Over here, the speed bumps usually have a cut in them to fit a tire through,
or they taper off to nothing near the curb. This may be wrong, but I was told
that they were for emergency vehicles to not have to slow down as much. If
only one side of the car is going over the speed bump it makes a huge
difference. ( Especially if it is the passenger side going over. :))
Driving a RHD car in a LHD country, means the driver's side is near the curb
...
Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada
1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project )
1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen
)http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/2009FallTour.jpg
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:42:44 +0200
>
> Well, Alan, if speed bumps are never a problem for you, you have never been
> driving in my country!
> Recently I drove over one at 30 mph and for a moment I was afraid it
broke
> my frame. 45 degrees slope up, then about 6 inches horizontal and then 45
> degrees downslope - I can assure you I crept over the remaining bumps in
> that village! More and more we are faced with 30 km ( 18 ml) speed limits
in
> town and village areas and the way to remind you of that limit is now
> frequently a speed bump every 100 yards or so. Can you image what fire
> engine and ambulance drivers' opinion is?
> Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
> 1964 BJ8 29432
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