If there's one thing I hate, it's rumble strips. No, no, what I really hate more than anything else is speed bumps. Correction, I completely despise speed humps. I grew to hate these obstacles living in Washington, DC, where they are a civic menace rivaling the likes of 14th Street hookers and ubiquitous street vendors hawking "FBI" hats. "From 2001 to 2005, the District's Department of Transportation installed approximately 50 speed bumps," WTOP reports. "Since 2007, DDOT has installed 534 of the traffic calming devices. There are no plans to slow down the process." Streets are means of transportation, not the private parking lots of wealthy homeowners.

agreed, speed bumps serve little real purpose

Then don't drive so fast down my street. I want more speed bumps in my neighborhood to slow down those criminals who think 60 in a 25 is ok. If they don't drive slower they may hit me while I am out for a drunk stroll.

Try living with 3 kids in a development with no sidewalks after the county's building strategy suddenly renders the road in front of your house a major "cut-through" street for a popular shopping center (that was a lot).

I want some sort of traffic control for the people who fly through my neighboorhood since it was not designed with this sort of traffic volume in mind. I would rather have sidewalks. If I can't, then I want speedbumps.

Oh, and I live in WV -- not sure if that qualifies as the sticks.

Don't worry to much about it Dan. We had this problem in Australia a number of years ago when local councils when speed bump crazy. What finally put a stop to the rampant silliness ? Ambulances and Fire Trucks couldn't get to places quickly enough because they have to slow down for the speed bumps.

Not that the roads are all that bumpy in WV, it's all the dadgum moonshine ya'll quaffin' that makes them seem that way.

Yes, after experiencing the same set of two rumble strips approximately 3,915 times in what is otherwise a very pleasant county, one becomes somewhat cranky. This particular set is on a lightly trafficed street leading from two neighborhoods of small acreages to a county road. The street ends there. I can only suppose the county hopes to protect the odd Fedex or UPS driver from mistakenly proceeding across the road into the corn field. Although even then, the bumpy ride would undoubtedly cause the application of brakes if sinking to the axles in Iowa loess soil did not.

One small correction, I actually live in the sticks. The county roads and state highways are suitable for triple digits easily - smooth as glass. Watch out for the slow-moving farm equipment down dales and gravel roads and driveways on curves. The interstates are a whole other situation although I did make it to Sioux City in an hour and 10 minutes one magnificent Saturday afternoon. Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa. Stupid movie, wonderful quote.