Patient slows to 3 mph for every speed bump, including the 1-inch ones in the parking lot of the grocery store. Comes to a complete stop before a larger one. Takes it at a 45-degree angle. The car behind has now been behind them for ten minutes on what is a 0.3-mile drive.
Chronic. Every speed bump is treated as structural.
None. The undercarriage has never touched concrete.
Patients with Severe Speed-Bump Overreaction typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Severe Speed-Bump Overreaction β a severe condition cataloged for archival purposes and shared for patient use. No prescription exists. No intervention has been shown effective. Recognition is the primary benefit of diagnosis.
Formal name: Reactio tumuli viaria exaggerata. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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