Speed Humps Are Coming To East Haven’s Residential Roads

While the whole world is trying to figure out how new ways to curb the epidemic of distracted, reckless, and aggressive driving, a town along the Connecticut shoreline has announced that they're going the old-fashioned way to try to help.

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Speed bumps are an easy way to make an aggressive driver sharply inhale as they approach doing 30=MPH, and the modern version of these interrupters is called a speed HUMP. Get ready for multiple speed humps if you're a resident of East Haven.

The East Haven Police Department has just announced on their social media that in an effort to improve roadway safety new speed humps will be installed at multiple locations around town beginning next week. These new speed humps will be installed first on Forbes Place, Laurel Street, Thompson Street, and Charnes Drive in what is being dubbed a new 'Traffic Calming' Program. According to the post this initiative is being introduced on residential streets to address speeding concerns and to enhance safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and fellow motorists.

You've driven over these speed humps before, unlike a traditional speed bump which ranges from 2 to 6 inches in height, speed humps are 1 to 4 inches in height. The higher the bump, the slower your vehicle has to travel over without bottoming out. The average speed for a speed bump is 5-10MPH, while vehicles traveling over speed humps can average 10-20MPH.

Additional neighborhoods in East Haven will be addressed as the program rolls out and data gets delivered back, eventually this may be a town-wide project in East Haven.