Latest HOA saga - Speed Bumps; to install or not to install

[CommuterBob]

Good thing I'm moving out because the nervous nellies in my subdivision have had it with the latest menace to society - speeders. Not that any accidents have happened or injuries have occurred, but some are upset at the number of speeders driving on the roads in the neighborhood (not really that many). So now they want to install speed bumps, with one lunatic even suggesting installing one every 20 yards.

So what would you say? Yes or no to speed bumps, if given the choice.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

He'll no. They're awful. Brooksville did this on some roads I frequent and it's awful annoying.

 

[KnighttimeJoe]

Good thing I'm moving out because the nervous nellies in my subdivision have had it with the latest menace to society - speeders. Not that any accidents have happened or injuries have occurred, but some are upset at the number of speeders driving on the roads in the neighborhood (not really that many). So now they want to install speed bumps, with one lunatic even suggesting installing one every 20 yards.

So what would you say? Yes or no to speed bumps, if given the choice.

We have them where I live. I do end up going slower (not that I speed around the 'hood) but there are still assholes who fly over them like they DGAF. It certainly makes snorting a line of coke more difficult and I've spilled my whiskey all over me on several occasions, but I do think they help.

 

[UCFWayne]

Hell no, they are terrible. Then again, Im an asshole speeder.

 

[Happy Hands]

They're hell on my 1993 low rider truck. They always scratch my bowling ball paint job and bend the spokes in my rims. Last time I hit one, my bass tape skipped and the crown on my dashboard fell over.

 

[Knight_Magic]

If you have a main road leading into/around your housing community I could see them being placed. I really don't see the point on side streets and/or dead end streets.

 

[goodknightfl]

Good thing I'm moving out because the nervous nellies in my subdivision have had it with the latest menace to society - speeders. Not that any accidents have happened or injuries have occurred, but some are upset at the number of speeders driving on the roads in the neighborhood (not really that many). So now they want to install speed bumps, with one lunatic even suggesting installing one every 20 yards.

So what would you say? Yes or no to speed bumps, if given the choice.

bumps no, make too much noise and vibrations which are annoying other than while love making. Get Humped, less damage to cars, work better, and don't cause mini earth quakes.

 

[UCFKnight85]

It's not up to your HOA- they can only ask the city to come out and do an assessment and provide recommendations on how to curb speeding. At the end of the day the city (or county) is the one who has to actually finance and build the humps. My last neighborhood went through this and we ended up getting small medians instead of speed humps since the city assessment didn't call for humps to be installed.

That said, speed humps/tables really are the most proven and effective way to curb speeding.

 

[1ofTheseKnights]

Hope they install them then cause a death of someone due to delayed emergency response. F speed bumps.

 

[PNTrough]

It's not up to your HOA- they can only ask the city to come out and do an assessment and provide recommendations on how to curb speeding. At the end of the day the city (or county) is the one who has to actually finance and build the humps. My last neighborhood went through this and we ended up getting small medians instead of speed humps since the city assessment didn't call for humps to be installed.

That said, speed humps/tables really are the most proven and effective way to curb speeding.

This is mostly true. It depends on the ownership of the road. If the road is Association owned property, which it likely isn't, then you can do what you want with it, subject to the restrictions in the governing documents. If it is Association owned property, then tread carefully. The installation of traffic calming devices indicates knowledge of a traffic problem, which can have important consequences if there is a pedestrian death. More importantly, it signals to prospective buyers that you have a traffic problem and they will have to drive over them. This can effect the value of your homes.

 

[CommuterBob]

It's not up to your HOA- they can only ask the city to come out and do an assessment and provide recommendations on how to curb speeding. At the end of the day the city (or county) is the one who has to actually finance and build the humps. My last neighborhood went through this and we ended up getting small medians instead of speed humps since the city assessment didn't call for humps to be installed.

That said, speed humps/tables really are the most proven and effective way to curb speeding.

Well, you're partially right. In this case, part of the subdivision is within the City and part of it is in the County. The HOA cannot install the speed bumps, but they can acquire them (or generate the required revenue for them) and hand that over to the City/County to install them. If enough homeowners support the measure that is, since such an action would require a special assessment and a vote to approve such a measure. Also, the City requires that speed humps/bumps be placed in areas where they are not in front of a driveway, intersection, or fire hydrant AND that all six adjacent homeowners to the hump/bump agree to its placement (the two directly facing the hump/bump and the two on either side of those two). We went through this exercise about 8 years ago and they couldn't find enough sites that met all the criteria.

The City and County and both the police and sheriff's office are aware of the problem and they frequently set up speed traps in the neighborhood already. The vast majority of speeders are not residents.

 

[DHodges34]

The whole thing sounds racist.

 

[goodknightfl]

After reading about all this bumping and humping Think I will stop and buy the wife flowers and wine on the way home.