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Seeing some crazy speeds on the new autobahn through Riberas.  Busses doing 90, trucks loaded down with concrete, pickups with people in the back etc. Definitely needed at 7/11 and the Sunrise locations where they used to be. 

Funny side story... Just before the road was repaved, they painted the topes at the Sunrise intersection , lasted exactly one day

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11 minutes ago, ea93105 said:

Seeing some crazy speeds on the new autobahn through Riberas.  Busses doing 90, trucks loaded down with concrete, pickups with people in the back etc. Definitely needed at 7/11 and the Sunrise locations where they used to be. 

Funny side story... Just before the road was repaved, they painted the topes at the Sunrise intersection , lasted exactly one day

Those were rumble strips not topes but yes they are a good idea in those 3 locations.

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3 minutes ago, lakeside7 said:

Maybe we could eliminate (or most)of  the need for Topes if we had strictly  enforced speed limits with speed cameras..or not?  Can anyone identify an other country where the norm is like driving on a corrugated wash board??

Enforcement is too sporadic here, only "topitos" will guarantee proper speeds at all times

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2 hours ago, lakeside7 said:

Maybe we could eliminate (or most)of  the need for Topes if we had strictly  enforced speed limits with speed cameras..or not?  Can anyone identify an other country where the norm is like driving on a corrugated wash board??

Why do some people have no reality of where they live and dream of something that ain't gonna happen?🥱

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They seem to be putting some of them back west of town where the paving was done first.  Agree we need some but not as many as we had before.  What they did on the libremiento is excessive IMO and people are driving on the wrong side of the road to avoid them.  Half as many would have sufficed.

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15 minutes ago, Mainecoons said:

They seem to be putting some of them back west of town where the paving was done first.  Agree we need some but not as many as we had before.  What they did on the libremiento is excessive IMO and people are driving on the wrong side of the road to avoid them.  Half as many would have sufficed.

True! Plus, the real $%&/()s are going down the shoulder, passing on the right, then cutting back into traffic  to get ahead of the line. 

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I'm okay with sensible topes and vibradores. But what they did over the last 10 years is psychotic. Many places but here have topes big enough to slow you down, but not make you stop and/or rip out your undercarriage. And a handful of vibradores, instead of 16 monsters in a row, is more than sufficient.

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