Speed bump that responds to your speed
Jeroen van Geel
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January 12th, 2009 
Every driver knows the feeling… When you drive nicely under the speed limit towards a speed bump, this frustration starts growing. You already know that, even though you drive slow, your car will be launched. And that is exactly the same feeling as being punished while you didn’t do anything wrong. Why are you being punished for following the rules? Finally some designers have tried to come up with a solution.
On Yanko Design we found a product by designers Jae-yun Kim & Jong-Su Lee. THey designed “a speed bump that’s based on retractors that open if the impact with them is small enough. These speed bumps can be configured so that if a car is going below 30km/h, the speed bump flattens; over 30km/h, the force causes the retractor to stay closed, keeping the speed bump active.”
The fact that all drivers are being punished by speed bumps will finally end. People who drive slowely will finally get a positive advantage over people who speed. Smart and hopefully soon to be developed.
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January 12th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
So, if you approach it at the appropriate speed limit, then the bump will remain flat? if not it goes higher?….mmm… maybe its height should be proportional to the car’s approaching speed :)
January 16th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
But this speed bump will still be an unneccessary hurdly for police cars, firefighters and ambulances. :(
January 16th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Of course police cars, firefighters and ambulances have a device on board which sends a signal :) This way the bump will go flat.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 pm
[...] over 30km/h, the force causes the retractor to stay closed, keeping the speed bump active.