What did Hansville motorists expect when they heard Kitsap County was going to use taxpayer dollars to install four speed tables along Hood Canal Drive, ensuring those few living with views most residents would die for could control the travel of the many? What indeed.

The pilot program, set to reduce speeds so a handful — and mind you it is just that — of residents living in posh houses along the scenic corridor could feel safer while taking Rover out for his morning constitution, accidentally dropped them too low. Whoops. So speed demons who want put the petal to the metal and get the RPMs going so they can scoot along at 30 mph — nine times out of 10 without a pedestrian in sight — are now clocking 20 as they hit these asphalt headaches.

Eat your heart out Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Now, after a few weeks of going up-down, up-down, up-down, up-down along the stretch, several of the hundreds of motorists who take Hood Canal Drive to and from work, etc. have finally spoken up.

Not so much about the unnecessary expenditure of their taxpayer dollars or the speed tables themselves, but rather the fact that they were expecting to be able to hit those puppies at 30 mph and are going 20 instead.

So the county will once again grace Hansville with its presence to muck up the commute further as crews lean on shovels, smoke a few cigarettes and last but not least, pour some more asphalt on the busy thoroughfare to get the speed tables up to 30 mph. Best part is we’re all paying for it so a few can take a walk.

Never mind that most motorists give pedestrians a wide berth whenever possible — which they really can’t do now without worry of hitting a table at an odd angle — or that the road is pretty much a straight shot with upward of 90 percent visibility.

As long as a handful of folks want to mosey down the road on a sunny day while the many go up-down, up-down, up-down, up-down during rain, sleet, hail and snow, justice is served, right?

Right?