Galway City Council has indicated it's moving away from using speed bumps in estates.
At a meeting this week it was indicated they're now considered the very last option.
This all comes about as Galway City council adopts a new traffic calming policy for estates and residential areas.
The local authority is in charge of around 400 estates, and it's now looking to introduce new measures to combat excessive speed.
To the surprise of some, it seems speed bumps are out - or at least, they would be dead last on a list of possible measures.
There were a few reasons given at this week's meeting - they're loud in the context of a housing estate, they can damage cars, and they can also cause difficulties for people with back issues.
Instead, what's being looked at is more subtle - what's known as horizontal deflection, to force drivers to slow down more naturally.
This is the narrowing or altering of roads using features like planter boxes, alternating curves, extended footpaths and green spaces.
Council engineers have identified around 16 areas worst affected by speed that will serve as a pilot, but the locations haven't yet been revealed.
