Man injured as his two-wheeler hits a nasty road-bump

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A city resident, who broke his wrist trying to negotiate a nasty road hump with his two-wheeler, has once again brought to the fore the need of making roads safer for vehicle users.

The incident took place at midnight of Saturday last when the person in question, a journalist, on his two-wheeler lost balance and grip of his vehicle trying to negotiate a road hump near Bank Of Baroda, opposite Carmel Convent School in Jayanagar. Later, taking to Twitter, the journalist blamed the incident on an ‘unscientific road hump’.

“Because of this unscientific road hump near Bank Of Baroda, opposite to Carmel Convent School in Jayanagar, my two wheeler lost balance and I lost grip yesterday midnight. My right wrist is broken. No blinking red light and no sign board or white mark,” journalist Irshad Venur tweeted.

Irshad also posted pictures of the road hump and the X-Rays of his wrist. He further requested the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to fix the hump and make sure a similar incident does not take place. What should the road bump look like? According to experts the embankments should be constructed in such a way that vehicles are not damaged.

Neither the driver nor the passengers should be inconvenienced while moving at a certain speed. Bumps on a particular road should not disturb the residents in the vicinity. Bumps should be present on main roads only, not on side lanes.

Bumps should not be more than 5 metres from junctions On the issue of how to design a road bump, the experts further said that on a road where a vehicle can move at a speed of 25 km per hour, the speed breaker should be constructed with a width of 17 metres or a radius of 3.7 metres wide and 0.10 metres high. Road bumps should be in parabola shape, 'V-shaped bumps should be painted black and white or black-yellow and the markings should be clear, the road experts further added.