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Police said Muneer, who was speeding his bike in Beretena Agrahara, bumped off on a speed braker and fell down, when a speeding MUV, which was right behind, ran over him."

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From sept this year..

Student killed, 2 injured on way to Nandi Hills

Riders were at fault? yes..but unscientific road humps were even more at fault..these  kind of humps are coming up everywhere around town unabated.

Sathya/Pranav/Murali Sir can this be taken up in the next meeting Police Comm meeting next time?

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Recently, a few humps also came along the Inner Ring Road between the Ejipura junction and the Domlur flyover, for apparenly no reason, on both sides of the road.

There are no paintings on the speed breakers, neither do they have any caution signs before its appearance.

I have raised the issue with BTP FB here.

These are also very unscientific ones and right now causing accidents because of all the problems with them i.e. no markings, no caution sign, very huge, sudden appearance etc.

Deepak

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I bumped over these speed-breakers (the ones at the curves on the IRR) in my car, at around 5.45 in the morning almost a week back. I attributed it to my aging senses. The car tyres and suspension took a beating, I guess, though luckily not enough to cause a break-down. When I went past them later, I was a lot more careful, though it occured to me that the markings could perhaps have been a lot better. It was later, when my wife came upon two bikes and their riders spread-eagled across the road (one almost falling under her car) at the spot, and I myself came upon one more, that I realised that the problem was not as much with my senses, as with the poor markings or lack of them.

I immediately called up Dr Saleem, and appraised him of the position. That was around 6 in the evening, on the 29th. The very next morning, when I passed these breakers, they were already marked with zebra stripes, and there were traffic cops at the spot, even though it was as early as 7 AM. Well, that's Dr Saleem for you; and that's why I have nominated him for this year's "Namma Bengaluru" award. This is but just one example of his pro-activeness.

During the telephonic talk I had with him, he told me that the decision to have the speed-breakers at the spot was made by BBMP, as also the execution of the job. His tone I dare say conveyed to me a kind of disquiet over the way the BBMP went about these matters. Well, Sir, the disquiet is not yours alone; it's ours too. BBMP better learn to mend its ways. I will be taking up the matter at the next TAC meeting.
 

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Murali Sir,

But I had a impression that, in case of speed breakers, its also the review of BTP, before BBMP constructs them.

Can they have such unscietific humps, without marking and without caution-signs?

I had posted these questions on the BTP FB page-

Sir,
(1) Any reason why many speed breakers have been constructed on Inner Ring Road (between Ejipura signal and Domlur on both sides)?
(2)Also, why those are unscientific ones, not really to slow speed but to harm cars chassis?
(3) Why, no markings (while lines) on the speed breakers, so as they are visible at night?
(4) Why, no signboard before the speed-breaker, indicating "Speed Breaker Ahead" ?
(5) Are those the right places to install/construct speed breakers? [Source of study/research/analysis?]

They have forwarded my request to Halsuru Police Station, and no repsonse yet on this.

Do you think, raising a complaint with BBMP control room is the need here ?

If yes, I will do so.

Deepak

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The accidents were waiting to happen. If you watch carefully, there are flex boards put up by Halasuru Traffic Police indicating these as a accident zones. These appeared recently at the locations where the new humps have appeared. Also the traffic police used to put barricades such that only middle lane is available for traffic, this happens over night, they leave those barricades in the same place till next day early morning. Unless it was not removed by good samaritans, it used to be there till the peak hour traffic gets blocked around 9 AM. The humps appeared in the same location as they used to put these barricades. True, the humps suddenly appear in the curves same as those barricdes used to earlier.

Ramesh.

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