To check fatal accidents on Pune-Mumbai Expressway,highway police ask for two more speed guns

“At present,we have got two speed guns to keep a check on the overspeeding motorists. We have been continuously taking action against rash drivers with the help of these speed guns. In the past two months,we have registered close to a thousand cases against the speed violators. However,this monitoring could be further enhanced if we get at least another couple of speed guns,” Jay Jadhav,superintendent of police,Pune highway police said.

Excessive speed by four-wheelers on express highway could lead to bursting of tyres,overturning of vehicles at curves,collision with other vehicles and distraction to other vehicles,ultimately leading to casualties or fatalities on the expressway. “So far,the expressway has witnessed hundreds of accidents,overspeeding has always been one of the prime causes of such accidents,” Chandmal Parmar,chairman of MCCIA’s transport committee said,adding,”Therefore,apart from the strict enforcement of speed limit,regular use of speed guns,imposition of heavy fines on the overspeeding vehicles and awareness programmes by MSRDC,police should be conducted on a regular basis.” “Since the cost of one speed gun is approximately Rs 10 lakh,there is an option of purchasing a photo radar,which is much cost effective than a speed gun. In fact three such radars could be bought in place of one speed gun,” Parmar said.

Considering the shortage of medical facilities on the expressway,the MCCIA has also recommended full-time deployment of trained para-medical staff and doctors is the need.

There should be sufficient number of ambulances on the expressway. Its other demands include availability of heavy-duty cranes for removing heavy vehicles,and raising check-posts for the vehicles.