Coimbatore: J Samson, a resident of Vgr Nagar in Ganapatati, said he had to negotiate 20 speed breakers with various sizes to reach his workplace at Avinashi Road, which is almost no longer 2.5 km from his house.
He traveled on a stretch four times a day, when he went to the house for lunch, often cursing the speed breaker, which, he said, could cause an accident.
The 46-year-old man said while half a dozen speed breakers were needed to keep a speeding vehicle, the rest could be avoided to offer a troubled trip for passengers.
“I want to know who gives permission to set up so much speed breakers and who asks for the same.” Residents of Krishna Colony also complained about the increasing number of speed breakers that were not approved on the stretch that connected the Krishna and Junction Fun Mall colonies at Avinashi Road through the link road.
G Senthil Kumar, a resident of Krishna Colony, said they were forced to take a detour to reach the fun Junction Mall to avoid speed breakers.
“I once counted up to 15 breaker speed and then lost the count.
There must be almost 20 speed breakers on stretches and most of them are not needed at all.
This is a high-ranking official that reviews speed breakers in the residential area and examine their goals.” Consumer activists k Kathirmathiyon said speed breakers were built in severe violations of the Indian road congress rules.
“I have been looking for data about the number of speed breakers in the city at the district road safety committee meeting, but it is not available with any department.” According to him, speed breakers were built in residential areas on the insistence of several residents, who considered his presence in front of their homes as a kind of status symbol.
“Officials must be sensitive to the rules of the Indian road congress to make the road safer while placing it.” While the main purpose of the speed breaker is to dropping an accident on the road by controlling the speed of the vehicle on the stretch of accident prone, commuting says there are examples when speed breakers become dangerous and threaten the driver.
“Speed ​​breakers are not properly designed and do not have black and white ribbons to provide additional visual warnings often cause accidents.” P Velmurugan, a resident of Pachapalayam, said in the absence of black and white ribbons, they often know about the presence of speed breakers only after hitting them.
“I really hurt me many times because of this.” Kathirmathiyon, who is also a member of the district road safety committee, said speed breakers must have a retro reflective painting in black and white.
“It should be different from pedestrian crossings with a square design.
Instead, the painting bar design is being carried out at this time.
Therefore, commuters often fail to distinguish between pedestrian intersections and speed breakers.”