Speed bumps are normal in my country, the Philippines, and nobody arguing against those.
But damn and over there in Quebec, such extraordinary derangement against a safety device.
The article mentions that things got worse, that in the past people would not have rallied even against a mere memorial for a child that died in a traffic accident and that anti-cyclists campaign have fueled real hatred making something like that political.
Really, this is revealing a truly ugly side of some people. What a monster do you have to be to react like that? I know things got controversial because, oh good, physical measures to reduce speeding were suggested there as a reaction to the death of the child that was, as I understand a victim to that speeding. Just imagine if you have to spend 2 seconds longer on your car journey because of that.
Why do you think we hate cars so much? This is what driving a car does to you: turns you into a monster.
Also: I’d bet you’d face more legal consequences for throwing a rock at a speeding car than you would for running someone over.
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Two seconds longer?
My school dropoff round-trip is 28 speed humps in 15 minutes.
In the past year I have replaced three wheel bearings, a driveshaft, two engine mounts and a set of bonnet bump stops. It takes days. I’m not even close to done yet. The cars are garaged and everything.
I know this group has a hatred of cars. I have a hatred of roads.
Speed humps suck too. It just pushes people into bigger cars that mow down more kids.
bigger cars react worse to speed bumps, not better.
more mass is more inertia to dampen.
more height is more leverage you feel sitting up higher.
A lifted Ford Ranger Raptor doesn’t even need to brake for them.
A lowered hot hatch at the same speed goes airborne.
It’s all about the amount of travel on the shock absorbers. Small and sporty cars have almost none.
The “more mass = more intertia to dampen” rule doesn’t come into play until it’s your face absorbing the radiator grill.
