I once rented a small jap car in St. Martin. The south part of the
island was full of HD speed bumps but quickly learned that they
really smoothed out at over 55 mph. We were having quite a ball
for hours passing traffic and flying thru the bumps until the RF
tire started loosing air. Pulled in to a gas station and there
noticed that the wheel rim had gone almost perfectly triangular.
Naturally, the car did not have a spare, so we limped back to the
rental base, did some arm waving, shoulder shrugging and promised
myself never to do that again. Right.
Mike L.
AN5 10426 etc
----- Original Message -----
From Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette at Sympatico.ca>
> I hate speed bumps! The locals here who have them in front of
their homes
> claim to dislike them also. It increases the noise for them.
Screeching
> tires and accelerating engines, not to mention the odd bottoming
out sound.
> They are also bad for fuel consumption. I used to let my
annoyance be known
> by honking my horn everytime I passed over one. But ... the
people who put
> them there live too far away to notice. And eventually, we
learn to do as
> big brother says. ( I was going to refer to 'we' as sheep, but
given who it
> is that I'm replying to, I think not !!! :) )
>
> Robert D.
> I really hate speed bumps!>
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