Tag: Speed breakers

Speed Breakers That Care: Designed for Safety and Comfort

Introduction Speed breakers are used globally as traffic calming measures to control and limit vehicle speed over a certain area. Control speed bumpers or speed humps and other such structures are placed over roads and pavement to prevent and protect pedestrians, motorists, cyclists, and all other road users. Additionally, these bumps manage traffic control in essential zones such as neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, and even parking areas. The primary goal of the speed breaker is fairly simple: improve safety by controlling the flow of traffic. Importance of Balancing Safety and Comfort Their concern with speed breaker design is how to achieve safety commensurate with comfort. Traditional speed bumps, for all their successes, tend to create discomfort for certain road users. The abrupt jolts that are capable of making vehicles decelerate sharply, slow down, cause discomfort for the passengers, and sometimes even break the vehicle over time. Despite this fact, it is […]