[govigov]

On the bus vs truck accident on page 1876, I felt like the truck did lose the brakes. The truck did not feel like it was slowing down, ultimately it mowed down the traffic in the opposite lane.

[honeybee]

Originally Posted by jagpreetsingh

... Don't we all get stuck behind buses that just stop to pick/drop passengers.
...

Exactly. The truck driver should have waited like all of us.

We learnt from observation. He didn't. Someone innocent got killed.

[ecenandu]

Over speeding. I think most of the Indian drivers are hard-wired not to slow down even if there is a danger ahead, not defensive enough.

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

[Nimalan]

A couple escaped with just minor injuries in spite of going under the car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYu3wiTsiP4

[Miyata]

Originally Posted by pavi

Another accident involving a truck and a mini truck.

You know how on some familiar roads we know the regular bus stops and change lanes well ahead to avoid being stuck behind a stopped bus?

Looks to me the driver of this truck is well aware of the bus stop and "knows" traffic coming on other lane will make space for his gargantuan machine rolling down with that momentum. Right-of-way be damned!

Most times the opposite vehicles do make way. Turns out, this time around that could not be ensured.

Although the bus chap is not fully innocent, I don't see any way how the tuck driver is not 100% responsible for the events we've seen.

[haldar_siliguri]

Originally Posted by Nimalan

A couple escaped with just minor injuries in spite of going under the car.

The biker, who was most at fault for suddenly changing lane (no RVMs) and then stopping dead centre on the road, had no qualms about checking up on his pillion rider while limping away from the accident.

[tharian]

Originally Posted by haldar_siliguri

The biker, who was most at fault for suddenly changing lane (no RVMs) and then stopping dead centre on the road, had no qualms about checking up on his pillion rider while limping away from the accident.

Well, if he doesn't have the brains to pull over to the side of the road by checking his mirrors and then stopping , he wouldn't be bothered about his pillion or rider either.

[RavSam]

Originally Posted by tharian

Well, if he doesn't have the brains to pull over to the side of the road by checking his mirrors and then stopping , he wouldn't be bothered about his pillion or rider either.

Well, with that being said how the hell was he able to walk with the car's wheels going over him!? It's not even a light car. Lucky him. Also, its good that the road was almost smooth with no traffic behind or anywhere around.

[pixantz]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

There are no excuses for that head-on collision with the mini-truck on its side of the road.

Yes, maybe there are no excuses but everyone who posted on this mishap missed one important observation.

The "truck" in question was not actually a normal truck with a one-piece body but a trailer-truck, if you may call it that, with a seperate trailer carrier attached to a pulling truck. A ditto similar ditto one just passed by a bit earlier in the clip. Now how does that matter? Well, for starters these vehicles have totally different dynamics from normal trucks especially on braking.

The way i see it, even if that "truck" had applied full brakes at the speed it was going, the outcome(for the mini truck at least) would have been the same or worse. Because if the driver had jammed the brakes, the rear trailer would have fishtailed with its rear pulling out immediatley and gone into a drift-like position and still hit the mini truck with possibly more force than it did. These boys don't stop in a straight line on very hard braking. Everyone missed that possibility and I think the driver knew this. Worse, these trailers get into a jack-knife position and sometimes topple in the process and this could have made it bang into the bus too. I think this could have turned out much worse than it did for everyone if the trailer had done a drift maneuver.

That said I'm not at all saying the trailer driver did a noble thing exactly. He was distracted and also overspeeding. But the overall outcome could/would have been much worse if the trailer jack-knifed. The mini truck was also very fast. I think the bus braking was not exactly abrupt, if you look closely and if the trailer guy was more attentive we all wouldn't have been writing all of this.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Your final paragraph is correct. The truck was probably going too fast for the road and its dynamics. Don't try to offer the truck's dynamics as an excuse. In fact it further damns the driver. Such a driver is supposed to be a professional with the required skills and abilities. He should be in prison.

Has there been any further news about this accident? I wonder if I missed any post.

[rovingeye]

Originally Posted by ecenandu

Over speeding. I think most of the Indian drivers are hard-wired not to slow down even if there is a danger ahead, not defensive enough.

I'm seething right now looking at this - because the first thought that came to my mind was, what if that poor kid that got run over was my daughter?

I hope the driver is never allowed to get near a vehicle again.

[yajaman99]

I use the NICE Road to travel to Electronic City.
Yesterday there was a fire which took place approx 2km from the NICE EC exit.
2nd April 2019
Fire Seen from a Distance but not sure what happened.

On reaching the spot after 20 minutes or more .


Now today a accident happened on the opposite side of the road before Kanakapura junction.
Was in my colleagues car today and his Aukey dashcam captured the event but he is yet to copy it to his laptop.
Crazy thing the TATA Lorry just flipped to it side, luckily no biker was there or car.
3rd April 2019

[Rahul Rao]

Originally Posted by suhaas307

I don't know mate, if you watch that video carefully you may note that the truck was 2 seconds behind the bus and going far too fast for what is essentially a town street.

This is the Mumbai Goa highway and not a town street.

Originally Posted by suhaas307

The truck driver ought to have been driving a lot slower that he was. You see, if he was going slower, he would have had enough time to stop.

In this region every one drives at about 50 - 60 kph, you cannot be either faster or slower than the rest of the traffic, as chances for overtaking are few and come after long periods.


The truck has braked, as you see weight transfer to the tractor, and its front dipping before the driver swerves away from tailing the bus. The trucker is at fault, as he should have kept a much larger distance between himself and the bus.


Rahul

[harry10]

Originally Posted by ecenandu

Over speeding. I think most of the Indian drivers are hard-wired not to slow down even if there is a danger ahead, not defensive enough.

Such morons should never ever be allowed to drive any vehicle ever again. These idiots are the reason an innocent person loses his/her life.

Originally Posted by Nimalan

A couple escaped with just minor injuries in spite of going under the car.

60% bikers fault for dancing in the middle of the highway road without any ounce of idea what's happening around him.
40% fault of Merc driver as clearly car was overspeeding and he failed to see what biker is doing in time.

It's a miracle both survived inspite of the hard hit and car running over them.

On a side note good to see the car people helping them instead of running away from the scene.

[Thad E Ginathom]

If somebody jumps in front of your car how can you avoid them? Total disregard by the rider, totally fault of the rider.