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| ![]() Can a case of Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder be filed against the contractor or the civic body involved? |
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| ![]() @dark I would say, beep happens to even the safest of riders or walkers or even sleeping in the pavement(ers). Ask salman who knows its definitely not safe when he is playing real life carmegeddon. Thats why i did not talk about the incident or how it could have prevented. Everyone rides our own luck and we are just lucky each day on road. The sad part is the way the police happily booked the truck driver. Poor guy had the worst luck and he is alive to go through our police nonsense. |
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| ![]() Hindsight is always 20/20 it is foresight that really counts . or something like that - read it somewhere on this very forum. In our context. two wheelers - inherently unstable, element of risk even at the best of times. traffic discipline - chaotic , inherently missing roads - inherently under construction - without adequate safeguards roads in monsoon - inherently pot holed, water logged, messy, slippery, reduced visibility Riding a two wheeler - driving it or riding pillion is probably the most risky thing that a common man/woman does on a daily basis. Some ride, out of sheer necessity, some for convenience and some for pure thrill. Few know the risks, many blissfully unaware. Do take a look at the accident statistics below, two wheeler accidents probably account for the largest portion of the pie. http://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/...dents-in-india http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelea...x?relid=146093 It appears to be a chronic ailment, superfluous solutions like wearing a helmet or protective gear seems to be a palliative. Now compare this with yet another equally depressing statistic - Tobacco related cancers (TRC) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027787/ http://icmr.nic.in/icmrsql/archive/2016/9.pdf Agreed that TRCs are 3 or 4 times more potent than two wheelers but look at difference in levels of sensitization of the underlying risk to the general masses. Probably it is time that two wheelers also came with a warning sticker? I wonder if that would help. Every time we get on a two wheeler we are knowingly putting our life and limb at risk. On any given day the roads, the traffic, the weather all do play a role but at the end of day it is our life and limb on the line. At the end of the day , hindsight is always 20/20 . Question is - do we have the foresight to do something about it? PS: All accidents are terrible, every precious life lost is sad. |
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| ![]() As a driver, I consider potholes as things, like a lot of other stuff on the roads, to be missed or slowed down for. But I cannot say that I always succeed; I don't. Usually, on four wheels, the worst is an uncomfortable kerchunk and a cross word from the wife. Now I have to reflect that some of those failures-to-miss, on a bike, might cost me my life. On the other hand, I sometimes observe others swerving around potholes right into my path. I can't say, but I feel that the pothole may offer less danger than a head-on collision. Quote:
I do not tell anyone that they should not be riding a two-wheeler, although I do say that they should not be using as transport for their children. What you say is so true. Either through ignorance or through denial, they do not know. Just acknowledging what you said there would reduce 2-wheeler accidents substantially. Last edited by Thad E Ginathom : 25th July 2017 at 15:57. | |
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| ![]() A minister now says that the person did not die due to the pothole!!! "The road on which she was riding was water-logged and had become muddy and slippery. Her motorcycle slipped and she fell down. A truck which was behind hit her, killing her instantly. The accident did not take place due to potholes," he told reporters in the legislative complex. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/w...79.htmlhttp:// |
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| ![]() A bone chilling accident. Fortuner and truck head-on collision near Jodhpur (Rajasthan). 4 persons died on spot. I am posting only the pics of scraped vehicle rest pics are very disturbing so not posting here. Source: (https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JOD...l?seq=1&ref=hf) Last edited by (Alok) : 25th July 2017 at 18:08. |
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| ![]() An Innova driven by a youngster from Coimbatore, who made a trip to Malampuzha garden, was damaged after he crashed the vehicle into the Kanjikode/Malampuzha railway crossing in Palakkad. No one was injured. From what i understand he had taken the car for a spin with a girl and was driving at high speed on his return run. |
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| ![]() Yet another inhuman case of a driver jilting his passengers when his van met with an accident. The passengers were school kids who were being ferried by an driver licensed to ride only two wheelers! ![]() This happened in Vandalur, Chennai. One kid died and the others injured. Really gut wrenching to read this "A team of the Otteri police which soon arrived at the spot later arrested Karthik and found he only held a licence to drive only motorcycles with gear (MCWG). Nithyanandam(Owner of the van) knew this and yet allowed Karthik to ply his van trasporting children to and from school, putting their lives at risk, police said." News Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/59746572.cms |
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| ![]() The NH-24 isn't wide enough for vehicles to drive above 40kmph and this happens. Our NCR is seriously in shambles. http://www.financialexpress.com/indi...ors_picks=true |
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