Lack of knowledge about the signs on loose gravel – Bike.no

County Secretary Harry Karlsen called 175 (Vegmeldingsentralen) to report the matter. According NMCUs website took Karlsen even the trip to Fv453 two hours later to look into the matter. The signs were inadequate, and there were large amounts of gravel in the roadway.

County Secretary Karlsen called 175 a half hour later and reported the case for the second time. The person at 175 defended himself that it was normal procedure that repairs holes and cracks are covered with sand afterwards. Karlsen said that it’s probably true, but then it must parted correct. Karlsen referred several times to the note from director Lars Erik Hauer in Roads, dated 2 May 2012 (Removal of loose gravel for cover repairs).

Vegmeldingsentralen seemed not very cooperative and said Karlsen did take this up with NPRA morning. That there could be an accident in the meantime was not interested in talking about. Harry Karlsen replied: – You can choose who you want me to talk to. You want to make sure that some of the responsible contractor calling me or do you want me to talk to the newspaper? After approx. 50 minutes called the county clerk again to 175 since no one had contacted him. One person responded and said the case was forwarded to NCC Roads, which would call Karlsen.

State Secretary reminded enough once the seriousness and whether it would happen one motorcycle accident due to inadequate signs that night, NMCU would proceed with the case. The representative of 175 stated that she had never heard of the note from the Directorate of Public Roads.

While Karlsen talked to 175, called it from NCC Roads. The caller said he had not known the sign rules before an employee of NCC Roads had shown him a copy of the motorcycle magazine, where it was an article about the case. After various arguments back and forth where the NCC thought it was good enough to boast rubble and that signs would be in place and the road swept day, said county secretary Karlsen that he intended to remain at the location of the signs were in place, and that the contractor would be held responsible if an accident happened in the meantime.

Approximately one hour later, the signs changed and the road swept.

What surprised NMCU Vest-Agder most of the matter is that NCC Roads claimed not to have received the note about motorcycle signs sent by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and therefore not aware of the new rules from 2012.