Have you got a favourite/worst speedbump (sleeping policeman)?

The worst ones are those ones going into Fishergate Car Park, you have to go round a tight bend in the dark, then go over two of those really skinny ones than make your car bang back down.

My favourite ones are the one by the UCLan, they are barely even there and you can dodge them because they are just lumps in the road!

They're all bad. I've had it from a county council employee who used to work at my place that vertical traffic calming is so passe, and that horizontal is the new black. So look out for more zigzags and less bumps.

Quite apart from the nasty things that bumps do to ambulance casualties and vehicle suspension, intentionally making a road uneven accelerates the wear - witness the propensity for potholes at the corners of speed cushions.

Cushions also tend to make drivers centre their vehicles for the smoothest ride, regardless of other road users, ie, the poor cyclist can get cut-up as a result.

What a strange concept - to have a favourite speed bump. Do you also have a favourite traffic light?, stop sign? roundabout? Is it casual friendship, or do you send them christmas cards?

um, ok.