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View Poll Results: How do you handle speed bumps
Straight over the top. I'm a real driver 22 78.57%
Into the gutter. I'm afraid of heights. 6 21.43%
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      06-20-2007, 11:01 PM   #1
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Speed bumps

I was being followed by some twit in a flatulent Subaru tonight.

The residential street we were driving down has 6 speed bumps in about 200 yards. I just drive over them (slowly). The guy behind me was doing the swerve to the gutter routine.

How do you guys handle speed bumps?
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      06-20-2007, 11:08 PM   #2
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Hmmm, the poll answers are a little biased, don'cha think?

Real Driver---or---Pansy Ass.
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      06-20-2007, 11:11 PM   #3
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Depends on the height of the speed bumps. If they're huge, I go around them.
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      06-20-2007, 11:16 PM   #4
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Depends on the height of the speed bumps. If they're huge, I go around them.
I'm with ya takedown8...if they're too big, I'm either scraping my front bumper or my side sills....that's a no-no.
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      06-20-2007, 11:26 PM   #5
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If traffic permitts one wheel at a time. Going straight over the top, sometimes you can't go slow enough.
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      06-21-2007, 07:11 AM   #6
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Depends on the height of the speed bumps. If they're huge, I go around them.
^+1 ...sometimes going over on a slight angle helps
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      06-21-2007, 10:56 AM   #7
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AAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH.........We live in a "planned community" and speed bumps.....yep, got 'em, hate 'em.

We actually tell people that we live at the 7th speed bump from the entrance. Ugh.
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      06-21-2007, 10:58 AM   #8
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BTW, I'm told Brits call speed bumps "sleeping policemen".
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      06-21-2007, 11:36 AM   #9
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^+1 ...sometimes going over on a slight angle helps
x2...you know when you're approaching a bump if you're going to clear it or not - 6th sense kicks in, and the ability to judge reasonably. Angleing your approach helps. I go over them very slow of course. I've been very successful and haven't yet miss-judged.
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I usally go over em head on. Some times I'll try to find ways around...like in a parking lot...I'll drive away from the bumps instead of over them. Woudn't try the slalom routine tho.
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      06-21-2007, 04:26 PM   #11
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How about avoiding the road with the speed humps in the first place?
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AAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH.........We live in a "planned community" and speed bumps.....yep, got 'em, hate 'em.

We actually tell people that we live at the 7th speed bump from the entrance. Ugh.
BTW, what would an "unplanned community" be... the wilderness? the wild wild west? Philadelphia?
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If there's sufficent room to drive around the speed bump without causing too much of a scene, then I may be inclined to steer clear of it. However in most cases I just drive straight over at a slight angle, aiming for the lowest/flattest section of the bump. If the bump is not flat, then you could possibly scrape something under the center of the car after the front wheels clear. That's happend a few times from under my seat. Feels worse than it actually is, but still gotta be careful.
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How about avoiding the road with the speed humps in the first place?
That's what I'm saying. Unless there's no choice.
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What do you guys think? We're actually looking to drive over speed bumps? Come on!
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I'm pouring down the asphalt as we speak...
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I make a u-turn and go another way, there is no street I need to go down badly enough to have to deal with these road hazards!
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I hate when they're too tall to go over straight ahead!

my car's not even lowered!
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I hate when they're too tall to go over straight ahead!

my car's not even lowered!
What I really hate is these friggin arched curbs for drainage...That crap is just there to mess up my front end.
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Over and angled .

My driveway is very steep and I have to come in at an angle just to drive up so I'm used to going over speed bumps the same way.
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over and angled is within the realm of over the top. I had to do that at work for a couple weeks until I convinced the head of facilities to flatten our bumps.

What I was getting at is the guys that go way into the gutter to avoid the bump as much as possible. Yes, I don't go over them if I don't need to, but when the guy has way more clearance than I do, I find it silly. Even worse is the 4x4s that go to the gutter.
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I avoid all speed bumps, with the pss9's the car is real low.
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