They’re given to us by God to encourage us slow down and pay attention to something. However, instead of really paying attention we tend to employ other creative strategies:
We let ourselves believe the speed bump is actually a mountain. Something like Caradhras from The Lord of the Rings. Epic.
We analyze the speed bump. Measure it. Measure our car’s clearance. Check the tire pressure. Calculate optimal speed. Read a good book on speed bumps. Then, maybe go over it.
We call the DOT to figure out who is responsible for this speed bump in the first place and demand that they do something about it.
We swerve thru parking spaces to go around the speed bump. “Speed bump? What speed bump?”
We fly full-speed right over it, scraping up the bottom of our vehicle. No time for this nonsense.
We back up away from the speed bump until someone honks loud enough to motivate us. Or else shoves us forward over it.
We busy ourselves with figuring out how to fix the speed bump. It clearly shouldn’t be here to begin with.
We help other people get over their speed bumps instead of getting ourselves over our own.
We try to make going over the speed bump look as good as possible. People are watching. You can make anything look cool if you just now how.