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Remember no one is asking for an end to traffic calming, just TC reform. You be the judge.

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"SPEED BUMPS BLAMED FOR BACK INJURIES, BUMPED HEADS"

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2000

AUSTIN, Tex. (Wireless Flash) -- Speed bumps are a real pain in the butt -- literally. That's according to anti-speed bump activist Rick Hall, who says speed bumps are causing all sorts of injuries ranging from back pain to bumped heads. Hall claims one woman even went into a coma after hitting her head while driving over speed bumps. He now runs an anti-speed bump group known as Americans Against Traffic Calming, and he wants the bumps removed and roads narrowed to slow traffic -- but some experts don't agree. A spokesman for the Road Information Program, which researches highway safety, agrees that speed bumps are intrusive but research proves widening roads is the best way to calm traffic.
CONTACT: Rick Hall, ****; Austin, TX; (512) 441-3613; William Outlaw, ***1/2; Washington, DC; (202) 466-6706