"Bump" Signs On Highways; Why Don't They Just Fix The Damned Bump?

[Anaamika]

I don’t know, which would you prefer, a small bump and a sign, or no bump but a lane or two or the whole highway closed for construction?

'Round here there are “bumps” every year. Upstate New Yorkers joke we have four seasons only they are called: winter, winter, winter, and construction.

[lieu]

I think they want you to do some more coke. Some stretches of Nevada can be really boring and we can’t have people drifting off asleep.

[Hostile_Dialect]

Combine this cocaine idea with the Grandmaster Flash thing and the speed humping and you’ve got a hell of a road trip.

[Harmonious_Discord]

@Weirddave

You know, the OP asks a good question, but a better one is this: When you call a number and get the message that it has been changed to another number, why don’t they just connect you to the new number? Obviously they know what it is.

What would be the purpose of changing your number, when to many people you don’t want calling know your number? How about the people that have a number one digit away from a bar or strip club, and they still get misdials, after changing, because of that feature. :dubious:

[WhyNot]

@Harmonious Discord

What would be the purpose of changing your number, when to many people you don’t want calling know your number? How about the people that have a number one digit away from a bar or strip club, and they still get misdials, after changing, because of that feature. :dubious:

I think **Weirddave **is talking about the messages that give you the new number, like “The number you are trying to reach…4…3…2…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…has been changed. The new number is…4…3…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9. Please make a note of it.” At the very least, I’d like a “Press one to dial this new number,” option, since I often don’t have any way to “make a note of it,” handy.

If you’re changing your number and don’t want to give it out, presumably you’ll get one of those “The number you are trying to reach…4…3…2…9…8…7…6…5…4…3… has been disconnected. No further information is available.” recordings instead.

[Cat_Whisperer]

I’ve wondered that myself, DMark, but we’ve got some good explanations here. What I’m learning, living in Calgary, is that road planners seem to operate on some arcane logic to which us plain folk are not privvy. I suspect dart boards and the entrails of goats.

[Sublight]

@Lute Skywatcher

Johnny Hart, too.

Damn, and I thought it was funny.

[blondebear]

@Landshark

The 52. It’s part of the section of it that runs immediately south of the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station that was built on the old trash landfill.

Heh. When I lived in San Diego, I asked my mechanic if I needed new shocks on my truck . He said, “Does it bounce when you drive on the 52?”

[levdrakon]

@DMark

As I was driving around Las Vegas today, I came across three different areas of highway with signs that say, “Bump”…meaning, slow down as there is a bump in the road. Well - then fix the bump!

Isn’t that sort of like me putting a bumper sticker on my car saying, “Caution, my brake lights don’t work.”

I see no reason to fix the bump, nor is there reason to slow down. It’s just a courtesy so you don’t smear lipstick up the side of your face, spill your cocktail, jam a drinking straw up your nose, etc.

I used to hate the “STOP AHEAD” signs. There was always some smart-ass loser adult driving who would reach over and put his hand over your head.

[Duckster]

@TheLoadedDog

Reminds me of the New Zealand tourist in the New South Wales interior…

And that explains that!

I’m so in trouble with our Kiwi Dopers for this …