Padubidri, September 19th, 2015: A number of vehicles have been skidded off the slippery highway stretch near Padubidri Beedu, in addition to the one near Kannangar bypass area. As the one-way traffic comes to an end near Basadi and sudden traffic of vehicles coming from the opposite direction and a S-shpaed turn, creates confusion and the vehicles skid off the road while applying sudden brakes With no proper road signs, vehicles coming from Mangalore side will have no clue about this sudden situation and slip off the road to a nearby field.
Padubidri police sub-inspector Mr. Azmath Ali has urged the highwayi controactors, M/S Navyug Constructions, to take proper action.
Around a week ago, two vehicles had slipped off the road on a single day, causing injury to the drivers. A vegetable truck had also overturned scattering the vegetables all over the road and incurrin losses. A driver of a car was also injured in the smiliar incident. A truck skidded off the road very next day and got stuck in the muddy field.
The police had erected a barricade to warn the drivers. Howeever, last week, a vehicle at high speed applied sudden brakes on seeing the barricade and hit the barricade as the brakes failed to bring the vehicle to a complete halt. Thereafter, the barricade was not erected.
News and pictures by: HK Hejmady
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