

@ bruce8505

I like the idea of changing the bumps from fake to real...but I can't agree to the idea of cars getting launched into the air and crashing into each other. I think there should just be a system where it detects some bozo driving over the speed limit and the bump just changes into one of those spikey reverse security speed bumbs.

By: David Bendit

David Bendit — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:28:39 +0000

I've only ever seen these on one road in Phoenix (Coral Gables), and I honestly didn't know hey were supposed to be speed bumps. They're very obviously just arrows painted on the ground...At least I know what they are now!

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:38:54 +0000

Speed hump hehe. People from Philly calling bumps humps. Oh well, if it works, it works. If one car in a line of fast cars slows down for it, others should as well. You never know until they get the results back.

By: Floridian

Floridian — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:34:47 +0000

My neighborhood street turns into a cut-through when there is traffic (so, 20 out of 24 hours) so I strategically leave palm fronds on the tiny road to slow people down. Even slows SUVs down.

By: emanuel lewis

emanuel lewis — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:10:00 +0000

what a complete waste of money. they could have created jobs and done some real construction, instead they are buying "hightech plastic" fake speed bumps.

By: jmp478

jmp478 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:51:57 +0000

This has gotta be the stupidest idea I've ever heard of.
People who know that it's fake are going to speed through. People who have never driven down the road are going to think that it's a real speed bump, slow down and get rear ended.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:48:50 +0000

It's not a hologram - just a 2D painting that makes it look like there's a 3D speed bump.

By: glassmusic

glassmusic — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:44:02 +0000

"yes, i understand the real speed bump suggestion, but they’d be more expensive."

more expensive than holograms? kinda doubt that. you know speed bumps are just more of what's under them, right?

By: Homer Jay Simpson

Homer Jay Simpson — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:29:07 +0000

yes, i understand the real speed bump suggestion, but they'd be more expensive.

By: bruce8505

bruce8505 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:20:00 +0000

They should switch the real and fake ones every few days so that aggressive drivers are launched up in the air and crash their cars onto the incoming car, that way there'll be less cars on the road and more place for us pedestrians!

By: Jake D.

Jake D. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:17:39 +0000

If you watch the video it shows that they have both real and fake speed humps on that road, so they're trying to get drivers to slow down for the length of the road instead of just before the real hump. I agree that the regular drivers of the road will no to drive right over the yellow fake ones, but I bet it will work in keeping the cars at a slower pace.

By: prophet

prophet — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:59:59 +0000

It will work... only once.

By: BikerRay

BikerRay — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:48:09 +0000

Wonder if any studies show speed bumps cause more accidents? They are a huge distraction, and cause erratic speeding/slowing driving. Like potholes, you spend valuable brain power concentrating on them rather than other traffic.
Not to mention some of them are smoother if taken at speed.

By: jesse

jesse — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:15:55 +0000

I tend to find speed bumps somewhat ineffective since I find myself playing the "how fast can i get going after that last speed bump before i need to brake before the next one?" game when I encounter them.

By: Parker

Parker — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:29:29 +0000

Most humans have a the ability to learn after a few trials. So do mice.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:08:53 +0000

they did it in Phoenix, it only works once.

By: K!P

K!P — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:53:28 +0000

ambulances like this way better, only thing is: this only works for tourists. All the regulars know its there. Wait untill some prankster replaces it with the real deal

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:26:36 +0000

I second the real speed bump suggestion.

By: glassmusic

glassmusic — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:22:30 +0000

um... wouldnt *real* speed bumps be more effective?

once people realise these are fake, theyre going to blow right through them. and then screw up their car when they hit a real one.