Mr. Burstow :
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment,
Transport and the Regions what evaluation his
Department has made of the medical effects of
road humps on patients being transported
by ambulance. [42698]
Ms Glenda Jackson
[holding answer 19 May 1998]:
No evaluation of the
medical effects has been carried out.
However, in developing published advice for
the design of road humps, my Department ensured that
passenger discomfort was evaluated. My Department has
produced a Code of Practice, agreed with the
Ambulance Policy Advisory Group, for consulting on
proposals to introduce traffic calming measures, and
for agreeing the means of implementing those proposals.
Evaluation provided, free of charge, by the RADA Project
experts:
Speed humps hurt fragile
disabled and elderly people ... in ambulances,
in private vehicles, in special transit
and on public transportation.
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