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Inventor got the hump and made one.(News)
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Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
| Date:
August 20, 2005
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AN inventor who dreamed up a speed trap that only catches motorists driving too fast is looking for someone to back his idea.
Gywn Harvey, a former maths and technology teacher from Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan, designed a hump which rises from of the road.
The offending motorist will feel a small thump as they hit the bump, reminding them to go slow.
Sensors to instruct the hump to raise can be set to react to different speeds, operate at differe...