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Old 12th February 2018, 23:43   #16
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

Seeing the video again in the new thread...

On top of the close possibility of the head-on, you must also have noticed the guy standing on the right. That must have been terrifying too, in case you were not able to control the car.

Anyway, you could and did, and any number of other awful possibilities didn't happen. Again: well done!

I suppose the villain just drove off?
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Old 13th February 2018, 06:11   #17
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

Great maneuver! It almost as if the he was on a mission to kill the motorcyclist on his right. Also helped that he did not maneuver into his lane again because you were in it.

I also underlines the importance of having a safe car in India. A couple of kmpl here and there is not worth the life risk.
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Old 13th February 2018, 09:00   #18
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

You were driving very sedately, I feel your brain processed that as a right turn by Ace and so you moved to the other lane. Could have been very different results had speed of either of you was much higher.
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Old 13th February 2018, 09:26   #19
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

Amazing reaction by you! It is counter intuitive to move to the other side of the road to avoid this. Glad that you were able to do that.
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Re: Pics: Accidents in India

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The dashcam reads out the GPS speed, so the speedo speed is approx 10% more, IIRC I was cruising at 90ish kmph, and once I saw this guy swerving towards the bikers, I moved slightly across the median, only to be shocked to see him change direction towards me, head-on. I actually slowed down and moved to extreme right, as I had nowhere else to go.
Considering no one else has pointed this out, I guess this is within "acceptable" norms in today's world; but just putting it out. 80-90+ kmph speeds on such 2 lane roads is always risky and with a higher potential of accidents happening, especially considering the lack of divider and roadside junta sharing the road at all times, even if the road (as in your case) is empty most of the time. Unfortunately we all do it these days (including yours truly).

Good maneuvering in the end. Good work!
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Old 13th February 2018, 10:14   #21
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

@DRIV3R how early in the morning was this?
I am guessing the guy behind the wheel was being trained by the actual driver. As soon as the trainee lost control it was the actual driver taking control to swerve away from you. While you were lucky and can credit it to your reflexes, even the guy on Dost needs to be commended for swerving away the second time since you did not have any space to swerve any further.
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Old 13th February 2018, 10:32   #22
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

Great escape.

Can't something be done legally to restrain such morons from driving and putting the others' lives in danger?
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Re: Pics: Accidents in India

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I actually slowed down and moved to extreme right, as I had nowhere else to go.
Man! your reflexes saved you combined with a bit of luck!
I am glad that you came out safely, luckily no other vehicles in the surrounding!

The other driver might be looking into his phone and lost track of the road!!
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Old 13th February 2018, 12:46   #24
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

Amazing reflexes and maneuver DRIV3R. Thank God you came out unscathed from this
If I were in your position, I would have swerved to the extreme left/shoulder of the road (like others have mentioned before).

I replayed the video, this time I imagined myself to be the 2-wheeler driver (the one with pillion) just ahead of you - a shudder went through my spine
He somehow managed to swerve to the left at the last moment. What must have gone through his head in that fraction of a second? Cheated certain death by a whisker!
I think even he deserves to be lauded for this successful evasive maneuver.
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

That lunatic really should have been caught. On the other hand, any attempt to do so would probably have been very dangerous and thus foolish.
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

Cool head and very good maneuver. Also good was the fact that the idiot did not try to come to his left and decided to go in between. Really helps to have your eyes on the road.
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

Good reflex dude. Also, lucky the traffic was less and you got no one on the opposite lane.

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This happened today morning on my way to Bangalore. Between Veppur and Chinnasalem.
This also goes on to show why its so IMPORTANT not to use mobiles while driving. It only took two seconds for the truck to come to your lane. While using mobiles, we all predict our lane and way to be clear for the next few seconds we look into the mobile and do the work. But one idiot like this, and your prediction goes meaningless.

You have to be paranoid to drive safe in India. When I was taught driving, I was told to expect all oncoming vehicles as drunkards and mad fellows.

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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

Looks like a choreographed stunt. You were so cool and hats off to your reflexes. As others mentioned, either a hard slam on the break or moving to the left would have been my reflex to this situation.

You were so lucky,

1. Nil traffic behind the Ace
2. No morons overtaking you from right
3. Bikers ahead didn't panic brake
4. Gentleman to the right didn't panic and tried to dodge your car by moving to his right
5. Ace didn't hit any of the bikes

God bless!!
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Old 14th February 2018, 14:41   #29
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

I'm so happy that you evaded a major mishap. I too believe in the general consensus that the mini-truck driver may have slept off for a moment, or was probably looking in to the mobile phone.

And thanks for posting the dash-cam video. Serves as a reminder that roads are really unsafe places and one has to be extra vigilant about himself and others on the road. Driver fatigue is a major contributor of accidents these days, and no matter what we say, us bhpians may also end up doing such stunts if we're on the wheels when we're tired. A spit second carelessness is enough to change our lives forever.

I just cannot stress the importance of getting a good sleep, having a cool mind and remembering the following threads before we hit the road - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/drive-safe/

Drive safe !

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Old 14th February 2018, 16:38   #30
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Re: Video: A mini-truck goes berserk & my evasive maneuver

Your actions and your luck saved the day for you, but this is definitely not a correct this to do. Imagine, you swerve to the right(his lane), he rectifies his mistake (goes back to his lane), you both on collision course, and collide. This happens to us so many times even while walking too. Ideally you should have braked hard, stuck to your lane, went on to the shoulder and prayed that he too did the same. In airlines industry too, the pilots are trained to turn left (or right, don't remember) when they see 2 aircraft on collision course, to avert a collision.
In situations like these, you don't get time to think twice, so not blaming you, but your action was at fault.
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