: a low raised ridge across a roadway (as in a parking lot) to limit vehicle speed
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To slow down traffic and make roads safer for all, speed bumps are much more efficient at a fraction of the cost.—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025 Signs informing visitors that street parking and solicitors are banned line the small residential community’s streets, which are dotted with speed bumps and radar speed signs.—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2025 Along with questions about the park, residents raised concerns about a bridge that has caused accidents and the need for more speed bumps to slow down traffic in the community.—Kamal Morgan
july 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025 And in between that, starting pitcher Dustin May hit his lone speed bump in a five-inning, three-run, nine-strikeout start: Offering up a down-the-middle sinker with two aboard in the bottom of the fourth that Daniel Schneemann crushed for a three-run homer.—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for speed bump
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