Oh yes, I'm afraid we have speed humps all over the place in Australia, and I'd hate to be trying to ride a motor bike over them. There are getting to be more and more of them on many roads, some fairly major ones. These, plus the ubiquitous roundabouts and chicayunes, are euphemistically called "traffic calming devices".

I've always said that they make one feel anything but calm. I've also suggested a theory that it's a plot by car repairers to get more business when your suspension etc gets jarred by the damn things. Paranoid? Moi?