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anent - 5 December, 2008 | Traffic | Bangalore | Road Safety | Citizen Reports | IRC | Sign Boards
Bangalore is a good example for Good & Bad road humps. Though we have regulations in IRC (Indian Road Congress - http://www.irc.org.in/) but the humps in the city are being laid incorrectly in several areas.
From "The Hindu": ACP Mr. Praveen Sood has mentioned about a Pilot project on 'Road Humps' in Bangalore sometime back this year. http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/27/stories/2008032761440300.htm
Respective Authorities has to take immediate action on this for safer drive within the city. I hope and wish there could be presence of our BBMP/BTP Authorities in this praja.in website to take necessary action.
Problems people face:
- Accidents occur just because of invisible Humps/Sign boards for Hump Ahead.
- Two wheeler accidents are quite common because of bad HUMPs.
- Old/Senior Citizens, people with Health problems are majorly affected while crossing irregular road humps.
- Vehicles get damaged or jam-med at BAD Road Humps causing unnecessary Traffic problems.
Possible Solution:
- Remove or correct the existing BAD Road Humps in & out of the City to avoid/stop accidents.
- A multiple/array of small road humps or WIDER road humps (not the taller/raised one's) would work well.
- Strictly follow the standard for Road Humps as per IRC.
- Install 'Signboards' or 'SPEED LIMIT' boards early before Humps are located.
- Reflective Marking on the Road Hump 'V' pattern.
Raise your thoughts/opinion on this.
People can share about 'Bad Humps' in the city as comments and let our BBMP/BTP Authorities to take corrective ACTION.
- anent
Indian Citizen
COMMENTS
Rumble strips as per specs.
Nitinjhanwar - 6 December, 2008 - 13:43
The department of road transport and highways of the GOI in its circular RW/NH-11064/1/91-DO I Dated:28.06.96 have said that where speed control is inevitble rumble stips should be provided on HIGH SPEED corridors.
http://morth.nic.in/index1.asp?linkid=135&langid=2
In effect it discourages the use of "Humps". Rumble strips are preferred.
Not withstanding what the specs say the new technology as per international standards can be seen at :
http://www.roadstarindia.com/speed-breakers.html
nJ
Bumps and signboards
idontspam - 6 December, 2008 - 17:58
"Install 'Signboards' or 'SPEED LIMIT' boards early before Humps are located."
Small note. If people followed signboards there would be no need for humps. A stop sign or a speed limit sign would do.
Unwanted Humps.
shankarstays - 8 December, 2008 - 08:55
Recently in the stretch between Agara and Outer ring road-Sarjapur road, there were three humps that were put up and it was causing the traffic to be delayed by one or two minutes.
I tried to understand why those new humps were required while passing through that stretch, I couldn't see a reason. Now after a week's time, it is removed!!! So it pretty much means that the people who put those, realized that it was unwanted and is causing problems.
One question what I have is who decides on where humps needs to be put up and whom to contact if there is some problem with the humps like humps without sign-boards or markings and also humps which hurts the belly of the car?
Some white stripes please
sureshkj - 9 December, 2008 - 12:56
Agreed, the humps are not laid properly (except for few places, yes, they do lay humps very nicely in very few places; i have seen one).
Y dont they just paint the white stripes on it. At nights, its so difficult to even know about a hump unless you are a regular on that particular road. Even when you are regular, the new humps starle you. So, if they atleast paint some stripes, it would definitely help a lot.
Examples galore!
Ravi_D - 9 December, 2008 - 13:44
You don't have to go too far. Just take the Trumpet Interchange off Bellary Road, drive towards BIAL and see the examples yourself:
> how to build good roads
> how to put up signs
> how to construct a median
> how to put up speed breakers
> how to light up the road at night
> how to paint lane markers
and
> how our police can setup dangerous barricades without any caution signage or pelican lighting
> how to park in a 'tow away zone'
> how not to go around a circle (round-about) and how not to yield to traffic on the circle
> how not to follow lane descipline
> how to honk in the middle of the night
> how to drive with high beam turned on in a well lit road
> how to squeeze a bright red Volvo between two santros on a two lane road
Thanks,
Ravi
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