Speed bump, the Glossary
Speed bumps (also called traffic thresholds, speed breakers or sleeping policemen) are a class of traffic calming devices that use vertical deflection to slow motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve safety conditions.[1]
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- Road hazards
- Traffic calming
Acceleration
In mechanics, acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time.
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Actibump
An Actibump is an automatic speed-bump on a road. Speed bump and Actibump are road safety and traffic calming.
Ambulance
An ambulance is a medically-equipped vehicle used to transport patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals.
Arthur Compton
Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation.
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Asphalt concrete
Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams.
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Auto Express
Auto Express is a weekly motoring magazine sold in the United Kingdom published by Autovia Limited.
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Bicycle
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.
Brake
A brake is a mechanical device that inhibits motion by absorbing energy from a moving system.
Breakover angle
Breakover angle or rampover angle is the maximum possible supplementary angle (usually expressed in degrees) that a vehicle, with at least one forward wheel and one rear wheel, can drive over without the apex of that angle touching any point of the vehicle other than the wheels.
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British English
British English is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.
Bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but less than the average rail transport.
Caribbean English
Caribbean English (CE, CarE) is a set of dialects of the English language which are spoken in the Caribbean and most countries on the Caribbean coasts of Central America and South America.
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Chancellor (education)
A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.
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Chatham, New Jersey
"The Chathams" is a term used in reference to shared services for two neighboring municipalities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States – Chatham Borough and Chatham Township.
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
Compton scattering
Compton scattering (or the Compton effect) is the quantum theory of high frequency photons scattering following an interaction with a charged particle, usually an electron.
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Concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.
Croatia
Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.
Curb extension
A curb extension (or also neckdown, kerb extension, bulb-out, bump-out, kerb build-out, nib, elephant ear, curb bulge, curb bulb, or blister) is a traffic calming measure which widens the sidewalk for a short distance. Speed bump and curb extension are road transport and traffic calming.
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Cycling
Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other type of cycle.
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Derby
Derby is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a North American country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north.
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Eastleigh
Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire, England, between Southampton and Winchester.
Electromagnetism
In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge via electromagnetic fields.
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Emergency vehicle
An emergency vehicle is a vehicle used by emergency services.
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Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.
Fact sheet
A factsheet or fact sheet, also called fact file, is a single-page document containing essential information about a product, substance, service or other topic.
Firefighting apparatus
A firefighting apparatus (North American English) or firefighting appliance (UK English) describes any vehicle that has been customized for use during firefighting operations.
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Glossary of road transport terms
Terminology related to road transport—the transport of passengers or goods on paved (or otherwise improved) routes between places—is diverse, with variation between dialects of English. Speed bump and Glossary of road transport terms are road transport.
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
Institute of Transportation Engineers
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) is an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs.
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Junction (traffic)
A junction, when discussed in the context of transport, is a location where traffic can change between different routes, directions, or sometimes modes, of travel.
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Languages of Malta
Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English.
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Large goods vehicle
A large goods vehicle (LGV), or heavy goods vehicle (HGV), in the European Union (EU) is any lorry with a gross combination mass (GCM) of over.
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Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard is a market town in Bedfordshire, England, in the southwest of the county and close to the Buckinghamshire border.
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Lithuania
Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Local government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.
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London Assembly
The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds supermajority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.
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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a light commercial vehicle (van) built by Mercedes-Benz Group AG of Stuttgart, Germany as a large van, chassis cab, minibus, and pickup truck.
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A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
Modesto, California
Modesto is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States.
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Motorcycling
Motorcycling is the act of riding a motorcycle.
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Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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New Zealand English
New Zealand English (NZE) is the variant of the English language spoken and written by most English-speaking New Zealanders.
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Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset; Nobelprisen) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year before he died.
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Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Parabola
In mathematics, a parabola is a plane curve which is mirror-symmetrical and is approximately U-shaped.
Pedestrian crossing
A pedestrian crossing (or crosswalk in American English) is a place designated for pedestrians to cross a road, street or avenue. Speed bump and pedestrian crossing are road infrastructure.
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Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.
Pickup truck
A pickup truck or pickup is a light or medium duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (this cargo bed back end sometimes consists of a tailgate and removable covering).
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Plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.
Relief valve
A relief valve or pressure relief valve (PRV) is a type of safety valve used to control or limit the pressure in a system; excessive pressure might otherwise build up and create a process upset, instrument or equipment failure, explosion, or fire.
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Ride height
Ride height or ground clearance is the amount of space between the base of an automobile tire and the lowest point of the automobile, typically the bottom exterior of the differential housing (even though the lower shock mounting point maybe lower); or, more properly, to the shortest distance between a flat, level surface, and the lowest part of a vehicle other than those parts designed to contact the ground (such as tires, tracks, skis, etc.). Speed bump and Ride height are road safety.
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Road surface marking
Road surface marking is any kind of device or material that is used on a road surface in order to convey official information; they are commonly placed with road marking machines (also referred to as road marking equipment or pavement marking equipment).
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Roundabout
A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.
Rumble strip
Rumble strips (also known as sleeper lines or alert strips) are a traffic calming feature to alert inattentive drivers of potential danger, by causing a tactile fuzzy vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the vehicle interior. Speed bump and rumble strip are road hazards, road infrastructure and traffic calming.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Sedan (automobile)
A sedan or saloon (British English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo.
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Serbia
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.
Sine wave
A sine wave, sinusoidal wave, or sinusoid (symbol: ∿) is a periodic wave whose waveform (shape) is the trigonometric sine function.
Slovenia
Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene), is a country in southern Central Europe.
Snowplow
A snowplow (also snow plow, snowplough or snow plough) is a device intended for mounting on a vehicle, used for removing snow and ice from outdoor surfaces, typically those serving transportation purposes.
Speed limit
Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road. Speed bump and speed limit are road safety.
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Sports car
A sports car is a type of car that is designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving, and racing capability.
St. Louis
St.
SUV
A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Traffic calming
Traffic calming uses physical design and other measures to improve safety for motorists, car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Speed bump and Traffic calming are road safety, road transport and transportation planning.
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Vulcanization
Vulcanization (British English: Vulcanisation) is a range of processes for hardening rubbers.
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Washington University in St. Louis
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Wheelbase
In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the horizontal distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels.
X-ray
X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.
Zebra crossing
A zebra crossing (British English) or a marked crosswalk (American English) is a pedestrian crossing marked with white stripes (zebra markings).
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See also
Road hazards
- Aquaplaning
- Big Apple Pothole and Sidewalk Protection Committee
- Black ice
- Bleeding (roads)
- Bus bulb
- Crosswind
- Curb
- Dead Man's Curve
- Dust storm
- Expansion joint
- Fog
- Ford (crossing)
- Freezing rain
- Hairpin turn
- Ice storm
- Level crossing
- List of bridges known for strikes
- Manhole cover
- Multiple-vehicle collision
- Oil Mines Regulations-1984
- Oil spill
- Oversize load
- Pothole
- Road debris
- Road slipperiness
- Road surface
- Road train
- Roadkill
- Rockfall
- Rumble strip
- Sinkhole
- Speed bump
- Spike strip
- Storm drain
- Structure gauge
- Sump buster
- Utility cut
- Washboarding
- Washout (erosion)
- Whiteout (weather)
Traffic calming
- 30 km/h zone
- Actibump
- Bar gate
- Chicane
- Complete streets
- Curb extension
- Limited traffic zone
- Living street
- Low Traffic Neighbourhood
- Low-emission zone
- Modal filter
- Pedestrian zone
- Refuge island
- Road diet
- Rumble strip
- Shared space
- Silent cop
- Sneckdown
- Speed bump
- Traffic calming
- Woonerf
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_bump
Also known as Bump (road), Flat top hump, Judder bar, Raised crosswalk, Raised crosswalks, Road bump, Road hump, Sleeping policeman, Sleeping policemen, Speed Cushion, Speed Hump, Speed breakers, Speed bumps, Speed cushions, Speed humps, Speed ramp, Speed table, Speed tables, Speedbump, Vertical deflection traffic calming device, Wombat crossing.
, Parabola, Pedestrian crossing, Physicist, Pickup truck, Plastic, Relief valve, Ride height, Road surface marking, Roundabout, Rumble strip, Russia, Sedan (automobile), Serbia, Sine wave, Slovenia, Snowplow, Speed limit, Sports car, St. Louis, SUV, The New York Times, Traffic calming, Vulcanization, Washington University in St. Louis, Wheelbase, X-ray, Zebra crossing.