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sat nav with speed bump warnings!

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  • harveybobbles
    harveybobbles Posts: 8,973 Forumite
    and put toothpaste on your toothbrush too...
  • Mids_Costcutter
    Mids_Costcutter Posts: 847 Forumite
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    waterman3 wrote: »
    Hey

    Just wondered if there was a sat nav out there that warned you about roads with speed bumps. I haven't seen any so far, but it just occured to me that that would be a handy thing!

    Does anyone know of any?

    Thanks

    Just wondered why you wanted to know where speed bumps are?
  • RoyalSwank
    RoyalSwank Posts: 541 Forumite
    ^^^ To stop you unexpectedly hitting one at speed
    Good idea, I hate em!
  • hewhoisnotintheknow
    hewhoisnotintheknow Posts: 3,162 Forumite
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    my friend struggles to get over some bumps in his silly sportscar thing, he would love this feature!
  • Mids_Costcutter
    Mids_Costcutter Posts: 847 Forumite
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    RoyalSwank wrote: »
    ^^^ To stop you unexpectedly hitting one at speed
    Good idea, I hate em!

    So if you're concerning about hitting a speed hump at speed, does that mean you want to speed?
  • RoyalSwank
    RoyalSwank Posts: 541 Forumite
    Mids_Costcutter wrote: »
    So if you're concerning about hitting a speed hump at speed, does that mean you want to speed?

    No. At the speed limit they can ocassionally do a fair bit of damage to cars if you haven't noticed them (this can be quite easy at night, in an unfamiliar place - esp if it's a fairly isolated traffic calming measure, or the first in a series, etc). What's worse is that the natural reaction is to slam on the brakes when you hit them which can cause more damage and can potentially be a safety risk.
    Also, people with sports cars (lowered suspension) or who just don't like them will go out of their way to avoid them.
  • Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!
    Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! Posts: 2,579 Forumite
    Mids_Costcutter wrote: »
    Just wondered why you wanted to know where speed bumps are?

    Probably because they prematurely age the suspension, tyres, engine mounts and transmission mounts on your car.

    I hate the damn things.
  • BillScarab
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    I doubt if any manufacturere would be able to put this info in. It may be worht mentioning on https://www.pocketgpsworld.co.uk as they have lots of user generated POI's to download. If enough people were prepared to record the locations a database could be built up but I'm not sure people would want to bother.
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