Smart Speed Bump Flattens To Reward Law Abiding Drivers (video)

Autos Cars Videos — 21 October 2009

Smart Speed Bump

Speed bumps are great and all, especially if they prevent unwanted deaths in your local neighborhood, but for those law abiding citizens they can be a menace on your car’s suspension, especially if you’ve got ground effects. The speed sensing speed bump detects when a car is traveling slowing and flattens, thus rewarding those that follow the posted speeds. For those that speed, though, the metal plates detect the sudden force and harden creating what is commonly known as a speed bump…or hump in some places. Built by Mexico’s Decano Industries, each speed sensing speed bump will cost roughly $1,500 to install and that doesn’t include the inevitable repairs from tampering. Stupid video demo after the ‘leap’

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Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."

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Nice. And for those of us with supermotos who actually grin and speed up when we see a speed bump, do these have a hooligan-sensing ramp/launch option? “You got, like, three feet of air that time.” Inverted forks and long suspension travel FTW.

Oh, and by the way, many traffic devices with any sort of sensor do not detect motorcycles (traffic lights, control arms at toll booths and parking garages, the drive-thru at Taco Bell, many radar guns, etc.). I am betting these “smart” speed bumps will be no different, so this may piss off a bunch of Harley riders.