Fool Me Once...

I'm all in favor of ingenuity, creativity and cutting costs but this is just plain dumb and a waste of taxpayers money.

From Reason magazine...

The city [Philadelphia] doesn't want to spring for real speed bumps, so it's hoping fake ones will do the trick, despite hard evidence that they won't make any difference.

The faux bumps are flat pieces of plastic painted to look like small pyramids rising out of the road. Preliminary tests have shown that the fakes, which cost about $100 each, are effective only for a month or two before repeat drivers get used to the trick and resume speeding along. Undaunted, the city plans to install them on 60 to 90 streets.

To see a video of this ridiculousness, click here.

One more time to pick on Dubya...