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Aug 10, 2022 by Editor Aug 10, 2022 4 Comments

How often have you been caught unawares by that huge bump on the road without a signboard warning before it? Very often. The latest ones are on the erstwhile Khanapur road Camp Belagavi which relaid recently after the horrific accident which took the life of a school student.

Speed breakers recently installed on Khanapur road from Fish market to Sanchayni circle are not scientifically correct. Cars are getting stuck on speed bumps. A big salute to an excellent engineer who made this speed breaker.

Each and every car gets hit while crossing over and if one is too slow and has very low clearance be ready to see it stuck on the speed breaker.

Commuting has become very dangerous at night due to this, and especially for out-of-town motorists, these speed breakers are very dangerous without any warning signs. Unpainted humps pose a far greater risk to motorists.

The worst part is the said main road was closed for 5 days so that the laid concrete Speed breaker can settle down and after that what we get is this gift.

The Indian Road Congress( IRC) standards do not recommend speed breakers at all. The speed limit in a city is between 25-40 kmph. If everyone travels at this speed, there’s no need for speed breakers. As per IRC standards, only narrow roads can have scientifically built parabolic humps and not main, wide roads.

Then why do we have such big unscientific humps made on Main roads? And if they are constructing these speed breakers/road humps/speed bumps, then why aren’t they erecting caution signs about these speed controllers?

According to doctors speed bumps not only cause damage to the vehicles’ suspensions but also to the motorists’ spines.

The Indian Road Congress (IRC) had given specifications for road humps. These are: Central Height: 10-12 cm; Shape: Parabola; Width: 3.5 metres; Length: same as road width.

The road humps should be painted with a ‘V’ shape and illuminated to make them visible to the commuters. The humps should not be more than five meters away from the junction or the intersection. Two signboards, one at 20 to 30 meters and another 10 metres away from the hump should be placed for the commuters to know about the road humps ahead.

The intrusion of tree branches should be prevented. Solar cat’s eyes should be installed before the road humps. Generally, the road humps should be on the main roads and not on the crossroads. There was another variety of road humps called “rumble strips”. This is around 5 to 10 strips together. The width of each strip was one foot and the gap between each strip was one foot. The guidelines also make it clear that no vehicle should suffer any damage if it hits a speed breaker. Construction of bumps should be restricted only to vital crossroads, particularly where low grade roads connect with a high-speed traffic corridor. High-speed roads, highways, and major bypasses cannot have bumps, unless there is a crossing with another high speed corridor.

It is time for the commuters/motorists to raise their voices against these unsafe “speed breakers/road humps” which are ” life breakers” to the concerned local civic authorities.

Writes about the cozy town of Belagavi and captures all the important happenings of the city. Since 2007 have been writing on AllaboutBelagum on varied topics and impactful stories.

Camp area comes under Cantonment Board (the jungle raj department). Negligence work seen. PWD and Cantonment Board are responsible for this type of speed breakers . I request both the authorities to reconstruct the speed breakers.

Camp area comes under Cantonment Board (the jungle raj department). PWD and Cantonment authorities are responsible for making this type of speed breakers. I request both department’s to reconstruct the speed breakers.

Camp area comes under Cantonment Board (the jungle raj department). Negligence Seen. PWD and Cantonment Board are responsible for this Speed Breakers.

All is outcome of corruption and reservations.

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