Speed cushions are raised sections of road with clearly-defined rectangular geometric shapes. They are designed to reduce speed and impose constraints on light vehicles while having a lesser effect on public transport vehicles and heavy goods vehicles. Motorised 2-wheel vehicles and bicycles can avoid speed cushions by going around them on the right. A technical guide on speed cushions was published in November 2000, entitled: "Guide des coussins et plateaux" (Guide to speed cushions and tables). In practice, gaps have been revealed in the recommendations, and so the guide is due to be updated in 2009.
A speed table is a raised section (...)
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