Inventors:
Orville Alan Breazeale - Lubbock TX, US
Gregory Mark Lee - Lubbock TX, US
Charles J. Cole - Fort Mill SC, US
International Classification:
E01F 9/07
US Classification:
404 11, 404 9, 404 10, 404 15
Abstract:
A retractable speed bump helps control the speed of a vehicle traveling through a special speed zone such as a school zone or a road construction site. A housing is either buried in the roadway or is placed into a ramp that seats on top of the roadway, the housing having a retractable canister therein, which canister extends above the housing in response to the speed of a vehicle as detected by a speed sensor. The greater the speed of the vehicle, the greater the level of extension of the canister. The canister may have tire shredding spikes or explosive charges therein.