Actibump
Actibump is a system developed in Sweden to force motorists to slow down on roads. It has been in use near a McDonald’s branch in Linköping since 2011 and, following initial successes, has also been installed in other Swedish streets; it will also be used in the Czech Republic .
The system is based on steel plates that very quickly lower by four centimeters if a vehicle approaches at excessive speed. The educational effect is achieved by the fact that the driver hears an ugly rumble when passing. This electrical pitfall is said to have reduced the proportion of drivers with excessive speed from 70 to 20 percent.
In June 2019, the city of Hanau announced that it would be the first German city to install the system. However, after closer examination, the city refrained from realizing it.
See also
Web links
- Actibump on the website of the manufacturer Edeva AB
- Publication of the international patent application WO 2012/057679 A1 ("Road Module For Regulation Of Vehicle Passability At a Road Section") and the EP patent EP 2 635 745 B1 from the manufacturer Edeva AB
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Actibump: Sweden educates drivers with pitfalls for speeders on ingenieur.de from June 2, 2014
- ↑ Farthinder sprider sig söderut (Swedish), corren.se, January 10, 2014, accessed June 10, 2014.
- ↑ Úřední buzerace: Actibump - víc škody než užitku (Czech), svetmotoru.auto.cz, November 12, 2013, accessed on June 10, 2014.
- ↑ Actibump: City of Hanau wants to slow down speeders with a "pothole" speed trap heise.de, June 6, 2019, accessed on June 6, 2019.
- ↑ But no artificial pothole for almost 50,000 euros. Retrieved November 5, 2019 .