In case you've ever wondered "How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live?", Randall Munroe of the online comic xkcd answers it here: https://what-if.xkcd.com/61/
A great return! My friends and I have made the speed hump joke for years, at times in Montclair. I guess somewhere along the way, I deduced the difference between humps and bumps, but it's cool to see the documentation/guidelines on the terms.
Have a slightly different but new term to add to the conversation - "Speed Table". These just went up on a street in Old Brooklyn, OH. Couldn't believe it when I saw them (there were 3 or 4 on this smallish street), then I had to explain to my wife why I was taking a picture of it. Lol
Lafeyette, LA was the first place I'd ever seen the term "speed lump" used, as well. We visited my uncle for Christmas in 2006 and saw one up the street from his home. Apparently it was so important, I elected to memorialize it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/dRYVv1m8P4EgYD9v8
I located it on Google Street View; apparently it disappeared sometime between April 2013 and December 2016 and has never been replaced.
In my area of Florida, we have speed humps, (6" high by about 10' long) but they are referred to as speed tables.
There is actually one right out in front of my house, speed limit is 25 but some folks try to get "air" off of them and will be going as fast as 50mph or more. They usually just end up bottoming out, losing stuff out of their trailers or in a few cases, lost their trailer all together.
Fun article Paul! Glad to still be reading your work.
I’m in the field of public infrastructure asset management. Some projects call for an inventory of traffic calming devices, which is a catch all that includes humps, bumps, tables, calming mats, etc. The application varies substantially by region. Many agencies include reflector signage at the location for added night visibility. Don’t get me started with signs!
Good to have you back Paul! I am in LA for the first time and just yesterday noticed some streets had humps and labeled them HUMPS on the road. I found it odd, so thanks for the timely post. Also was on the Paramount Tour just today (highly recommended) and heard a lot about Lucy, Desilu (which was bought by Paramount), saw where her dressing room was and walked the sound stage of The Lucy Show. How odd that you wrote about all this today.
Paul - not to denigrate what's going on at Uni Watch in any way, but it took you leaving (and a post like this!) to make me really realize that the primary reason I read was for your voice, not the uni content. Great to have you back.
Here in Anchorage, AK, speed humps are accurately labeled as humps.
Recently, in my hometown of Ellwood City, PA, Sheetz bought the block that had the house grew up in and had been in my family for over 100 years.
Yes, I loathe Sheetz even more now that their logo is on my beloved Pittsburgh Pirates jerseys.
Anyways, there was this wooden staircase that had a lamp on the bottom post and a big round engraved piece at the top post. Before the house was raised(sp), my uncle and mom sawed off both pieces; uncle Mike kept the lamp and moms has the ball post.
For over 100 years!! …and now the convenient store rests exactly where our home was. I hate Sheetz
Plastic speed bumps similar to the one in the fourth picture from the top are installed in some race course areas they don't want drivers to use, or cut through. On F1 telecasts the announcer calls them "sausage curbs". That term kinda sticks with you, for worse :)
In case you've ever wondered "How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live?", Randall Munroe of the online comic xkcd answers it here: https://what-if.xkcd.com/61/
A great return! My friends and I have made the speed hump joke for years, at times in Montclair. I guess somewhere along the way, I deduced the difference between humps and bumps, but it's cool to see the documentation/guidelines on the terms.
Really great first post! I have wondered this exact thing!
Have a slightly different but new term to add to the conversation - "Speed Table". These just went up on a street in Old Brooklyn, OH. Couldn't believe it when I saw them (there were 3 or 4 on this smallish street), then I had to explain to my wife why I was taking a picture of it. Lol
Lafeyette, LA was the first place I'd ever seen the term "speed lump" used, as well. We visited my uncle for Christmas in 2006 and saw one up the street from his home. Apparently it was so important, I elected to memorialize it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/dRYVv1m8P4EgYD9v8
I located it on Google Street View; apparently it disappeared sometime between April 2013 and December 2016 and has never been replaced.
In my area of Florida, we have speed humps, (6" high by about 10' long) but they are referred to as speed tables.
There is actually one right out in front of my house, speed limit is 25 but some folks try to get "air" off of them and will be going as fast as 50mph or more. They usually just end up bottoming out, losing stuff out of their trailers or in a few cases, lost their trailer all together.
Fun article Paul! Glad to still be reading your work.
I’m in the field of public infrastructure asset management. Some projects call for an inventory of traffic calming devices, which is a catch all that includes humps, bumps, tables, calming mats, etc. The application varies substantially by region. Many agencies include reflector signage at the location for added night visibility. Don’t get me started with signs!
Good to have you back Paul! I am in LA for the first time and just yesterday noticed some streets had humps and labeled them HUMPS on the road. I found it odd, so thanks for the timely post. Also was on the Paramount Tour just today (highly recommended) and heard a lot about Lucy, Desilu (which was bought by Paramount), saw where her dressing room was and walked the sound stage of The Lucy Show. How odd that you wrote about all this today.
I’m just here to see Biscuit (and presumably Waffles) content.
Well that was a long almost two months! Welcome back!!!
Oh...this is great stuff. I'm hooked! Welcome back!
Yay so happy the new blog is launched and it’s just as fun as I hoped for!
Paul - not to denigrate what's going on at Uni Watch in any way, but it took you leaving (and a post like this!) to make me really realize that the primary reason I read was for your voice, not the uni content. Great to have you back.
Here in Anchorage, AK, speed humps are accurately labeled as humps.
Love the chicken coop piece.
Recently, in my hometown of Ellwood City, PA, Sheetz bought the block that had the house grew up in and had been in my family for over 100 years.
Yes, I loathe Sheetz even more now that their logo is on my beloved Pittsburgh Pirates jerseys.
Anyways, there was this wooden staircase that had a lamp on the bottom post and a big round engraved piece at the top post. Before the house was raised(sp), my uncle and mom sawed off both pieces; uncle Mike kept the lamp and moms has the ball post.
For over 100 years!! …and now the convenient store rests exactly where our home was. I hate Sheetz
Plastic speed bumps similar to the one in the fourth picture from the top are installed in some race course areas they don't want drivers to use, or cut through. On F1 telecasts the announcer calls them "sausage curbs". That term kinda sticks with you, for worse :)
Best of luck, Paul.
Mike from Queens.