sat nav with speed bump warnings!

harveybobbles

and put toothpaste on your toothbrush too...

Mids_Costcutter

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

^^^ To stop you unexpectedly hitting one at speed
Good idea, I hate em!

hewhoisnotintheknow

my friend struggles to get over some bumps in his silly sportscar thing, he would love this feature!

Mids_Costcutter

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

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!

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

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.