Road blockage on Waresley Road, Gamlingay
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Road blockage on Waresley Road, Gamlingay
Image: © David Howard Taken: 31 May 2012
Unlike road humps which wear out your suspension and damage the underside of your car every time you go over them these force traffic on the wrong side of the road, meaning sooner or later someone, maybe a foreign tourist unfamiliar with such issues, will have a head on collision. The council however make sure each way by having both on around a mile long stretch of road. This includes articulated lorries and buses, so not just punishing car users which is the main aim of such measures. And of course emergency vehicles. In London where I live they reckon a certain extra number of people die every year due to ambulances unable to drive over 20 mph or so over road humps, as well as drips and other equipment coming loose.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.159725
Longitude
-0.193805