Three types of speed-breakers to come up

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Deccan Chronicle             10.01.2014

Three types of speed-breakers to come up

Chennai: Motorists who curse the bumpy speed breakers can now hope for some respite from the corporation which has decided to make motor-friendly speed-breakers.

The non-uniform speed breakers would be re­m­oved and new ones will be installed. Ch­­ennai corporation had be­en receiving compla­ints reg­arding so­me sp­ee­d-br­eakers.

“Several speed-breakers set up in the city are not est­abli­hed as per Indian Road Congress gu­ide­li­nes,” the release no­ted, adding that the civic bo­dy had decided to in­stall three specific types of sp­e­ed breakers, which wo­u­ld regulate the vehicles at a speed of 25 km, 15 km and 10 km per hour. Ro­ad tu­rns, accident-pr­o­ne zo­nes, hospital and sc­hool zo­nes will be exa­mi­n­ed.

“I welcome the corporation’s move to custo­m­ise the speed-breakers as they could be life savi­ng,” sa­­id Dr V. Kanagasabai, di­­­r­e­ctor of medical edu­c­a­­t­ion and dean of MMC.

“Wh­en a sp­ee­ding vehicle hits an non-uniform sp­e­ed br­ea­k­er, it could lead to an acc­ide­nt, resulting in in­ju­ries, particularly to the spinal cord.

“People who have un­dergone hip replacement surgeries and senior citiz­ens can suffer spontane­o­us fractures,” Dr Ka­na­ga­s­abai said.

“Many of the speed-breakers are not un­iformly laid and my vehicle gets severely damaged by those,” said La­­xman Ramesh, a re­tired furnace engineer at Ve­lachery. “I wonder whe­ther they are ‘speed-bre­akers’ or ‘vehicle breakers’,” he adds.