Complaints which have been made by chronic pain sufferers about the discomfort caused by speed bumps have prompted disability rights campaigner Judith McCorrie to launch a petition asking Fife Council to take away its speed bumps.

Many people with disabilities find that they have to avoid certain roads because of the pain they suffer.

Judith McCorrie claims that speed bumps represent a form of discrimination against disabled people and has called on the council to stop using humps as its main means for calming traffic.

Fife Council's transport department has tried out a number of traffic calming schemes using a range of different measures, including speed bumps and speed cushions and says its decisions to go with speed bumps are based on the individual site and the response to local consultation.