[b3morales]

You don't need to brake to go over a speed bump if you're already going slowly enough, and there's no reason either way to immediately accelerate up to the end of the street where you're just going to have to slow again, regardless of the signing.

[bradlys]

Speed bumps in the US are frequently built at such an obnoxious level that you have to slow down below the speed limit in order to get past them decently.

In my car - I have to frequently take them at an angle unless I want to scrape (comes from the factory that way) - even then, it's not bullet proof. Especially in parking lots where there are no rules - I've scrapped the middle section of my car because they built them for lifted vehicles.

If the goal is to reduce speed - it kind of works - but it adds the extra layer of obnoxious noise which basically kills any of the benefits IMO. On top of this - you now have people introducing far more brake dust and tire material into your local environment because everyone has to slow down to cross a speed bump and then accelerate again too. If we had speed bumps on my street - I'd be advocating for them to be removed. They're burdensome on the locals due to the noise pollution they create. You want a loud vehicle to get by as fast as possible and with as little throttle as possible. Nothing worse than hearing it crawl over multiple speed bumps.

[ashtonkem]

> Speed bumps in the US are frequently built at such an obnoxious level that you have to slow down below the speed limit in order to get past them decently.

Blame truck and SUV drivers. Speed bumps must be designed to slow the largest vehicle down to a safe speed, thus harming lighter and less off-road capable vehicles more.

[jjeaff]

We have some ridiculously high ones in my neighborhood. In my car, I have to come to a complete stop and then roll over it very slowly to keep from dragging.

In my pickup, I have found that it is much smoother to speed up and hit them faster so that the shocks engage and it causes much less of a bump in the cabin than if I slow down.

[mvid]

The neighborhood I grew up in was obnoxiously “think fo the children” and the speed bumps were labeled to be 5mph. They looked more like a spike than a bump. There is no reasonable way to travel at that speed, so it will make noise.

It was a residential street nowhere close to high traffic, so it basically only punished the residents

[boring_twenties]

I have a car that sits very low from the ground. Speed bumps are uncomfortable at any non-zero speed whatsoever, on top of that, there is always a risk that they will simply bottom out the car. I always take speed bumps at the absolute minimum speed the car will do without stalling.