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Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) and Traffic Engineering and Planning
Agency (TEPA) have jointly displayed speed limit messages on 10 main roads of
Lahore.
PSCA is displaying the speed-limit messages on its video messaging service
screens installed throughout the metropolis.
Speed Monitoring Radars: placed all over the city on main roads in next step to
regulate traffic
e-Challans: For speeding and other traffic violations. The challans will be
dispatched to the house addresses of the traffic violators
Speed-Limit Message Boards: Displayed on Canal Road, The Mall, Ferozepur
Road, Jail Road, Allama Iqbal Road, Molana Shoukat Ali Road, Main Boulevard,
Peco Road, Raiwind Road and Defense Road
Speeding as number one road safety problem in most countries around the
world
Reductions in average speeds of approximately 5 per cent would mean a
reduction in fatalities by as much as 20 per cent
even modest speed reductions can prevent the occurrence of collisions and
significantly reduce the outcomes of those crashes that do occur
Speed Management:
Effective speed limits must be compatible with the design speed of the road
The design speed of the road tends to have a greater effect on a driver’s choice
of speed than the actual speed limit
Speed limits are most often set in accordance with three main principles:
Younger and inexperienced drivers tend to overestimate their own skills and
underestimate potential hazards. It is a fair assumption that if posted speed signs
did not exist; many drivers would adopt unsuitably high speeds.
The relationship between speed limits and travel time is far more complex than
most drivers are willing to admit.
How much additional time is needed for a 10 kilometer journey when the average
speed is reduced by 5 km/h??? Only 16 seconds with a reduction of 110 to 105 km/h
and 80 seconds with a reduction of 50 to 45 km/h.
Across all studies, the total effect of reducing or introducing a speed limit is a
reduction in accident frequency by 13 per cent. This level of effect can be acheived
where there is an average speed reduction of 11 km/h.
Larger percentage of speed reductions can turn fatal accidents into injury
accidents, and injury accidents into property damage accidents only.
For higher speeds, a reduction from approximately 110-115 km/h to
approximately 88-97 km/h is predicted to reduce fatalities crashes by up to 54
per cent and reduce injury crashes by up to 6 per cent.
For lower speed limits the ratio is approximately 2:1 between fatal and injury
crashes.
Important points