Issue adequate warning before putting up barriers on roads: CJ

The Chief Justice, a part of the first bench while dealing with a plea pertaining to installation of speed governors in motor vehicles, said the impromptu placing of barricades on the streets without any indication or warning of such a barricade ahead may lead to accidents. Citing an accident, to which she was a witness too, she said barricades on city streets could be acceptable since the traffic is slow moving but on the highway with vehicles speeding at an average of 80 km per hour such barricades without proper warning could prove negative especially in a narrow highway along Thiruvallur. 

The government advocate who assured to inform the state about this pointed out that such barricades were installed only at accident zones to slow down traffic. The Chief Justice, while dealing with another case, also sought the advocate general to ensure that the hoardings on pathways were at least seven feet high from the ground to ensure that it did not affect pedestrian movement. 

She said that there was no point in clearing pedestrian pathways and then blocking it with banners and hoardings.