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Mercedes has a neat solution for speed bumps as well. "Two cameras located at the top of the windscreen scan the streets and setup the suspension to absorb the bumps." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQsMfHg6jIE
Neat meaning "does not have to slow down and can keep on killing pedestrians"?
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What I meant, although I guess it wasn't clear, is that from my own experience a vandal is many times not what you expect him to be. Sometimes, he's some guy with glasses who posts on Hacker News. And sometimes, that vandal is not a he, but a she. I've seen it all. :)
I really appreciate the brutal honesty of your initial comment! Of course there is a vandal in every single one of us and those who say otherwise (or downvote) are in denial.
"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?
It looks like a great MVP, and within car parks would guarantee an almost predictable max load weight.
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Shouldn't speed bumps be designed that you move over them at the speed allowed there, e.g. 30 km/h? So theoretically there wouldn't be a slowdown, unless you're already going faster than allowed. At least I haven't seen speed bumps in 50 km/h roads just to slow people down.
Should, probably, but it's common in Central Europe that on a 50km/h road, there are 2 speedbumps that can't be safely passed if you're going over 25km/h.
Also beloved are narrowings to one lane, where you can not see until you are really close up, wethere somebody from the other side is entering the lane.
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Very cool!! Out of curiosity, why is it only available indoors?
My guess is their nemesis, the snowplow.
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You still have to brake (brake pads and discs suffer for no reason), gear down (transmission suffers) and potentially move off at a low speed (clutch suffers, your wallet suffers if you go over them frequently). Even at minimal speeds (less than 20 km/h), speed bumps feel very unpleasant and I really don't like sounds my car is doing while riding over them.
And also more emissions are released into the atmosphere due to an interruption acceleration cycle that resembles that of a traffic jam. But then I'm not sure even if a viscous speed bump would help there. We need tech that will eliminate the need for speed bumps - of any kind - and speeding tickets.
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I think that that is exactly the reason why this will not get used. Many speedbumps are actually designed in a way that they are imperceptible when you go sufficiently fast (80km/h is usual)
Sounds like expert-level trolling ;)
Speaking to a founder to a competing company ( https://www.edeva.se/en/ ) I found out that there has been many attempts at solving the problems of speed bumps: - Everybody gets bumped, not only high speed vehicles - Emergency vehicles need to slow down - Bus drivers and others can get back problems from speed bumps Most solutions break down because the forces and the wear and tear is so tremendous. The solution from…
I've always wondered what it would look like to tie one of those roadside speed monitoring trailers (they have a sign telling you the speed limit, and your speed) which were in contact with a 'speed bump' filled with hydraulic fluid. The faster you go over the limit, the harder and taller the speed bump :-) If you did this with a camera system you could avoid penalizing emergency vehicles.