Neatorama » speedbump http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:03:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Retractable Speed Bumps http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/21/retractable-speed-bumps/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/21/retractable-speed-bumps/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:49:57 +0000 John Farrier http://www.neatorama.com/?p=27001 Mexican firm Decano Industries has developed a speed bump that remains in place when a vehicle that is moving too quickly is about to drive over it, but retracts when a slow-moving vehicle approaches. Christ Hawley writes in USA Today:


“With this speed bump, people will feel rewarded for obeying the law,” says Carlos Cano, the company’s president.

The technology is relatively basic: The speed bump is formed by two steel plates that form a triangle sticking out of the pavement. When a car tire touches the plate, a patented device under the triangle measures the force of the impact.

If the tire’s impact is gentle enough — that is, if the vehicle is traveling slowly — both plates immediately collapse into the ground under the weight of the car.

Link via DVICE | Image: Sergio Solache, USA Today

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