Accidents with road maintenance barriers

[porqui]

Rule #1 while cycling

 

 

Cycle safely

[Grebel]

Sorry about your misfortune. Doesn't look too bad though ......

 

Edited November 27, 2013 by Grebel

[Hackster]

Ja, I suppose you should be looking where you're going but it sounds like this caught a bunch of people so I would suggest that the drums are unsafely placed, and some hazard signs need to be placed at the entrance to the corner.

[Wyatt Earp]

At least you gave them the finger.

[Baaisikilist]

Look, I think the most important thing to take from all this is that you SERIOUSLY need to clean under your fingernails.

[Omar]

in my honest opinion , those drums are on a blind corner and are an obstruction. report to ppa and see what happens.

[DJR]

in my honest opinion , those drums are on a blind corner and are an obstruction. report to ppa and see what happens.

 

How about finding out who the relevant authority is and reporting it to them?

 

Cape Town City Council roads department? Mayor of Cape Town? Provincial roads department? All of those look more likely than the PPA to be responsible for this. Even the Camps Bay or Hout Bay police stations seem a more direct approach than to go cry on the PPA shoulder.

[Flowta]

I was wondering what is a reasonable warning before road maintenance barriers so cyclists are aware well ahead of said barriers.

 

I guess a lot of incidents with above barriers happen when cyclists look down and don't notice that roadworks are coming ahead.

 

On Sunday I put an end to my Burger entry just above Lundudno.

 

Coming from Hout Bay over the neck I was a little worn from Suikerbossie at a good pace and my head was hanging a little more than usual which happens when recovering.

 

Was barreling down the first bend at 45 km/h and suddenly went flying over a 200 liter drum placed just inside the yellow line.

 

Resulted in badly dislocated finger, buckled shocks on the MTB and many roasties.

 

I never saw any warning signs prior to these steel drums placed in the road so randomly.

 

Tempted to get a response from whoever put these damn things in the road without, in my opinion, proper safe warning.

 

Anyway, two months recovery and a long road of phisio ahead - rant over.

 

Lucky you didn't fall into the hole that's left on the side of the road there. Unless there's some other drums that I haven't noticed when driving that route.

[Flowta]

I'll try drive home that way today and have a proper look, if able, will take pictures

[New Landy new life]

I did find an e-mail address on the City's website and sent them a mail to try and mark the hazard better or put something softer - the fact that a few other guys had a fright means we are not all in the wrong.

 

A slight dipping of your head can take these out of site, but if there were a few smaller markers such as road cones first gradually coming from the barrier towards the hazard which I am sure should be normal practice I would have seen it.

I do admit in hindsight I should have been looking, but spending most of my time in the mountains I just assumed wrongly that the roads were safer and took my eye off the ball - amazing how quick things can go wrong.

 

Thanks to all who called me stupid - what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

[New Landy new life]

Lucky you didn't fall into the hole that's left on the side of the road there. Unless there's some other drums that I haven't noticed when driving that route.

 

Isn't the hole in the road further down as you get into Camps Bay?

[New Landy new life]

I'll try drive home that way today and have a proper look, if able, will take pictures

 

I hope the city have fixed the problem by the time you get home

[Flowta]

Isn't the hole in the road further down as you get into Camps Bay?

 

There's a smaller one by Llandudno

[Omar]

How about finding out who the relevant authority is and reporting it to them?

 

Cape Town City Council roads department? Mayor of Cape Town? Provincial roads department? All of those look more likely than the PPA to be responsible for this. Even the Camps Bay or Hout Bay police stations seem a more direct approach than to go cry on the PPA shoulder.

i see one of your passions is commuting , same as the ppa. wouldn't you want the association you belong to inform you of these obstructions when commuting or cycling recreationally. commuting / recreational cycling takes place on public roads. the ppa should know about these obstruction and be able to go directly to the responsible person in city council to sort out and then inform their members.

your suggestions would result in being given the red tape run around esp by SAPS who won't even respond to a burglary

[DJR]

i see one of your passions is commuting , same as the ppa. wouldn't you want the association you belong to inform you of these obstructions when commuting or cycling recreationally. commuting / recreational cycling takes place on public roads. the ppa should know about these obstruction and be able to go directly to the responsible person in city council to sort out and then inform their members.

your suggestions would result in being given the red tape run around esp by SAPS who won't even respond to a burglary

 

I've mostly found that complaining to the people that have the power to do something about a problem, works by far the best. Better than complaining to someone who cannot fix it or have to fix it once or twice removed, so to speak.

 

However, once the responsible authority, in this case the Cape Town City Council, fails to fix the problem, I think the PPA could have a valuable role to play by putting pressure on them. Generally, the City Of Cape Town is quite good at responding to complaints and doing something about it. I'm speaking from experience, having called them to fix severed electricity lines, overflowing sewerage and rubbish in my street.

 

But to expect the PPA to get involved in every drum that is positioned stupidly, is not the answer i.m.h.o.

 

I'd rather the PPA use their energy to moan daily to the mayor about more cycle lanes, the width of the Muizenberg / Kalk Bay road, and a safe link between Southern and Northern Suburbs, a mountain route around Table Mountain etc. etc.

[Big H*]

I've mostly found that complaining to the people that have the power to do something about a problem, works by far the best. Better than complaining to someone who cannot fix it or have to fix it once or twice removed, so to speak.

 

However, once the responsible authority, in this case the Cape Town City Council, fails to fix the problem, I think the PPA could have a valuable role to play by putting pressure on them. Generally, the City Of Cape Town is quite good at responding to complaints and doing something about it. I'm speaking from experience, having called them to fix severed electricity lines, overflowing sewerage and rubbish in my street.

 

But to expect the PPA to get involved in every drum that is positioned stupidly, is not the answer i.m.h.o.

 

I'd rather the PPA use their energy to moan daily to the mayor about more cycle lanes, the width of the Muizenberg / Kalk Bay road, and a safe link between Southern and Northern Suburbs, a mountain route around Table Mountain etc. etc.

 

For those that may be interested, please PM me so I can email you a copy of The SOUTH AFRICAN ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS MANUAL - ROADWORKS SIGNING Volume 2 Chapter 13. This manual describes all the possible conditions to place signs for any roadworks, maintenance works or temporary works. It also give the layout of signs, type of signs and describes the conditions for setting up the signs. If any of signs are not set up according to this manual and you can prove it was not done you may have grounds for a legal claim.

 

Please feel welcome to PM me.