How do you like those Cabrini humps?

By Amarra Boone
November 12, 2014

The new speed bump located at the Dixon entrance. (Amy Held/Photo Editor)
The new speed bump located at the Dixon entrance. (Amy Held/Photo Editor)

There is something new to be found on campus, some may say that it’s our new President or the latest additions to the nationally ranked mens basketball team or the obnoxiously large yellow speed humps that have littered the campus drive. An eye sore or a safety precaution?

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The speed humps on campus have not gone over well with the students, faculty and staff of Cabrini. (Joey Rettino/Managing Editor)

How would you feel driving a 2002 Honda civic coop, that rides less than a foot from the ground, and regardless of going over the speed humps at a severely reduced speed, still scratches your undercarriage.

It is understandable that the speed humps were added, because of the aggressive driving on campus, but is it necessary to have a speed retardant that leaves not only a mark on your travel time but a few unwanted paint changes to your pinch-well?  So if your car is black do not be surprised to find the uninvited splatter of yellow paint on your exterior.

You do not have to search far to hear the elevated complaints of community members that strongly disagree with the less than attractive additions to our wonderful campus in the woods. Most students taking to social media to voice their disgust, had less than understanding perspectives on the impediments. The award goes to Cabrini for figuring out how to put the most speed bumps per acre on a campus. A drastic change from the small bumps that were strategically placed along residential boulevard to the new mountainous humps that crowd both the Upper Gulf and King of Prussia entrances.

How fast can you be driving from the exit of the Founders parking lot to the entrance of Dixon center to need to drive over four speed humps? An area less than 20 feet includes more obstacles to driving than necessary.

The distance between each stop signs adds another obstacle to the drive plans of everyone.

Could more obstacles help the driving of students or force them to concentrate on back to back barriers in the road, which may cause even more unexpected traffic incidents?

Is that a muffler on the side of the road?

A joke to some but a reality to many students who leave the campus for off campus jobs, internships or who daily travel to campus to attend classes. Could your car suffer structural damages from an idle object in the road, whose purpose is a dramatic solution to a well known thing?

Was there any alternatives to the speed bumps?

Got somethingInitiatives to slow down the active traffic that often parades through campus like a herd of deer. Could there be an alternative to protecting the safety of those pedestrians who often jay walk across the designated areas for engine only vehicles?

Could there have been a medium median met instead of the drastic decision to permanently alter the driving spaces on campus.

Can Cabrini add these driving restrictions within the agreements of our municipality Radnor township? The answer is yes.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation any residential area can apply for a speed bump in areas with speeds less than 25 miles per hour. The height and dimensions  of such speed bumps are up to the discretion of the institution.

The city of Portland Oregon conducted a study on the effectiveness of such speed bumps, finding that “treated streets experienced a 39 percent decrease in crashes per year after speed bumps are installed.” Yet, the number of accidents on Cabrini’s campus have never been expressed as the reasonings for the added speed bumps. Could it be preventive measures to avoid possible accidents? Or is it a way to control the traffic speeds of the vehicles on campus, without any regard to the well being of their vehicles within such restrictions?

If you forget what the color yellow looks like, look at the large mound lying at the bottom of the King of Prussia road or underneath your car; there will most likely be a clear hue.

LOQation’s coverage on the installation of the new speed humps

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Amarra Boone

The new girl at a school in the woods. Making my way through this world of communications with Jay Z. as my navigator, yes the rapper. A consumer of media from all outlets, active bird on the twittersphere @AmarraBoone. World traveler and aspiring photojournalist. Defender of social injustices in the world.

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