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What are the yellow bumps in the middle of the road called?

They reflect at night.

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strech

Here's the whole story on them:

http://www.snopes.com/business/origins/bottsdots.asp

waltcosmos

Botch dots. My father worked for CalTrans before it was called CalTrans. He would tell us things about the highway system in CA when we were growing up. Botch was the last name (surname) of the man who invented them.

Botts. I'll be damned. All my life, I thought the dude's name was Botch. Sorry, Kandi. You were right and I was wrong.

Dr. Quackenbush

Bots Dots (after the inventor)
No, not Eugene Dots.

Rafael P

reflectors?

glamour04111

speed bumps

traci s

I call them drunk bumps

hotrodguy6218

I work for the highway department and we call them delineators or rpm's (raised pavement markers).

orangecrush

Reflective lane deviders

breebroho

speed bumps? i don't think they have a different name. i could be wrong though.

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