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Uniform speed breakers need of the hour


Rumbler strips or speed breakers are used to bring down speed of vehicles. These are intended to help curb accidents as they are supposed to slow down vehicles that are speeding beyond permissible speed limits.

However, many times these speed breakers are not within the stipulated or proper size and instead of preventing accidents end up in causing more harm. There are a number of incidents where bikers have fallen after losing control. 

It is in the fitness of things that authorities must conform to standard size of speed breakers. Also, speed breakers must be painted in reflective paint to be visible at nights and have to be installed at requisite places especially near hospitals, clinics and schools. 


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Remove rumblers at Dandeavaddo

NELSON LOPES, Chinchinim
Published Sep 23, 2023, 12:21 AM IST
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The presumption of safety has been belied as after the installation of rumblers at Dandeavaddo, Chinchinim with five serious accidents and one fatal occurring at the site in matter of months compared to statistics of accidents over the years. Two-wheeler riders are forced to slowdown as a result of which speeding 4 wheelers have knocked them down in all cases. Unfortunately, the Zebra crossing, the most crucial requirement, has not been restored. At the public…

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