They are 12 feet from front to back. Speed bumps are sometimes just 2 to 4 feet wide. Some people love them, saying they slow traffic and deter drivers who would rather not go over them. Others think they are an annoyance and say they can cause accidents, damage vehicles and drive down property values. But like them or not, get used to them.
Speed humps are one of the most popular devices used to control traffic in residential areas.
Opponents of speed humps say they just shift the traffic from one residential street to another. And we've had to go back and address the traffic changes that have resulted. But it's residents who are requesting the speed humps for their streets, Turgeon said. There's nothing new about cut-through traffic and speeding on residential streets, Turgeon said. But since the county approved the Residential Traffic Management Program in October 1997, requests for devices to control excess traffic and speeding in residential areas, such as speed humps, have increased.