Because there are about 2 billion potholes in the U.S. and maybe 20,000 speed bumps.
The speeding got so bad in my Pasadena neighborhood that six-inch-high speed bumps were installed. Unfortunately, there was an off-road vehicle shop at the corner. Word quickly got out. Off-road enthusiasts would come from miles around to roar through the neighborhood and bounce over the speed bumps.
Many speed bumps have been in place for a long period. But fixing a pothole would require fresh asphalt, which is a petroleum based product, which many think is a no-no, “bad for the climate”, “by happy they are paved at all”.
Speed Bumps, Speed Dips. One has a bigger budget. Don’t you sometimes get the feeling that potholes are sponsored by the shops that replace your car’s universal joints?
If government stayed out of the road building business, the roads would last a lot longer. They would probably be stone or coated steel gratings, or perhaps a glass alloy for a fancy location.
Kiba65 about 2 months ago
Good question!!!
jmworacle about 2 months ago
Maybe they’re receiving kick backs from the auto repair shops.
juicebruce about 2 months ago
Potholes are speed bumps waiting to be built ;-)
Gent about 2 months ago
Me theenks they is digs pot holes to build speed bumps from that materials.
BadCreaturesBecomeDems about 2 months ago
And why do they pave perfectly fine roads, and let the bad areas get worse?
david_42 about 2 months ago
Speed bumps come out of the capital account, filling potholes out of the current account. Two different buckets.
ctolson about 2 months ago
A Plugger also wonders why an asphalt speed bump lasts forever and an asphalt filled pot hole lasts only a mont or two.
phritzg Premium Member about 2 months ago
Speed bumps are supposed to act as traffic calmers by slowing us down, but they make the drivers I see angrier, not calmer.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 2 months ago
Plugger gets annoyed with aerodynamic forces.
ladykat about 2 months ago
Not just pluggers.
Bex Premium Member about 2 months ago
Here’s one creative tactic to get pot holes filled in. Google headline: Pot holes finally filled in – only after locals painted phalluses around them.
wildlandwaters about 2 months ago
EXACTLY!!!
puddleglum1066 about 2 months ago
Never underestimate the power of the Shock Absorber lobby.
mistercatworks about 2 months ago
Because there are about 2 billion potholes in the U.S. and maybe 20,000 speed bumps.
The speeding got so bad in my Pasadena neighborhood that six-inch-high speed bumps were installed. Unfortunately, there was an off-road vehicle shop at the corner. Word quickly got out. Off-road enthusiasts would come from miles around to roar through the neighborhood and bounce over the speed bumps.
ASpruce2020 about 2 months ago
Many speed bumps have been in place for a long period. But fixing a pothole would require fresh asphalt, which is a petroleum based product, which many think is a no-no, “bad for the climate”, “by happy they are paved at all”.
kathleenhicks62 about 2 months ago
It is every where!
syzygy47 about 2 months ago
The newer parking lot speed bumps seems to have been designed based on the British carrier launch hump for Harriers.
Strawberry King about 2 months ago
I hate potholes. They’re all over my town.
goboboyd about 2 months ago
Speed Bumps, Speed Dips. One has a bigger budget. Don’t you sometimes get the feeling that potholes are sponsored by the shops that replace your car’s universal joints?
Frer Squirrel about 2 months ago
If government stayed out of the road building business, the roads would last a lot longer. They would probably be stone or coated steel gratings, or perhaps a glass alloy for a fancy location.