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Immediately brings to mind the shield exercise in Dune which only the slow blade can pierce. Can't recall if it had a name.
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How many public lighting bulbs and metro card readers have you broken recently? Those are all more fragile than this.
None, because nobody hates lighting bulbs or metro card readers, while every driver hates speed bumps. Well, maybe not all drivers, but one driver who hates that damn speed bump that he has to drive over every day is enough to make that baby bleed. :) I'm just being realistic. I've lived in an impoverished area all of my life and I know how things here work. I'm saying what I honestly believe would happen with these.
"BIV baden inteligente de velocidad This Intelligent Speed Bump (BIV) is based in Non-Newtonian fluids dynamics in which particles in natural movement as liquid align when receiving an impact, thus entering into a solid state. This fluid is also biodegradable and harmless for human beings.This fluid inside the BIV is the solution to vehicles at sensible speed that will find no obstacle when driving over it. The other…
Out of curiosity, why is it only available indoors?
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None, because nobody hates lighting bulbs or metro card readers, while every driver hates speed bumps. Well, maybe not all drivers, but one driver who hates that damn speed bump that he has to drive over every day is enough to make that baby bleed. :) I'm just being realistic. I've lived in an impoverished area all of my life and I know how things here work. I'm saying what I honestly believe would happen with these.
You might be right that they'd be vandalized. I expect you're getting down votes largely for suggesting you'd do it yourself.
Does it allow emergency vehicles to proceed quickly? :/ That's my main criticism of speed bumps
They are rarely placed where the prudent maximum speed is much above the posted speed. I guess if there is a patient in fragile condition in the back of an ambulance that would be an issue.
Speed bumps are common in places like huge parking lots where reasonbable varies wildly throughout the day.
Bumps are also used to bring traffic down well below the posted limits.
"BIV baden inteligente de velocidad This Intelligent Speed Bump (BIV) is based in Non-Newtonian fluids dynamics in which particles in natural movement as liquid align when receiving an impact, thus entering into a solid state. This fluid is also biodegradable and harmless for human beings.This fluid inside the BIV is the solution to vehicles at sensible speed that will find no obstacle when driving over it. The other…
Very cool!! Out of curiosity, why is it only available indoors?
> “Whether you respect the speed limit or not, your car will suffer from a speed bump regardless.”
Can anyone confirm this? I would assume the suspension can handle speed bumps fine at low speeds. That’s what it feels like from inside the car anyway.
Couldn’t it be argued that, as we approach a speed of 0 mph, there exists a speed at which no damage is done to the car whatsoever? And, if we place speed bumps accordingly, there is no need for this technology — particularly considering the difference in cost and maintenance?
Can someone enlighten me on why we need a smarter speed bump? If cars going too fast are going to be damaged either way, there's no benefits on that end. If the motivation is that cars can go slightly faster overall over the bump to reduce traffic... then don't put a bump there!?!? Slow traffic will still be slow?
It’s so that when you go the appropriate speed you don’t feel the bump.