SPEED bumps can seriously damage your health, particularly if you are in
a bus.
In the latest issue of the Journal of Accident and Emergency
Medicine, David Bowrey at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary cites two cases where
women were flung from bus seats by a speed bump. One suffered a fractured spine,
the other needed a neck collar and is still in pain 15 months after the
accident.
鈥淚鈥檝e heard lots of anecdotal cases and I鈥檓 aware of car passengers suffering
serious injuries,鈥� says Bowrey. But bus passengers are particularly vulnerable
because buses have a long wheelbase, which causes a more violent jolt.
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Speed bumps should not be put in bus lanes, Bowrey argues. Traffic planners
already follow this policy in the US, Australia and New Zealand.
