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De-humped

Something I never thought to see: A busy road in Stevenage that was well-humped for about 1/2 mile has just had them removed and those sections of the road resurfaced. So what was real penance for me to navigate those stupid lumps in my 40-year old Land Rover has become a smooth carpet. Not sure if it is Stevenage Borough Council (unlikely, it has been a Soviet Socialist State since its inception 60 years ago) or Herts Highways I have to thank. The latter is making up for hump-deficiency by installing loads of them in a neighbouring village. Despite the protests by most of those who live in the village. 'One swallow does not make a summer' but maybe this removal is a welcome sign of things to come, in Herts anyway.

Asked on 12 June 2010 by RS, Hitchin

Answered by Honest John
We just have to hope that once the road is resurfaced it is not re-humped. There is a mass of evidence everywhere that the shocks caused by humps damages the sub structure of roads. That explains the potholes encountered before and after humps, and I have even seen speed cushions with potholes actually in them.
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