Roads Are Easements Not Planned Communities Or HOAs

[Patricia]

And that is what I am asking. For THEM to say

Do you have a little badge that you can flash, or some security clearance that requires everyone must put a file on your desk no later than first thing in the morning for your review?

If you do, I’m just joking! It’s a joke!

Uh, no. I am just asking questions.

[MyManao]

speed bumps..

Are what they are. They exist, people deal with them, so do emergency services. And, you know, they effect everyone the same. However they effect you they effect an ambulance.  So, do you really need more than that to do whatever it is you're doing? I mean, beyond the colossal waste of time you seem to so eager to indulge in, what are you trying to do?

Speed bumps, you slow down go over and speed up. It takes a few seconds longer than if not. They save lives.. reduce traffic accidents. What's the point?

[HiloJulie]

I think it's safe to say that if the Hawaii County Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's has an issue with speed bumps affecting response times, there wouldn't be one speed bump on this island.

Having said that, since the first day I set foot on the Big Island to this very day, I still believe that someone really high up has a brother-in-law or some other relation by marriage, that owns a speed bump installation company and the road marking company.

[Durian Fiend]

Why don't you drive up the road you live on and try out the speed table there ?

I can drive over it at 25mph which is the proper way for it to be designed.

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"which is what I read, but would like someone in Ainaloa to confirm."

Ainaloa is a residential subdivision and the road you are asking about is 25mph., so how could this slow down an ambulance response time ?

Yeah, I would think they'd be reluctant to speed on residential roads regardless.  In any case, I haven't seen it before.  They just haul balls on the highway. Sometimes.

[Obie]

I've never seen the Paramedics driving over 35 on Makuu.

[Patricia]

"So, do you really need more than that to do whatever it is you're doing? I mean, beyond the colossal waste of time you seem to so eager to indulge in, what are you trying to do?"

Geeez...

I did not think speed bumps and asking questions about how they might impact emergency services would create so much confrontation.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

create so much confrontation.

I think people are attempting to point out, in different ways, that we (you) don’t get a say in everything. We (you) don’t get to vote on everything we (you) see in front of your eyes.

[HiloJulie]

I'm really "digging" all the references to "time."

"Don't have time"
"Colossal waste of time"

I don't know where this saying came from, but my grandfather had this neat hand painted script sign on his wall that said:

"TIME" 

"The biggest commodity we work and strive so hard to save, for the sole purpose of wasting it"

This would be a good post to insert a music video from a well-known musical group who loves rainbows, but I guess some of my "cute" video insertions upset some!

At any event, OH MY GOD, will you look at the TIME!

[Patricia]

"I've never seen the Paramedics driving over 35 on Makuu."

Oh... I have never clocked them, Obie? Have you?

Because I seem to remember them going much faster than that when they rushed my husband to the hospital and I followed them.

[leilanidude]

Those advocating for speed bumps should be forced to have one installed directly in front of their own house.

Many things happen when these abominations are installed. People slam on their brakes, they hit them hard making noise, they hit the accelerator hard after going over them, people try to go around them to the point of driving off the road...

Speed bumps generally cause more safety issues than they are claimed to fix.