Speed Bumps in Cabarete

hammerdown · Mar 25, 2013

Well they started to put in some speed bumps (policia acostado) in Cabarete, the first one in front of the entry of LAX and they were measuring out for more. Maybe they will put a couple in front of Yanets (Janets for those who speak English).......someone just told me they are putting one in front of the supermarket

PeterInBrat · Mar 25, 2013

You mean where a couple folks have been killed in the last couple years? Makes too much sense.

dv8 · Mar 25, 2013

i sure hope they will paint them yellow and keep them painted. i run across few unexpected speed bumps and was temporarily airborne... this idea not going to fly. well, figuratively speaking

hammerdown · Mar 25, 2013

dv8 said:
i sure hope they will paint them yellow and keep them painted. i run across few unexpected speed bumps and was temporarily airborne... this idea not going to fly. well, figuratively speaking

Yes they are the big plastic yellow ones, so if you missed them, you had a couple too many cuba libre's

dv8 · Mar 25, 2013

no, i meant i missed some old speed bumps on the way to la isabela, a while ago. this is why i say those in cabarete should be made visible. people go vary fast there. hit a bump like this on high speed and you can cause the worse accident cabatere has ever seen...

the gorgon · Mar 25, 2013

dv8 said:
no, i meant i missed some old speed bumps on the way to la isabela, a while ago. this is why i say those in cabarete should be made visible. people go vary fast there. hit a bump like this on high speed and you can cause the worse accident cabatere has ever seen...

well, dv8, knowing Dominican thinking, they wiii buy the paint and lock it away securely in a storeroom, to be used after 32 people get killed when a speeding Mack truck goes into a crowded restaurant, airborne.

Vinyasa · Mar 25, 2013

these are not the usual sleeping policemen but bright yellow studs....as hammerdown says above, you'd be doing well to miss them.

Now, if they could just slow the traffic down around the kite beach (Kite Club) corner that would be great

dv8 · Mar 25, 2013

i see. the bumps i usually see are just cement, painted yellow. in time the colour is lost and the bump is barely visible. you are talking those metal ones, right? bolted, i think, into the street?
i hope they work. folks need to slow down going through cabarete...

Rattus_Rattus · Mar 26, 2013

If they buy the paint, it will maybe be used one time. Then it magical dissapears from the storerooms, and 6 months later a couple of buildings in a close by barrio will lighten up in the most beautiful bright yellow colours.

Vinyasa · Mar 26, 2013

not metal, but plastic. The colour is integral, so dont worry, its not going to disappear!

ctrob · Mar 26, 2013

I know a bar owner on the North Coast (who shall remain anon), when he saw a crew putting in asphalt speed bumps near the bar, went and spoke with the foreman. He paid a small "tax" and they put an extra bump right in front of his bar.

It slowed cars down right in front of his open air bar. The gringos in the car would look, the bar maids would wave, and presto...mo bidness.

LTSteve · Mar 26, 2013

DR loves the speed bumps. Most likely someone will cut a path through them where the tires go.

LTSteve

the gorgon · Mar 26, 2013

Rattus_Rattus said:
If they buy the paint, it will maybe be used one time. Then it magical dissapears from the storerooms, and 6 months later a couple of buildings in a close by barrio will lighten up in the most beautiful bright yellow colours.

actually, Rattus, the color will appear on some generalissimo's house

dv8 · Mar 26, 2013

Vinyasa said:
not metal, but plastic. The colour is integral, so dont worry, its not going to disappear!

plastic makes more sense. the metal ones would just disappear one night, like neptuno in POP

AlterEgo · Mar 26, 2013

On the south coast west of SD they've been busy painting yellow and white stripes on all the speed bumps, first time I've seen this done this thoroughly in decades. One stretch has small round metal discs imbedded in the pavement instead of a bump, several staggered rows, you do have to go slowly over them, the entire car rocks around.

windeguy · Mar 26, 2013

Are the speed bumps permanent or just for Samana Santa?

(I noticed yesterday that Neptuno is back in Puerto Plata.)

dv8 · Mar 26, 2013

AlterEgo said:
One stretch has small round metal discs imbedded in the pavement instead of a bump, several staggered rows, you do have to go slowly over them, the entire car rocks around.

mmmm, i could drive on those little discs all day....

zoomzx11 · Mar 26, 2013

good news. They should be spaced all through "town" as the dusty strip of run down stores and bars is termed.

snowbird44 · Mar 26, 2013

The first one is just about where the Kaoba Hotel is. Apparently, there are supposed to be 5 of them throughout Cabarete up to Janet's.

Castellamonte · Mar 26, 2013

Speed bumps so we can slow down to take in the views?? Oh, wait, there are NO views in Cabarete along that road. The speed bumps can't be for slowing down, can they? So many cars parked along the road, on-coming traffic, drunken tourists, oblivious kiters, etc all compete to see who can slow down the traffic the best. Why bumps in the road??

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