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Why the ginormous speed bumps in parking lots?

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There's a speedbump that I always avoid when I have a full lunch crew in the car. I'm always guaranteed to bottom out each time. My car is lowered from the factory (yeah, BMW, sport package), but my friend that drives a Toyota Camry bottoms out on the same bump! All I can say is just try to avoid it altogether and you should be fine. In my case, I have to avoid that particular entrance to the parking lot. There's really nothing you can do about it.
 
Unfortunately this seems to becoming the norm. I sold my 06 Corvette because I quite simply couldn't drive it anywhere anymore because even getting out of my neighborhood had those launchpads that were so high my stock height could never dream of clearing it.

The sad thing was, they wouldn't have existed if one single retired guy that lived in the main entry/exit road hadn't complained for years that people drove too fast/loud by his house at night.

My retribution was simple. Buy an 07 Sierra 6.0 VortecMax and build a completely custom and atrociously loud header/exhaust configuration, and make a point of absolutely gunning it over those speed ramps - especially if he's outside trying to enjoy himself. The truck ended up being extremely fun anyway and made me realize just how overrated the differences in a 11.5 second Corvette and a 13 second truck really are. Minus the gas guzzler issue, that is.
 
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