Do speed bumps in the urban, wastes fuel and causes air pollution worse? Or so claims a British stu

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Do speed bumps in the urban, wastes fuel and causes air pollution worse? Or so claims a British study conducted by the AA, the British Automobile Association. According seven corners shopping center to the study, the construction of speed bumps on the road where the speed limit is 50 mph, may double the fuel consumption and air pollution. The reason - the drivers are required to slow down the speed of travel and speed back after passing all the speed bump. The same applies to areas with lower speed is determined - eg 30 mph school zones. Download speed increases - so the research - fuel consumption by 10% compared to the urban speed of 50 mph.
According to the researchers, traveling at a speed of about 50 mph (30 mph) may allow small petrol cars and compact an average fuel consumption of 21 km per liter. Putting speed bumps similar road section, will increase the fuel consumption rate almost double - 11 km per liter on average. And Csttzroct fuel rises, so does the emission of pollutants such as carbon dioxide and other toxic gases causes of mortality in the cities. For example - Israel die each year about 1,000 people in the Dan region alone, air pollution caused mainly due to vehicles. The authors note that even in the area where the speed is reduced to 20 miles per hour (30 mph) speed bumps have a very negative impact on fuel consumption.
What To Do Instead of speed bumps? Transportation Ministry spokesman Avner Ovadia, told Ynet that Israel preferred in many cases other measures to reduce speed, due to the environmental impact - and sometimes seven corners shopping center safety seven corners shopping center - of speed bumps. These include narrowing lanes (as is the case in many European countries at the entrance to the villages), installation of warning signs, making the one-way road and the construction of traffic circles. seven corners shopping center All these measures may be equally effective speed bumps and reduce the damage seven corners shopping center
The environment. On the other hand, they may also be more expensive to implement, which makes many local authorities to build speed bumps, contrary to the Ministry of Transport and without his approval. In this case, say employees, please contact the Authority to be removed, and if necessary complain the Ministry of Transport.
"The Green Party (Britain, R.tz) promotes seven corners shopping center the speed limit to 30 mph all over London, apparently not realizing that this policy affects the environment," seven corners shopping center says Edmund King, AA president. However, the organization admitted that tracks The slowdown is of great importance in increasing seven corners shopping center the safety of pedestrians and road users, and suggest seven corners shopping center that further research will be carried out on the effects of comprehensive speed limit of 30 mph and construction of speed bumps, also regarding air pollution.
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