2006-12-18 20:54:54 · 23 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
A "sleeping" policeman is a colloquial term for a speed or road hump. It's a traffic calming device designed to slow down and/or reduce traffic.
Gonna research etymology of the word now, yo've got me thinking! - Update: Can't find it anywhere!
2006-12-18 20:56:17 · answer #1 · answered by Jellytot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SLEPPING POLICEMAN:
SLEP is Service Life Extension Program and so... Slepping Policeman will imply : A Policeman on a Service Extension Program.
2006-12-18 21:06:57 · answer #2 · answered by P J 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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A speed bump (British English a speed or road hump, sometimes colloquially a sleeping policeman) is a traffic calming tool designed to slow traffic or reduce through traffic. A speed bump is a bump in a roadway that may be circular, parabolic, or sinusoidal, and it may have gaps near the curb to allow drainage. The speed at which a vehicle can safety pass a bump decreases with the bump's slope. Speed bump heights range from as little as 2 inches to as much as 6 inches, and they can vary in length from less than 1 foot (30cm) to as much as 10 feet (3m). Speed bumps longer than 10 feet are usually called speed humps, and they are often used to slow traffic in residential neighborhoods.
The use of speed bumps is widespread around the world, and they are most commonly found where prevailing vehicle speeds are expected to be low.
Speed bump made of rubberAlthough speed bumps are very effective in keeping vehicle speed down, their use is sometimes controversial as they can cause noise and possibly vehicle damage if taken at too great a speed. Poorly designed speed bumps often found in private car parks (too tall, too sharp an angle for the expected speed) can be hard to negotiate in vehicles with low ground clearance, such as sports cars, even at very slow speeds.
2006-12-18 21:13:28 · answer #3 · answered by mallimalar_2000 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A speed bump (in British English sometimes a sleeping policeman) is a traffic calming measure. It consists of a bump in the roadway, designed to cause oncoming vehicles to slow down in order to pass safely. Speed bumps may be circular, parabolic, or sinusoidal and have gaps near the curb to allow drainage. The speed at which a bump can be taken safely decreases with its slope. ...
2006-12-18 20:57:31 · answer #4 · answered by minty359 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a sleeping policeman is a long speed bump thats what the original ones were called
2006-12-18 21:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by clairercluck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a sleeping policeman is basically a speed bump on the road that is put there to slow down traffic.
2006-12-18 20:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A sleeping police man is one of those iritating humps that appear
in the road to slow motorist down - the area of west london I live in is full of them grrrrrrrr
2006-12-18 21:05:21 · answer #7 · answered by random 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A hump in the road put there to slow people down.
2006-12-18 21:15:25 · answer #8 · answered by bottomburps 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A road hump - used to slow traffic down.
2006-12-18 20:56:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They is sleeping in ford transit wait for trouble ever friday, under railway bi pub wher i work, i hav wait they go so they do not se the bald tyres on mi car or day check and find no Tax or insuranse or MOT.
2006-12-18 23:14:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋