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| ![]() Oh this is one CRAZY junction! How do you guys manage it everyday, I am not sure. I get so scared when trying to join the main road from the service road. It is just hell. Add to that the difference in height between the main road and service road and the cement slabs! |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Jam Alert on ORR 1) Volvo breakdown at the mouth of Kadubisenahalli Underpass on the right most lane, towards Bellandur. 2) Maruti Omni breakdown on Sarjapur flyover, right on the fast lane on the right curve towards Agara. Last edited by Soumyajit9 : 14th October 2015 at 16:36. |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() I have often wondered whether we need to start levying 'breakdown fines' to vehicles that break down and obstruct traffic. There should be dynamic scaling of fines based on various multiplicative factors like:
*10x for commercial vehicles might sound harsh, but these vehicles generate revenue directly by way of running, so it is only fair that they are properly maintained. BMTC buses might be exempt by the sad reality that they cannot be policed. |
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| ![]() On a related note: I regularly use Bannerghatta road; the stretch between MICO factory and Sagar Hospital. Why is it, that whenever there is a bus/auto/taxi broken down, it is always at a choke point - like the one in front of Sagar Automobiles, or near the KMF factory gate? The narrowest parts of this stretch of road? It reduces the already narrowing 1.5 lanes to 0.75 lanes, causing no end of grief to everybody else. |
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On the subject of pedestrians, my colleague had to brake hard at this junction to avoid a pedestrian who was crossing when the signal was green for vehicles. He avoided hitting the pedestrian, but fell down from his bike at the junction fracturing three of his fingers. The pedestrian didn't bother to show any heed and carried on with his business. My colleague is still undergoing physiotherapy to regain full motion of the fingers, 6 months after the incident! Quote:
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On a positive note, the build quality of the speed breakers is exceptional. They live sound even when the road around goes tatters! May be they should have same people build roads as well! ![]() | |||
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![]() This happens now too. When a truck breaks down, the only response from cops is that they come and take their own time raking up previous offences, verifying the documents and then giving a quotation for the fine that the driver has to pay. Then negotiations start and they come to a settlement fee which the cop takes and leaves the scene. The cop does nothing to improve the scene. At least two constables can be made to stand a little before the truck and instruct people to clear that lane gradually instead of making abrupt changes once they come near the truck. They can even alternate the movement and allow the affected lane to move with less chaos. What can be done is to deploy two tow trucks on either side of the road to jump into action once there is a breakdown, and then levy the towing charges and various other penalty AFTER clearing the road. However it is the opposite now. | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() I have a question for folks working at Manyata tech Park , especially during the evenings. I pass through it regularly and of late I have been seeing the traffic from Hebbal towards KR Puram is choc a bloc right from Lumbini Gardens, roughly 1.5 kms of bumper to bumper traffic, moving very slowy Is the reason for this the pedestrian crossing in front of Manyata OR is it due to vehicles exiting Manyata and trying to take a U- turn under the Nagwara flyover to move towards Hebbal. The same case for traffic from KR Puram towards Hebbal - the flyover is always full! raghu |
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Secondly, as you've pointed out, vehicles that are exiting Manyata's second gate (next to the petrol bunk) often tangle with BMTC buses that stop to pick up people, since these buses stop just next to the openings between the service road and ORR. Pedestrians crossing here are also to blame to an extent, but I don't blame them for crossing the road in the absence of a walkway. On the opposite side of the road, cabs and buses that drop off people cause a far worse jam than the pedestrians! Once its past 9pm, there's another pain point that opens up - vehicles from the Nagawara flyover come the wrong way on the service road from Nagawara to reach the Manyata gate (this service road is technically a one-way). Given the number of two-wheelers parked by people having a snack on that service road, it clutters up the road further. The only thing that keeps me sane on this road is the fact that I drove it for all the years they were building the Nagawara flyover. And compared to then, today is bliss. Last edited by arunphilip : 14th October 2015 at 20:03. Reason: Edited for clarity | |
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BHPian Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Bannerghatta road towards jayadeva from meenakshi mall is choco block between Bata showroom until IIM Have done 300m in last 30 mins! |
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| ![]() What does it take to get the signal near Vasudev Adigas and Bethany High School near Koramangala Police Station to be operational? Every day it is the same story; playing dodgeball with the vehicles. Else it is a sea of vehicles all stuck in one place or the other and the resultant chaos takes many minutes to clear up. Pretty frustrating since there is a police station very nearby and a stupid signal on yellow always in that intersection. Last edited by SchumiFan : 14th October 2015 at 22:15. |
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Every year roads to shabarimala are rubberised and done with the help of engineers. They also advocate strong usage of rumblers instead of speed breakers. Most of the tech parks (we had lots in EGL where i used to work) have plastc fibre speedbreakers screwed onto the road surface. in reality, those are actually not allowed as they are known to cause more harm as the rise and fall slopes are almost orthogonal! Just my two cents ![]() | |
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