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The bus could have hit the car anywhere, but the car held up, resisted the side intrusion and its whole body swerved rather than allowing the bus to plough through it. With such a rigid passenger cage, had it been sandwiched between the bus and the nano would have been in serious danger (assuming it is the weakest of the three). Its just amazing the way the body structure of the merc has taken the impact from the bus ![]() Last edited by for_cars1 : 15th September 2017 at 11:35. | |||
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If his front tyres had traction when he turned right, there would have been a pretty high chance of a head-on collision, which would not have ended as lightly as this incident did. Last edited by Rehaan : 15th September 2017 at 12:55. | |
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The bus driver had braked pretty hard was rapidly decelerating at the point of impact. That saved them merc more than anything else. |
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It is the driver who is turning into these exits, or entering onto the highway to exercise extreme caution. I do agree that the KSRTC bus was also on a higher speed given the prevailing weather conditions. And the bus drivers in Kerala - they push their buses to the max, having no idea what the consequences would be when something goes wrong. The worst drivers are on the Kozhikode to Kannur route, driving with the A pedal to the metal and zigzagging a 12+ meter bus as if it were an auto rickshaw. And, true, the Merc guy learns a lesson, a lesson that he will not forget. Quote:
Little more of the video and may be we could have heard them questioning why the bus did not stop, after seeing the Merc with the indicators on. ![]() | ||
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| ![]() In a humerous guide to sailing small boats (wish I still had that book), the author advised hoisting a boot before entering harbour and shouting at anyone who gets in the way, "Didn't you see my signal?" ![]() So, the Merc driver was indicating. What can we say? Ha. Ha. Ha, Merc driver: next time, use the horn as well. That might work. |
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My guess is it's raining and no harm in having your hazard lights on. Last edited by bordeaux : 15th September 2017 at 16:53. | |
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In this case, if you had the hazard lights on, how in the world are you going to convey to the vehicles around you that you are planning to make a turn and get into the path of other vehicles? Last edited by pjbiju : 15th September 2017 at 17:05. | |
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That said, I have seen them turn on in cars which do not have aribags or impact sensors as well. | |
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Jokes apart, even if he has the best insurance he is definitely going to lose lot of time and resale value. | |
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| ![]() Well, I believe I am the only person to differ in opinion over here. To me the KeRTC bus driver appears to be more at fault (although the Merc driver is no angel) for the following reasons, 1. Firstly, the road, as it appears, is a two lane undivided road within a inhabited (urban/ rural) limit. Naturally, one has to be expecting sudden entrants like, rickshaw, children, cattle, two wheelers, etc, into the pathway as a norm. 2. The surface seems to have been wet due to downpours; this would reduce the braking efficiency for any vehicle. 3. As few other members over here have mentioned, the bus driver might have moved on to the shoulder, due to the first bus not having completed its overtaking process. The driver might have also had restricted vision due to the first bus blocking a portion from the front view. 4. The fuel station is located on the same side of the bus path. Movement of vehicles into and from the fuel station needs to be accounted by the KeRTC driver. Under the circumstances, it is expected that the KeRTC bus driver drives at sane speed so that he can maintain full control over the vehicle. From the video it is clear that the car was hit a few moments after it made the turn and not immediately. This means the bus driver had some time in hand to apply brakes and come to a halt. However from the video it appears that the driver did not apply brakes on time. Coming to the theory of brake locking, we are judging it based on the video footage. However one has to account for a phenomenon called “aliasing” where the wheels can appear as stationery or even moving backwards on a video footage even while the vehicle is moving in a forward direction. This effect is creatively used in commercials. Coming to the theory of the Merc attempting entry into the gas station from the exit point, the Merc driver had promptly turned on the indicator and commenced the turning maneuver a healthy 7 seconds prior to the crash. Going by the speed of the bus (around 60Kmph) it would have been at least a good 100-120 metres away from the Merc at the moment the Car began its turning maneuver. So definitely the driver had ample time to slow down the bus and avoid the accident. In my opinion, if not the Merc then the Blue car (Polo?) would have got crushed after exit under the speeding bus. Last edited by King_pin09 : 16th September 2017 at 14:02. |
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