Cities Turning to Bicycles

Zoot Katz wrote:

Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:55:54 -0400, , Frank
Krygowski wrote:


The Mustang I mentioned earlier - model year 2000, V-6 engine, says the
owner by e-mail - would scrape on some VERY tall speed humps in an
apartment complex, unless driven over them very slowly. That was a
minor irritation to the owner - so he drove them very slowly. But that
car does perfectly fine on the standard speed humps on the residential
streets.


Lots of cars like that scrape bottom when pulling into gas stations,
parking lots and driveways. I know that there are cars that can't get
into underground lots. You see the scrapes at many sorts of different
places than speed humps. I guess they don't complain about those.

You guess wrong; all are examples of sloppy and/or substandard
construction. Bad curb cuts and incorrectly sloped ramps are just as
bad as speed bumps...

nate

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Zoot Katz wrote:

Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:55:54 -0400, , Frank
Krygowski wrote:


The Mustang I mentioned earlier - model year 2000, V-6 engine, says the
owner by e-mail - would scrape on some VERY tall speed humps in an
apartment complex, unless driven over them very slowly. That was a
minor irritation to the owner - so he drove them very slowly. But that
car does perfectly fine on the standard speed humps on the residential
streets.


Lots of cars like that scrape bottom when pulling into gas stations,
parking lots and driveways. I know that there are cars that can't get
into underground lots. You see the scrapes at many sorts of different
places than speed humps. I guess they don't complain about those.

You guess wrong; all are examples of sloppy and/or substandard
construction. Bad curb cuts and incorrectly sloped ramps are just as
bad as speed bumps...

nate

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