VIDEO Admir from Goražde invented a mobile speed bump, being installed in Germany

SARAJevo, (Patria) - Back in 2007, Admir Pozderović received a gold medal in Strasbourg for his patent of a mobile "speed bump."

His invention has been realized in practice in recent years in Germany.

Although he gained no benefit from his invention other than the medal adorning his display cases, Admir Pozderović is happy that it has found practical application. He jokingly says it's proof that Germans are about ten years behind the intelligence from BiH.

The city of Hanau has installed automatic speed bumps.

"This is one of the problems we unfortunately live with in BiH. We are a society that seems to be afraid of being the first in something. We are afraid of what others will say, so we always wait to copy things from others. That's why my patent couldn't be implemented in BiH, and I never protected my patents, they were available to the public, and I am glad that one of them has been applied in practice," Pozderović told the portal LikeStory.

Of course, the speed bumps installed in Germany are technologically more advanced, as Pozderović adapted his to the technical possibilities of the time, but the principle is the same. A radar measures the speed at which a vehicle approaches the location of the speed bump. If the vehicle is moving within the speed limit, the speed bump lowers.

"It was a time when speed bumps were being installed en masse in BiH. I saw the struggles of drivers, especially those driving lower cars, to overcome the obstacle on the road without scratching their vehicle. My opinion has always been that conscientious drivers should not have unnecessary obstacles, while those who endanger the safety of others with their driving should damage their car due to their driving style. Besides, there is no need for a conscientious driver to cross a speed bump in the middle of the night, for example," says Pozderović.

In addition to this one, he received two more gold medals for innovations and one bronze medal. He designed glasses for night driving, as well as tires with movable studs to avoid the use of chains in snow. He did not protect his patents, considering it too expensive, and believes that the greatest reward is when they can benefit the wider community.

"I had a website where everything I did was available and free to use," says Pozderović, returning to the beginning of the story, the fear of progress in BiH. He says that even when he was a minister in the BPK Goražde, he often heard his colleagues ask about some "innovative" solutions, "where did you see that"?

"Does it matter if it exists somewhere, you assess whether it's good or not, and you do it," says Pozderović.

His passion for innovation remained from high school. He graduated from the School of Electrical Engineering, which, in his opinion, is now equivalent to a master's degree, which also indicates the necessity of reforms in education.

The war and life after it took him in a different direction. He graduated in Defense and Protection, and obtained a master's degree in Economics. In addition, Pozderović is a member of MENSA, an organization that brings together people whose measured intelligence falls within the top 2% of the general population. Admir doesn't talk much about it, but his test results placed him in the upper half of MENSA members.

Admir belongs to people with an IQ above 165, which in BiH, and especially in smaller communities, has more often proven to be a burden rather than an advantage. Politicians fear knowledge the most, so Admir was on the list of unemployed persons in Goražde for a long time after he ceased to be a member of the cantonal government.