Tuesday 12th March 2002

Corrugated Roads

Local officials in Hampshire are experimenting with a corrugated road surface in place of speed humps. Humps are recognised as having many disadvantages including drivers speeding up between them and paying less attention to hazards when negotiating the humps. Scientists reckon that the corrugated road will slow down all sizes of vehicle equally and reduce the noise and pollution from cars accelerating between humps. Sounds to us like cobbled streets are on their way back. It won't be long before you're required to have a man with a red flag walking in front of your vehicle again...

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[jimbro1000]

Some one please tell me this is a joke? I fail to see how this can possibly reduce noise.

The local idiots round where I live don't bother slowing down for speedbumps as it is (evidenced by the fact that the bumps are a good inch lower now than when they started). Giving them a less grippy surface to play on is NOT going to make things quieter or safer.

The man with a red flag isn't waving it to warn other road users - he's trying to enrage the bull driving the car behind him!