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How To Avoid Road Accidents Due To Poor Road Conditions |
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If You Have Suffered a motor
accident, whiplash
injury, accident
at work, medical
negligence, faulty
goods, criminal
injury, slip
or trip, industrial
injury, accident
in a public place or would just like some advice, please don't hesitate to
give us a call on 08000 71 22 71 for any personal
injury, medical negligence, road traffic accident, no win no fee accident
claims
More than 40 people have died on county roads this year. This may be in part
down to the poor condition of road markings. So what can you do about it?
Design of roadways has improved greatly over the entire 19th and 20th centuries
and is still an ongoing process. However, roads are man made and human errors
resulting in design flaws or constructional faults still keep contributing to
motor vehicle accidents.
Poor road conditions are a result of faulty design and low or no maintenance of
the roads. The likelihood of an accident can have many factors including design
or maintenance. The following are few issues that contribute to accidents:
1. Banking or Camber: Curvature of most roads is angled to accommodate for the
centrifugal forces acting on the vehicle at a specified speed. If the angle of
curvature is not correct or is malformed or broken due to bad maintenance, it
may lead to the vehicle veering out of control and off the road.
2. Barriers/Guard Rails: Placement of barriers, guard rails, speed breakers,
medians, and other devices help regulation of traffic by separation of lanes and
prevention of vehicles crossing the median, as a result leaving the roadway. If
such devices are inadequate or missing, they make the drivers vulnerable to more
accidents.
3. Road Markings: The markings on a roadway should be highly visible and
understandable to motorists. Use of reflective markings or reflectors help
drivers to stick to their lanes at night or in poor visibility. Maintenance and
proper use of broken and solid lines to isolate unsafe areas for passing and
proper coloring of lane markings can help make travel safer.
4. Road Surface - Road surface is responsible for generation of friction between
the surface and the tire. Friction helps in keeping the vehicle steady on the
road, instead of flying off the surface. Smoothening of roads by excessive use
can result in lesser friction resulting in motorists to skid on the surface.
Maintenance and relaying of roads is essential form time to time.
5. Signage: Well illuminated and properly placed signs facilitate drivers to
anticipate further intersections or hazards and will render driving safer.
Maintenance is required to keep these signs in working order and well painted.
6. Traffic Control Devices: Placement and working traffic signals, stop or yield
signs, lights highlighting intersections, school or pedestrian crossings and
other devices to control the traffic would go a long way in improving driving
safety.
An accident claim due to inadequate or faulty design can be made against a
governmental agency or department; the defense can be that of sovereign
immunity. The analysis of this immunity itself is complex and needs a thorough
analysis of laws. Choosing a solicitor with experience in these matters is
absolutely necessary to make sure the compensation claim is won.
If You Have Suffered a motor accident, whiplash injury, accident at work, medical negligence, faulty goods, criminal injury, slip or trip, industrial injury, accident in a public place or
would just like some advice, please don't hesitate to give us a call on 08000 71 22 71 for any personal injury, medical negligence, road traffic accident, no win no fee accident claims |
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