Speed limit ‘slip-ups' send UT traffic police back to survey mode
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The SSP traffic claimed that the speed signages were updated in 2022. The engineering wing of the traffic police will verify the claims made in the SLMP report.
A review was conducted regarding the Speed Limit Mapping project by Lepton Software in partnership with Google Maps, aimed at displaying accurate official speed limits across Chandigarh roads on digital navigation platforms. During the data verification exercise, it was observed that several discrepancies exist between the officially notified speed limits and the speed signages currently displayed on various roads.
The verification process revealed that among 1,131 road links, 637 locations showed differences between actual signboards and official records. Moreover, 178 stretches lacked speed signage, whilst 175 locations had no specific two-wheelers speed boards. According to the revised regulations, SSP (traffic and security) Sumer Partap Singh said the engineering wing and traffic police will verify the report by conducting a detailed survey in the city to find out the mismatched speed limit signboards in the coming days.
The SSP also talked to the officials who submitted the report and said the survey conducted by Lepton Software in partnership with Google Maps needs to be thoroughly verified. It was found that they divided one stretch, like Vikas Marg, into four patches and showed incorrect speed limits mentioned on the roads. The SSP (traffic) also claimed that the signboards displaying speed limits on city roads were updated in 2021-22.
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The report regarding discrepancies in speed limits signages on city roads was presented during the meeting of the District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) on Tuesday. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Nishant Kumar Yadav, DC, Chandigarh. The DC also instructed all relevant departments to address these discrepancies. Yadav stressed the importance of accurate speed limit displays for both public safety and enforcement purposes, requesting swift corrections to align physical signboards with official regulations.
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