Sleeping Policemen

[Mark A. Mandel]

Barry wrote:

>   Speed bumps, known locally as "sleeping policemen," or "topes,"
>may appear unexpectedly on either the open road, in or near towns.
>
>   They were "sleeping policemen" in Australia/New Zealand, too.  I
>guess police sleep the world over.

Tony Glaser added:

>England too.

My wife and I first encountered the term in Jamaica in 1972.

   Mark A. Mandel : Dragon Systems, a Lernout & Hauspie company
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