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Interesting article in the Telegraph today. A report by the Transport Reseach Laboratory has indicated that emissions of carbon monoxide rise by between 30 and 60% on streets with speed bumps.

Carbon dioxide emissions went up by between 20-26% and nitrous oxides and particulates from diesel vehicles rose by 30%.The humps are the biggest offenders in terms of added pollution out of 9 different traffic calming designs.

Coupled with the FACT (also mentioned in article) that the speed bumps hinder emergency vehicles, it could be argued that possible lives saved directly by the bumps could be cancelled out by deaths caused by them.

Much less headline grabbing than kiddies being run over is poeps collapsing and dying through increased pollution, or peops suffering and also dying from increased response times of ambulances and fire engines. They found that response times were longer in "humped" areas.

I'm all in favour of speeds in certain 30 areas and outside schools etc coming down. But why not concentrate on other methods!

And by the way, despite these concerns, the government is giving local councils an extra £30 million to spend on reducing speed in many areas to 20 mph, more humps no doubt!