The construction of speed reducersknown as “Acaded police“, In streets and avenues of the Santo Domingo Este municipality, by the Municipal Mayor’s Office, it generates a Debate on legalitythe damage to the vehicles, the tamponade and the intentions of the trustee Gave astacion to reduce the accidents of transit.
The driver criticism They are constant, mainly because of the “Acaded police“On the Mella road, near the San Vicente de Paúl, where an amount of the type of Continuous reducers of four parts, which causes the occupants of the vehicles to jump inside and vibrate cars.
In the Venezuela Avenuein front of the Republic of Panama School and the Juan Pablo Duarte II Park, two were placed “Acaded police“More than a meter wide and a height of about five inches.
Drivers consulted, such as Benito Santiagodo not oppose the reducers, but not with the height that affects their vehicles and hinders the road of four lanes. Armando VásquezPrivate car driver, does not consider such reducers correct on one avenue like that and understands that there are other options.
The director of the school, Rafael de León, said they made the request for the reducers, but that they have nothing to do with the design. He explained that for that place Many students crosswhose lives are endangered, although they have School police They help cross them safely.
What the technicians say
Specialized technicians, such as communication expert Juan José CastillaThey understand that these devices, also called traffic calmers, must be installed in accordance with standards that regulate their placement.
He explained that the Modern reducers They are designed not to bother drivers to pass them to regulated speeds and not to damage their vehicles; However, many not only They destroy vehiclesbut affect the transit.
“The time has come to create some standards and withdraw all the systems placed arbitrarily that, apart from destroying the vehicles And mistreat people, they are useless, “he says.
Reducers for urban areas, such as Speed Humpsknown as “Acaded police“They must comply Technical standards of design, location and structural capacity, with the sole objective of forcing drivers to maintain the established speed limit.
- There are also cushion type or Speed Cushionswhich are used to force reduce speedbut without affecting the safety and comfort of users.
The International standards indicate that they should not be installed on highways, roads of four or more lanes or on roads whose Maximum allowed speed whether or greater than 60 km/h.
Nor should they be placed in bridges or tunnels, nor in the 25 meters before or after them; in sections with slope greater than 5 % before the reducer; in route sections where geometry can affect driver’s visibilityas horizontal and vertical curves; nor in the vicinity of buildings for certain services, such as libraries or medical-hospital facilities.
There are other types of Reductors for speeds over 60 km/h, such as bands with recreation, which also generate a Optical effect for their white color and are about 60 centimeters wide.
There are also Transversal alert bandsthat with a slight vibration transport to drivers an optical and acoustic illusion that announces the arrival to a place that requires reduce speed.
Fernando Díaz, specialist in transit Urban, explained a Free newspaper that there are other devices to calm traffic, such as ramps, which function as high sidewalks with a rise and descent ramp which forces to reduce the speed between 20 and 30 km/h, as occurs in the Colonial City.
“What happens to what the mayor wanted to do Gave astacion? Has done, as it would be popularly said, speed reducers asphalt What happens to the speed reducers? They are not usually placed on the main roads. That has Technical specifications and distance between one and the other. He has done it without any regulations, although it has a good intention, but technically it is not explained and what it is generating is conflict. He is not a signaling specialist, he is a manager, “he said.
Mayor’s response Gave astacion
However, the mayor Gave astacion assures that everything he does is low technical criteria And that the problem is that in the country many people do not want to fulfill the law. Consider that in places where reducers have been placed there is signaling that indicates that it is necessary to pass at a speed of 10 km/h.
“Wherever you have to put them, we are a policeman because he has a sign that mandates speed. For example, the last ones we put have a signal that indicates that we must go to 10 km/h. The first thing is the signal. If you have to go to 10 km/h, no one will have a problem with a Lying police “, He raised.
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“Believing that the avenues are clues and that the streets are places to compete in careers are taking the lives of thousands of people in our country. In our municipality we are compelled to fulfill the law and you cannot walk at high speeds. You have to go through our municipality slowly, so that life first preserves,” he said.
He assured that Law 176-07in its article 19, it gives the mayors the Traffic management In its cities. And article 199 of the Constitution of the Republic gives them Autonomy character to the municipalities.
“The municipalities do not have to ask permission No one to do anything in their territory, coordination yes, but not permission, “he emphasized.
Reported that Law 63-17 of Transit and mobility commands to coordinate actions with institutions such as the Intrant, the Ministry of Public Works and the General Directorate of Security of Transit and land transport (Digesett), what apparently was not done.
Opinion of the Urban planner Mayobanex Suazo
He Urban planner and former urban planning director of the Mayor’s Office of the National District, Mayobanex Suazo, states that to install speed reducers The first thing to do is present the Project to the Council of councilors and then to Intrantwhich is the entity that determines whether it is possible or not; Subsequently, it must be approved by the Council and the Directorate of Transit and urban mobility.
Ensures that this type of works They should not be executed administratively, although he said he did not know what the regulations of the Mayor of Santo Domingo Este In this regard.
