Speed bumps may disappear in bid to cut pollution

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Speed humps approaching a pedestrian crossing outside Rhws Primary School in Rhoose, Wales, where a car flipped over and injured children and adults. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday June, 20, 2013. See PA story POLICE School. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
Speed humps approaching a pedestrian crossing outside Rhws Primary School in Rhoose, Wales, where a car flipped over and injured children and adults. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday June, 20, 2013. See PA story POLICE School. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Speed bumps may soon be no more on British roads as part of the government's plan to cut pollution.

It has emerged that the unpopular bumps are actually bad for the environment as they create higher levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Councils have now been told that they can remove speed bumps.

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