While speed humps are mostly seen in schools and playgrounds and used on local roads where excessive speed may pose accident risks, speed bumps are used in driveways and parking spaces.
Speed bumps and speed humps can have different forms such as plastic, rubber, metal, asphalt, and concrete. The features of plastic or rubber speed bumps is that they are light weighted, inexpensive, and easy to place on roads. They can be quickly fixed if there’s already a pre-existing surface and can also be rapidly removed if the aim was for temporal installment. Rubber speed bumps are mostly adopted because of their compression attribute that makes them preferable to asphalt or concrete ones. The benefit of this attribute is that it helps reduce vehicle damage in a situation where a driver approaches the speed bump too fast.
Asphalt and concrete speed bumps have less compression attribute and are required to be installed with precision and by experts. They are slightly more efficient than rubbers and plastic road bumps and may have hazardous effects if installed wrongly. Although asphalt and concrete are economical, they don’t have lasting capacities and can wear and tear over time.
Road obstacles like traffic speed humps work better when they are placed in a high visibility area, this way drivers can see them ahead and be aware to start reducing speed level and drive at a slow pace. They are expected to be used in proper settings and not to be placed in emergency roads or lanes to avoid sudden brake stops that can risk drivers losing control of the vehicle and causing injuries or accidents.
The importance of speed bumps in traffic safety is its a more viable solution in controlling traffic. That is, motorists must at all times slow down when they encounter a speed bump because of the unpleasant or uncomfortable effect that is felt by both drivers and passengers if the speed is not adjusted. However, with traffic signs and lights, drivers could get too accustomed to them, abandon safety behavior, and sometimes disregard them. A speed bump will pull off that discomfort no matter the number of times you pass on it.
Morven Industrial Ltd possesses adequate expertise to advise and supply a variety of traffic management tools including installation of speed bumps, whether plastic, asphalt or concrete that are fit to increase road safety for vehicle drivers and other road users alike.