Recently there have been new cosmetic additions to my neighborhood. They were added by the local housing authority to slow drivers down, because this is California- speed limits are, after all, merely suggestions here.
Speed bumps. And not normal ones either. ("normal" being one that is slightly rounded and thus easier to travel over and gentler on your tires, shocks, etc.) These are neon yellow, not wide and super hard on you if you travel 5 mph+ over them. They insult my intelligence and slow me down on my breakneck trip to get the kidz to school/bus stop on time when I didn't get up on time to help them because I stayed up too late to read my riveting new book . . .
Anyhow, what blows my mind is they didn't try something more subtle, like, oh I don't know, A NEW SPEED LIMIT?!?!! I've lived in housing like this most of my married life, and speed limits were never over 15 mph. In this housing, the speed limit is 25. I mean, there are KIDZ living here and playing in the streets because the backyards are so microscopic. It really makes me wonder if they even thought of that. Even though it is California and people don't follow the speed limits, they probably would decrease their speed in proportion to the new speed limit. Ya think?
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