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If a decorative black and orange plastic thing covered with construction adhesive on the flat side fell out of some sort of unmarked construction vehicle, the author could have reported it immediately. I am sure the city would take care of it in 3-4 years.

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Not quite, an effective bureaucracy like the city of SF is undoubtedly extremely efficient at responding to things that subvert its authority and require no effort to fix, like removing a rogue speed bump.

You are correct - the hypothetical reporting individual would need to wait 24 hours before noticing the speed bump thereby allowing the adhesive to cure sufficiently.

That's what I was thinking, the liability of slapping it on the road at midnight and never mentioning it again isn't much

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