EVALUATION OF SPEED BUMPS ALONG WARRI-SAPELE ROAD WARRI, DELTA STATE
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Driving in urban centers and neighborhoods at high speed without regard to safety of the inhabitants brought about the emergence of the use of speed bumps and other traffic devices. Road bumps play a crucial goal in enforcing speed limits, thereby
preventing over speeding of vehicles. The use of this device overtime had resulted in series of debate worldwide. While some
are complaining of the inconvenience caused by this device, others are calling for more of this device. This study therefore seek to investigate the use of speed bumps on Nigeria highway with specific reference to Warri-Sapele road, Warri, Delta State.
Using quantitative research method, 50 units of questionnaires were designed and administered to drivers, motorist and residents at various reference points on the road section to sought information about the effectiveness of the devices. measurement of the height, width, length and spacing of the device were carried out with the aid of equipment in Geomatics engineering and this data were compared to the city of Bakersfield, California standard for speed bump parameter. The result shows that 84.4% of the existing speed bumps were of spacing below the LATM standard of 60-90(m), 26.7% had width less than the accepted value of 300mm and 100% had height exceeding the standard of 60mm. The result of the speed bumps parameters shows that the bumps were built with no recourse to specification as the height, width, length and spacing keeps changing from one bump to the other due to its instantaneous demand.
preventing over speeding of vehicles. The use of this device overtime had resulted in series of debate worldwide. While some
are complaining of the inconvenience caused by this device, others are calling for more of this device. This study therefore seek to investigate the use of speed bumps on Nigeria highway with specific reference to Warri-Sapele road, Warri, Delta State.
Using quantitative research method, 50 units of questionnaires were designed and administered to drivers, motorist and residents at various reference points on the road section to sought information about the effectiveness of the devices. measurement of the height, width, length and spacing of the device were carried out with the aid of equipment in Geomatics engineering and this data were compared to the city of Bakersfield, California standard for speed bump parameter. The result shows that 84.4% of the existing speed bumps were of spacing below the LATM standard of 60-90(m), 26.7% had width less than the accepted value of 300mm and 100% had height exceeding the standard of 60mm. The result of the speed bumps parameters shows that the bumps were built with no recourse to specification as the height, width, length and spacing keeps changing from one bump to the other due to its instantaneous demand.
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