A recent incident has spotlighted Mumbai’s speed breakers, which are of varied sizes, with most missing reflectors or paints and ‘hump ahead’ warning signboard. Recently, a car got stuck on a wide speed breaker in Kurla, which was not the first such incident.
According to the government’s rules, speed breakers should have a radius of 17 metres, a height of 10 cm and a width of 3.7 metres to maintain a vehicular speed of 25 km per h for general traffic
An official from BMC’s roads department said the speed breakers are installed by the local ward offices, many times on the demand of residents for safety near schools or hospitals. Accordingly, the ward office takes permission from the traffic police and builds one. It is the duty of the official concerned to check whether it’s made as per the guidelines.
