# Speed bumps are for slowing down, not stopping!!!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-bumps-are-for-slowing-down-not-stopping/516417>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 5, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-bumps-are-for-slowing-down-not-stopping/516417 "2009-11-05T14:09:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ThePylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ThePylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThePylon)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-bumps-are-for-slowing-down-not-stopping/516417/21 "2009-11-05T19:28:06Z")

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> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#):
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> The real question is, did **ThePylon** make the urgent meeting/surgery/fire/birth he was obviously rushing to that couldn’t take what probably amounted to 15 seconds of extra time.

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As to those who think I belong off the roads, I vented in the pit rather than out there - no worries, usually veeeery level-headed. Was more frustrated by seeing all the crap going on in the other vehicle other than driving than the repetitive stopping at aforementioned speed humps.  
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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-bumps-are-for-slowing-down-not-stopping/516417/22 "2009-11-05T22:32:49Z")

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> [@THespos](#):
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> 6/10

Who are you, the French figure skating judge?

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