Accident prevention: To barricade or not to barricade?

The residents and the traffic police in Sector 4 are having a tough time with a perplexing issue: to barricade or not barricade. The issue is about avoiding accidents by placing a barricade on 19th Main to avoid vehicles rushing into 11th Cross. However, the cops argue that this would lead to more accidents, particularly at night. For now, the cops have erected a barricade on 11th Cross instead. But the residents are not happy.

The Sector 4 residents feel that the absence of a speedbreaker on 19th Main near 11th Cross (Kubera TVS corner) in HSR Layout is causing accidents. Just the other day, one resident reported a crash between a car and auto near this junction. The lady passenger in the auto was severely injured. When the Sector 4 Residents Welfare Association (RWA) took it up with the traffic police again, the cops responded.

Instead of a barricade on 19th Main, they installed them on 11th Cross. The residents protested saying that this is of no use as the problem is the vehicles approaching from 19th Main. “It is difficult to cross from 11th Cross, both from Bachpan school and TVS showroom,” said one resident. “It is better to put a hump on 19th Main.”

However, the cops said that the main roads are more difficult to manage with barricades. In addition, there is a speedbreaker just about 75 metres ahead. Initially, the residents had asked the cops to install rubber speedbreakers on 19th Main. However, when that would take more time, the idea of placing temporary barricades on 19th Main was given by the residents. However, the cops countered the idea by saying that this could cause more accidents, especially at night. One resident said, “If the cops are so worried about our safety, they should first apply white stripes on the existing speedbreakers that have faded. And some have not even been applied ever since they came up in HSR Layout.”

The argument continues. What do you think is a better solution, dear reader? Write to us at: residentswatchmag@gmail.com or whatsapp us now (+919880585748).