[venkyhere]

Originally Posted by prkiran

So many incidents where the cause is tyre burst. Could it be possible that the tyre burst after hitting the median at speed? At least in situations like these where the vehicle ended up upside down on the other side of the road, I think this is a more probable cause than losing control after a tyre blowout.

99% of the cases, its exactly how you mentioned - Driver error leads to vehicle swerving right - huge impact from the median at speed on the tyre - flexes the tyre beyond the usual amount, off it comes from the rim. When the police finds the vehicle in the opposite lane with rims bent/broken and a tyre thats come off - "tyre burst" is immediately written down as the cause of the accident.

Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

It's quite surprising to note as to how the 'A', 'B' and 'C' pillars of these cars crumple during such impacts. The other safety gizmos and features though working, stronger 'A', 'B' and 'C' pillars would ensure survival and or/ lesser injuries to the occupants.

Sadly, SAAB is out of business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4cPWZ9VdI8

Originally Posted by for_cars1

however it is extremely dangerous to check and top up tyre pressure on heated tyres during the middle of a highway drive. Doing so significantly increases the risk of a tyre blowout.

seen so many do that, even cars with TBHP stickers.

[nikhn]

Saw this accident near Ananthpur on the way back to Bangalore. Apparently driver lost control and rammed into the railing twice before hitting the divider. Looks severe and the airbags have deployed. 5 people in the car and no one was seriously injured. The car bore the brunt of the collision pretty well. The driver was in shock and we helped attend injuries with the first aid kit from the car and stayed on till his relatives came.

[virgopal]

Originally Posted by locusjag

OT: the name Bunny Punia (the one who uploaded the video) seems familiar...

Bunny Punia is the Consulting Editor of Cartoq.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunnypunia

[pixantz]

Originally Posted by virgopal

Bunny Punia is the Consulting Editor of Cartoq.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunnypunia

Bunny Punia used to be one of the reviewers on Bike India. I think. I remember I used to read his columns in some bike mag.

[vinjosep]

Originally Posted by pixantz

Bunny Punia used to be one of the reviewers on Bike India. I think. I remember I used to read his columns in some bike mag.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/intro...tml#post111612 (Hi from CAR India,BIKE India and XBHP)

OT?: He is on tbhp

[ecenandu]

Another accident from Kerala

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaBzatwYBuI

[Axe77]

Originally Posted by ecenandu

Another accident from Kerala

The two wheeler has crossed like a complete idiot. More blame on him in my opinion.

[audioholic]

Originally Posted by ecenandu

Another accident from Kerala

This is another example which reaffirms my thought that its better to aim towards the tail of such a moving object instead of trying to outrun them.

[ecenandu]

Originally Posted by audioholic

This is another example which reaffirms my thought that its better to aim towards the tail of such a moving object instead of trying to outrun them.

That is my golden rule in karting, never thought about implementing that on road, though.

[ninjatalli]

Originally Posted by Axe77

The two wheeler has crossed like a complete idiot. More blame on him in my opinion.

Nopes. S/he did wait for the cars and bikes to pass looking at both ends. The blue car had been over speeding like hell, going over the slightly curved at such a high speed he wasn't able to control himself.

[TSIboy]

Originally Posted by audioholic

This is another example which reaffirms my thought that its better to aim towards the tail of such a moving object instead of trying to outrun them.

It was the better option. Either the car was going too fast on the curve to keep its line or the driver din't think so. The poor guy is going to be blamed anyways even if its not his fault because he is in the bigger vehicle.

I remember the driving school books in UAE telling your point of aiming for the tail especially if its a animal.

[Arwin07]

https://youtu.be/92O6dHAJpfw

This is the visual of 2 policemen who were controlling traffic in an intersection in Guduvancheri, suburban Chennai getting hit by a government bus. Both of them are injured and admitted in hospital now. The bus driver was arrested. (This is the English transliteration of the Tamil news)

The bus driver seems to have been driving distracted. The policeman was wearing a high visibility vest.

Originally Posted by ecenandu

Another accident from Kerala

1. Bad road design with break in an otherwise double white centre line, allowing traffic to join/cross at a curve.
2. The car was overspeeding and couldn't stop/control in time.
3. The scooterist crosses in a legally allowed place, took his time to see that road is clear. But with common sense he should have known not to cross the road in a curve where visibility is restricted and vehicles can't slow as efficiently as in a straight road.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by Arwin07

1. 2. 3.

When apportioning blame for an accident, put the road, environment, etc, last, and the drivers first. The road isn/t going to change for the vehicles: the drivers must take account of the road.

[sunishsamuel]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

When apportioning blame for an accident, put the road, environment, etc, last, and the drivers first. The road isn/t going to change for the vehicles: the drivers must take account of the road.

Agreed, if the driver maintained the speed limit probably he had fat chance of hard breaking and maybe a minor scrape with the scooter instead of what happened in the video.

That said, its high time we idiot proof our road design (as much as we can) and also make sure exit and entry to & from main road is done scientifically. It may not reduce accidents to 0 but will be significant.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by sunishsamuel

That said, its high time we idiot proof our road design (as much as we can)

Oh so true! And this thread shows us every day.

Trouble is, the better the roads are made, the faster and more dangerous the driving gets.