Speed Bumps applied to reduce the vehicle speed where the traffic density is low. It is used in many places like, side streets, in front of hospitals, playgrounds, and schools, residential areas or parking lots of shopping malls. Speed bumps can be frequently seen at the entrance of uncontrolled intersection where it is impossible to install signalization. Drivers must be warned by traffic signs before the speed bumps.
Speed bumps are efficient method for preventing accidents. Traffic safety become particularly important for these days. For this reason, usage of the speed bumps increasing every day. You can have a vehicle easily according to the old times. The young and unexperienced drivers are increasing. Therefore, young and unexperienced drivers may cause accidents. That is why, usage of speed bumps increased.
Municipalities increased the number of the speed bumps. They even started to have difficulty keeping up with the demands. The administration of schools and hospitals where there is heavy traffic increased the demand of speed bumps to prevent accidents.
Speed bumps produced from many different materials. Such as, rubber, plastic, or iron. It can also be produced from asphalt or concrete. The choice of speed bump can be changed according to the status of the road. Usually, in narrow roads that have two lines rubber or plastic speed bumps are used. In wider roads, asphalt or concrete speed bumps are used. There must be a reflective on the speed bumps or in its raw material.
The biggest problem of the projects of mall, hospital and residential areas is one way road. Usually, drivers are using the easiest way even it is a wrong turn. Tire killers are used to solve this problem. Tire killers made of plastic materials. It acts as a speed bump in its own lane. It acts as an obstacle for the drivers coming from wrong way. The spikes on it damages the tires of the vehicles which comes from the wrong direction. It is a definite solution to prevent the wrong way violations. There must be a mechanism to lock the spikes for emergency situations in tire killers.
