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.