Nirenjan’s Space

Seen today on Nelson Manickam Road, the driver and cleaner of one of Chennai’s innumerable thanni lorries were testing a new brake technology for their perpertually brakeless vehicle.

The new brake technology? The concrete median on the road. Numerous disadvantages observed were

• the scattering of concrete chips all over the road for the braking distance
• damage to the brake itself, making it good for only one use (parava illai. Chennai has innumerable other medians to use as brakes

One interesting aspect observed was that steel is stronger than concrete (or atleast lorry manufacturers do a better job on the wheel caps than Chennai Corporation on the medians)

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