HANSVILLE — Pillows and tables may be coming to Hansville soon, but they won’t be associated with the community’s famous annual rummage sale.

Instead, the two are comprised of asphalt, and are used specifically for calming traffic and, if the Greater Hansville Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee has its way, will be added at the corner of Hansville and Twin Spits roads in an effort to slow down traffic.

Speed tables are wider than speed bumps and have less impact on cars. They ramp up, level out, then ramp down, like a small table in the road. Speed pillows are a new, inexpensive invention that requires at least one set of car tires to pass over them. They are a hump of asphalt that straddles the center line, with two more humps of asphalt on the outside of the lanes. This forces cars to slow down to drive over them, but emergency vehicles can drive down the center of the road right between them.

These were among the traffic calming techniques the committee is reviewing in an ongoing attempt to solve speeding problems in the small hamlet. Other ideas included posting articles about speeders in the community’s newsletter, “The Hansville Log,” and posting yard signs were bantered about.

“We should post something about the speeders somehow,” said Hansville resident Steve Bauer. “They’re offending us by speeding, I wouldn’t mind offending them a little.”

The committee was addressing three concerns it has noticed in the Hansville area; speeding, pedestrian safety and safe access to and from driveways.

Proposals to alleviate these concerns were considered at great length and the consensus seemed to be either a speed table or pillow at the entrance and exit of Hansville.

“It has to be speed tables,” said Chairman Neal Kellner. “And they have to be visible to people coming in and out of Hansville.”

Speed bumps were dismissed by the committee because they can damage vehicles and are difficult for emergency vehicles to bypass. Speed tables or pillows present an easier way through for fire trucks and ambulances, the group agreed.

Though the committee was excited to start working toward resolution, Kellner acknowledged that even speed tables or pillows will not fully solve the problem.

“This won’t end with those speed bumps,” he said. “We need a demonstration that we are against speeding, and trying to stop it. That’s what the speed tables are. We’re not targeting people who live here either. We’re looking at people who come in here for construction or vacation.”

The meeting wound down with the unanimous approval to select a group to write a proposal to Kitsap County officials for speed tables or pillows.