These things are called "speed bumps" in the U.S., or "Mexican stop signs." No offense to our Mexican members. Mark M Philippe COURANT wrote: > So the car is 1" lower than original and i sufferd from some > problems when i run on "slowdown buildings" (don't know the exact > word and don't know if you have these things in USA: it's a > cemented round obstacle through the road, 4 to 6 inch height, so > you have to slow down the car to 10 to 20 mph if you want to > cross it without a big jump !). These obstacle are common in > every small towns in France, because drivers cross these towns at > too high speed.