Dear Editor:
With the unfortunate demise of speed cameras and with the province promising money for less effective means of traffic calming, I think it should be noted that speed bumps are not the answer.
Even if you are going the speed limit of 50 or 40km/h, hitting a speed bump results in an tooth jarring impact that is ridiculous and unacceptable. If you don’ t want to lose your fillings or your muffler, you have to drop your speed to well under the posted speed limit and slowly crawl over the speed bump.
Couple that with usually inadequate signage to warn of the approaching speed bump and you have a recipe for a trip to the dentist office or the automotive shop.
Having to crawl over the speed bump also disrupts the flow of law-abiding traffic and has the potential to cause accidents as cars that are obeying the speed limit are nevertheless required to suddenly brake for the speed bump.
If there was a traffic hazard on the road caused by a pothole or as a result of construction, there would be an understandable outcry and appropriate demands that the problem be repaired. We don’t want to start deliberately creating such traffic hazards in the form of speed bumps.
Dan Kennaley,
Rockwood