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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() A humble request: Can we all move on. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we are all talking about the same thing with just semantics causing confusion. Thanks |
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So far, I have never "rear-ended" anybody. Where I feel at greatest risk of doing so is not at good speed on the open road, where I will certainly be keeping greater distance than many here consider necessary, but in city traffic where just a moment of inattention can make bumper-to-bumper into bumper-on-bumper. The gentleman who helped to educate me on highway stopping distances had his first accident, after a couple of decades of uneventful driving, in London traffic... because he was looking at a female pedestrian when the car in front of him stopped. Lessons learnt at other people's expense are the cheapest, and I try not to forget that one! | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() 50 miles per hour = 80 kilometres per hour. if a well built full sized sedan like Camry's rear end can be decimated at 80 kmph surely the BMW must have been well below that speed and yet be able to damage the WagonR the way it did. Thank you for posting the video, it will go a long way in making people aware that one need not be at much over the prescribed speed limits to do extensive damage to others and to themselves. Quote:
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Also we are talking about humans who are listening to songs, munching on something, talking to someone - within the car or without - and in general very good at being distracted. With just about 1.5 seconds even three seconds of response time, our typical driver would not even be able to complete the expletive in *** if he sees the vehicle in front stopping dead. Because nobody has taught him that in such cases he should slam the brakes and not the other driver. And same is the case with the driver of the vehicle following him. So instead of debating if a 30 metre gap is more optimum than a 100 metre one, just let's follow a 10 second rule so that we can stop well in time and be able to complete that expletive. | |
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| ![]() Four killed as speeding Audi SUV rams into auto in Ghaziabad Four people, including a woman employee of an IT company, were killed when a speeding Audi SUV collided with an autorickshaw on Hindon canal road in Indirapuram around Friday midnight. Police said the autorickshaw was completely crushed in the accident, which occurred near the Gaur Green Avenue high-rise building. The Audi Q7, on the other hand, sustained damages on the driver’s side. The deceased were identified as autorickshaw driver Sanjeev (25) and passengers Yajuvendra Singh (35), Vishal (25) and Rinku Yadav (40). The auto driver Sanjeev hailed from Etah in Uttar Pradesh and was a resident of Noida’s Khora Colony along the NH24. He was the sole bread-winner of the family. The auto was completely destroyed, and all its occupants were killed in the mishap. (Sakiib Ali/HT Photo) “The two male passengers had come from Kanpur to Ghaziabad because one of them intended to attend a job interview. They were known to Rinku, who worked as a manager with HCL Technologies in Noida,” said Indirapuram circle officer Anil Kumar Yadav, adding that all the four had died on the spot. Police said the two occupants of the car fled from the scene soon after the accident, leaving the vehicle behind. Documents recovered from the car identified its owner as Dr Manish Rawat, an associate professor (neurology) at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. “The car was being driven at a speed of 80 to 100 kph. We are not sure if the owner was in it,” the circle officer said. Police have contacted Dr Rawat for further details. A case is yet to be registered. http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/...t6IaMSQaK.html Last edited by ajmat : 28th January 2017 at 13:03. |
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Usually, if the vehicle involved is a high-end car/bike, the speed is automatically pegged at 150 km/h or higher. | |
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![]() As you say, two seconds is barely enough for the expletive, let alone the action. | |
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| ![]() Saw a Punto at Nagarbhavi today, the car had its lower arm broken and the front-right wheel had turned almost to 180 degree. The owner was safe and sipping chai, while I took pictures of the car. He was narrating something to me in Malayalam, I did not understand but, nodded and left from there. ![]() Find below, the broken lower arm. ![]() There were some people from Bosch service, he had sought help already. Last edited by aah78 : 2nd February 2017 at 23:21. Reason: front-left -> front-right |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Happened today in Hyderabad. Triple riding costed them a huge price! Two of them died on the spot while the third person survived with injuries. |
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It is the parents who suffer after their death. The third student seems okay, with fewer injuries in the video. There was so much discussion in my family to buy me a pulsar 150 UG3 in 2006, due to the image it had got those days and comparing the powerful disk it had in UG1. I was a fast rider those days (learnt later) but, these guys paid a lot for that mistake. God give the power to their families, to face the loss. ![]() | |
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Lives lost or speed estimate. Hard to believe. | |
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Uncalled for reaction. He has only alluded to the fact that the report has deviated from the standard practice of being vague about the speeds and has provided a measurable estimate. He hasn't said it was more important than the lives lost. |
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As a matter of fact, triple riding itself might have rendered the driver inept for prompt maneuvering at the curve. May the departed souls rest in peace! |
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| ![]() Added to their speed it's the fate of these guys that exactly a lorry with its rear axle ended up perfectly at the fall place of these students. This is seriously a deadly curve near tadbund junction. I daily used to go by this road when I was in my graduation. I also used to travel on Yamaha Fz. This curve is so deep that I used to drop down my speed to 20kmph and even at that speed also many motorists used to come upon each other shifting lanes during manuevring. I used to fear that if I go much faster than 40kmph I would have an accident the same way this accident happened. Earlier there used to be many potholes just before this curve and so many had to eventually drop their speeds which I think have saved many lives. But now roads have been laid so smooth without any speed breakers and people who actually drive fast bikes go on with their bending stunts dreaming this curve as in a MotoGP ![]() |
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Whether the cops will even ask for the data to be recovered is another question. Quote:
We have BMW going to lengths to ensure 50-50 weight distribution of the vehicle (accounting for 75 kg driver weight), and that too in a car well over 4.5 meters long and having tyre width of over 195mm, why? To make sure the vehicle transfers its internal weights correctly and doesn't shift about, we have even F1 bike riders transferring their weight towards the side of the turn so that there is no loss of balance or skidding, don't these dense hyper-hormonal thrill seekers even realize the consequences of seating 3-4 on a 2-wheeler with randomly flaying about motions? Quote:
Speeding or not, it was night time, and there is possibly no reason to crash into an auto from the back because autos are neither capable of great speeds, nor capable or hard braking, yes the only way this could be the auto-drivers fault is if he suddenly came into the Audi's lane. Its an expensive car and they sure could've been more careful driving it, and also kept a dash-cam for such occasions where they could've conveniently cleared their fault had they been without fault. As of now, as stereotyped as it may be, the Audi looks to be in the wrong. Very true, in any case all these factors are discussions for basically, kangaroo courts. At the end of the day those who suffered (whether proven or not) from the accident will continue to suffer and those in the wrong (whether proven or not) will continue to defend themselves. Speed or not, prevention and safe driving is the only way. Last edited by dark.knight : 29th January 2017 at 11:43. | |||
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