Haverhill Gate, Transponder lane..

While doing some last minute shopping for NY Eve., on my return, encountered a
long line of auto's in the Guest lane, some crossing over from the transponder lane..
Thinking they too, were unhappy with the "bump & hump, or is it Hump & Bump"?
as I crawled closer, it became obivious......The transponder lane, was shut down.....
someone, zoomed through, breaking the arm.......once more... Undoubtly, the occurances have been reduced, but NOT eliminated....certainly hope the fines have
now been substantially increased, and the excess ( after the repairs ) monies put
into a fund, to offset damages to private autos of residents, who in time, will begin
legal action... Other issues have provoked legal action, could this be far behind?

Alternative to Speedbump?

http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/12/should_we_expec.html#more

How about this on the entrance of CV?

SPEED BUMP - PRO AND CON

Hi All,
As many of you are aware, there have been two "traffic calming" devices placed in the transponder lanes at both entrances to our Village, one at each entrance. These devices are referred to as "speed bumps".

"In another Comment stream, Anonymous said...
Whoever authorized the speed bumps at the entrances should be shot.
Dec 5, 2008 6:23:00 PM"

A bit draconian I think but clearly this issue is a major point of controversy developing in our Village..

The fundamental driver of this action is the incredible rate of gate crashing, which is recently 15 broken gates per month, about one every other day!!

I have done a bit of research on the issue and there are indeed problems with Speed Bumps, if people are not educated as to their placement, purpose and design parameters.

The devices in use at our gates are made of hard rubber, they are two inches high at maximum and 10 inches wide, they extend across the entire lane.

These devices are designed to be crossed at a speed between two and five miles per hour, in essence they require a dead stop, as is required at our transponder gates.

Can they cause suspension damage, can they cause injury to your back, can they cause you to loose control of your car? The answer is yes, IF YOU EXCEED THE DESIGN PARAMETER AS TO SPEED.

If you cross at the design speed of 2 - 5 MPH none of the consequences listed will occur and we will stop experiencing gate breaks..

If I have any criticism, it is that there was not a proper vetting of the intent to place the Speed Bumps in advance, there has not been sufficient education of our Unit Owners, so there will be incidents of crossing at higher speed than the devices are designed for and this will indeed lead to problems.

Please SLOW DOWN, and give the project a chance to work. Meanwhile I will research as to the availablility of an off the shelf Speed bump with a more gentle slope.

Comments strongly solicited!

Dave Israel