: a low raised ridge across a roadway (as in a parking lot) to limit vehicle speed
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Atapco will also give the Aria Homeowner’s Association $100,000 to use at its discretion on infrastructure improvements, such as speed bumps.—Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026 Don’t even ask Raymond about speed bumps.—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026 If a driver approaches a speed bump without significantly slowing, the front wheels will hit the speed bump hard, because the force is both forward and downward.—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026 Hu Nguyen though believes the city also needs to invest in infrastructures such as putting in more speed bumps and other traffic calming devices such as speed tables.—Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for speed bump