I've always felt that the only justification for speed humps is to reduce traffic speeds down to the posted limit - if 30 is too fast, change the limit to 20 and if necessary use speed humps which are comportable and non-damaging at 20.

The "pads" which don't go all the way across the road are a waste of space - HGVs, buses, vans and big SUVs can treat them with immunity but smaller, lower vehicles are down to 5-10 mph.

We live at the end of a short dead-end road where the house at the end fan out facing open parkland - it's a popular area for families to move to as it's good for children - we all drive slowly, considerately in/out except one parent who owned a Sierra Cosworth who always came in/out like a mad-head - oblivious of the fact that his two daughers were at risk like the others.

The thing that bugs me is the effort Councils put into slowing traffic down, and making things more difficult for the driver, and they have the front to moan about emmisions levels

A bit more thought into road layouts and removing humps, traffic lights out of sequence giving too much priority to the direction of flow that doesnt need it is totally daft

Put cameras in where humps are.makes more sense imo

Everything the councils do with their roads is a knee jerk reaction. Speed bumps, traffic lights, bus lanes are all rushed in to claim they are acting on a supposed problem. More often than not they cause a new problem.

Alas, most of those in the council are muppets who seem to have a collective hatred of anyone who dares to commute, assuming we are all speeding teenagers on drugs and must be stopped.

How about a bit of oversight for a change - speed restrictions near school and genuine safety areas would be respected by the bulk of motorists, but we're so jaded by the likes of pointless 30mph limits on dual carriageways for invisible road workers that you start to zone out.

I'm pretty sure some local authorities are just b***** minded in their attitude to motorists. North Tyneside have ripped up the Billy Mill roundabout (which was busy but never a blackspot) to put their infernal traffic lights in - having closed this to some motorists they brilliantly diverted cars/buses/trucks onto a small unsuitable road on which they proceeded to dig up to install more traffic lights. Genius.

Let's be realistic. Removing speed humps is not going to miraculously clean the air, it might be a small improvement, but it's a drop in the ocean.

It might be better to plant more trees along busy roads. They've been proven to absorb huge amounts of pollution. I saw a program where they tested this theory by placing large potted silver birches (one of the most effective at filtering) along the frontage of of a house then compared the pollution levels inside with a house next door that was exposed to the road over a number of weeks. The results were very surprising.

Put something back into the environment instead of cutting down pollution absorbers then inexorably covering every green space with yet more concrete and emission producers.

To be honest, I don't have faith in society to get out of this mess.

I've studied courses on the environment and I remember that it was noted that there was a general trend of people moving to and living in cities, with architects envisaging a kind of Utopia where everyone lives in harmony with plenty of space and clean air around them.

I can't see it at the moment, at least not here. I hope that more people do become more urbanised, and I'll stay out in the countryside thanks!