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Are we in Britain mad?  Why did we years ago calmly accept the extremist solution that somebody in power bad-temperedly imposed on us all to solve the problem of motorists speeding in built-up places?  The question has often passed through my mind as I pass over the humps and suffer spasms of pain in my back as I do so, and I also wonder "Is this mad state of affairs going to be allowed to remain for evermore!!??"  I understand that each hump costs £2,000 to install, so there is an economic side to the argument too.  Humps cause damage to your tyres too, which strikes me as unjust.

I see that in early-2008 the council in Wirral, Merseyside bravely tried out an alternative, called the Bring Accidents Down 2 Zero.  Volunteers were given speed guns and were asked to pass information on to the Merseyside police.  I don't know how well or poorly this experiment turned out, but surely something along those lines would be better than what we are stuck with at present; and seemingly for evermore unless we all protest and press for a change in the policy.  I would even be in favour of a black box 'spy in the cab' in each vehicle rather than the nonsense that we have to put up with at present.