Smart Speed Bumps: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

"Speed Bumps That Flatten for Slow Speeds"
Yanko Design (December 11, 2008)

"Today my uncle and I were driving in his truck. We live in the USA, in Minnesota, where it's currently snowing; his truck has a plow on the front. We were traveling at a modest 10 mph, and suddenly there's a speed bump, we go over it, CRUNK goes the plow into the ground afterward, we almost flip the truck! We weren't even going fast, and we were punished!

"What could be done! Designers Jae-yun Kim & Jong-Su Lee say it's time to move on! No more of this silly giant bumps in the road when we could advance!..."

I counted five exclamation marks in those two paragraphs: but anyone who's had to deal with speed bumps may understand the writer's intensity.

The Kim-Lee smart speed bumps sound like a very good idea: they'll be pricier than the sort of 'lumpy paving' speed bump we've got now, but some motorists would probably think the expense is worth it.