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Speed humps

LC control no.sh 98000523
Topical headingSpeed humps
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Variant(s)Humps, Speed
Pavement undulations
Road humps
Sleeping policemen (Speed humps)
See alsoRoads--Safety measures
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Found inWork cat.: 97-201292: ITE Technical Council. Speed Humps Task Force. Guidelines for the design and application of speed humps, c1993 (Speed humps are defined as a roadway geometric design feature whose primary purpose is to reduce the speed of vehicles traveling along that roadway. A speed hump is a raised area in the roadway pavement surface extending transversely across the travel way ... sometimes called pavement undulations or "sleeping policemen," speed humps normally have a maximum height of 3 to 4 inches with a travel length of approximately 12 feet.)
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