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Originally Posted by aseem This thraed reminds me: Why the obssesion with hot chics, when marrying one would result in divorce... |
haha well said Aseem
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Originally Posted by carboy 1) Absolutely no chance of being rear ended when driving in the opp
direction.
2) Absolutely clear view of all vehicles you are likely to hit - no need
to ever look into the mirrors - any cars in the mirror are going away from
you & not towards you.
3) If the thug is on foot & on coming in the opp direction, just mow him
down. If he is in a car, by the time he turns around & follows you, you
can be gone.
4) I doubt if anyone will fall asleep while driving wrong side - you really
have to be alert to do this. Plus all those people honking at you. |
RKS was talking about a General Environment, not a perticular situation. assumptions can be made easily. What if a person is driving at 50-60 kmph on the highways and a truck or a bus looses the balance? heading towards you from the back?
and assumptions can be made like this..... car is heading fast means not at the throtling speed but yes fast enough to control easily..... say fiesta at 100-120 kmph or sonata at 100-120 kmph, a truck looses balance as soon as you overtake the bus by bla bla pithole or anyother reason... Now what?
Fast moving car will be safe... overtake time was less and the slow moving car will take good amount of time in overtaking. We can assume anything but it is a general talk.
For the 2nd point you mentioned... no need to look into the rear mirrors? Please tell me why? Are you the one who is fast? What if another car approaching you? Man, we are not talking of a car moving at 170-180 kmph (dangerous speed) but a car moving at 100-130 or max to max 140 kmph but depends on the cars.
Now for the 3rd point... We can again assume the situation like this... what if a thug is coming from the opposite direction. Please tell me one thing.. can bring your car suddenly infront of a car who is cruising at 120-130 kmph? lol and if the thug is heading towards you then in that condition i will speed up more parking lights on dipper starts and i will just keep on coming his way with more and more speed and i will try my level best to scare him up. "Let us see who is a craziest person in the world, the thug or the person he planned to rob". Dude!! mind you.. thug will not risk his life and he will surely move left or right suddenly. Keep yourself into thug's position and think his psychology. You being a thug will risk your life like this? ofcourse not and you will look for another person who is slow.. lol even if i will stop the car what if the thug kills me? duh!! so better to take chances and have a go on the thug.stupid
Now talking of American conditions vs Indian conditions:
1. Road Conditions - no comparison.
2. Traffic Sense - no comparison.
3. Cars Quality - no comparison. No security test done, Marutis and Tatas will be in a biggest trouble.
4. Cops - any comparison?
5. Strictness - any comparison?
6. Number of Cars on the road - lol again no comparison.
7. Road Sense by the people on the roads - People crossing the roads risk their life and other's life too. Sudden crossings, No matter if a car is coming or not..
8. Hot Chicks on the road - People forgot to mention this thing, I had seen many people on the roads two wheeler or the car. One hot chick on the road with minis and all that stuff, while driving they take their eye off the road. In America its common and boys are not like this, but here in india. Dingo!! I had seen 4 accidents infront of my eyes, just because of this reason including one of my very close friend haha
If there is no comparison in any of the conditions in America and India then why to compare the stats of the accidents, it is irrelevant.
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Originally Posted by adya33 Because as I understand while overtaking you are not only relying on your own skill but also on maturity of person being overtaken.
Imagine this, you are overtaking some car and another car is coming in opposite direction, what if the car being overtaken suddenly steps on gas and gives you no room.
Surely it won't be safe will it be? |
You are correct. But one should take the precautions. While overtaking use Dipper and Horn both, you will come to know if the driver is mature or not.
Sign of immature driver on highways while overtaking
1. He will not give you side unless you come very close to his car or Blows a good horns and dippers. #$%#$% to these kinda immature behavior.
2. He will hit the gas.
one should response according to the conditions...
1. While Overtaking, i just overdrive the car to minimize the time of overtaking. (best) Small gear just before overtaking (one should know your car before doing this), and giving a thrust to 3.5k-5k rpm flat.
2. Now if the person tries to hit the gas then avoid overtaking him with a sudden shock, less horns and be nice to that fool. lol even if that person don't give the proper side. Then wait for a good condition and overtake the car as if you are in a drag. (Need Skills)
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Originally Posted by adya33 Forget being rear-ended, what about a good 'ol head on collision? |
It can occur at lower speeds too.. But yes, you are right.
One should not drive the car beyond limits. like Sonata can be driven easily at 140 kmph but not Santro.
So, Experience and Skills counts.:
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