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| ![]() Yesterday observed accident involving Swift Dzire, which had gone completely under a parked container truck on NH after Walayar check post, the driver seat was completely flattened under the lorry, I passed by without stopping as too many people and cops were around the site and I was in a hurry. Anyone has news if there were causalities? This was around 10 AM. My take is that the car may have been over speeding and lost control, and it was raining heavily to boot. |
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| ![]() The deadly accident has happened at the descent of the BETL flyover. Those of you who are regulars here must be aware about one spot at the end where the road surface dips badly and lifts again where the metal grills have been placed for water to drain. Daily drivers here mostly slow down to avoid a bad jolt to their cars due to this. If anyone of these teenagers were driving way too fast that they either braked right here or passed over this grill at high speeds that then resulted in unsettling of one of the cars, it may have caused side swipes and then the sequence of events that followed. Also when traffic is thin (Late nights), most of the traffic that is merging from ground level to BETL descent tries to invariably deviate towards the median and often slowing down the traffic coming down from BETL. In the pic you can notice how the distance between the uneven/dangerous surface and point where lanes converge is less than 75 meters. In fact, the BETL wall ends much before this and there are people who just try to move to right lane when coming from Bommanahalli signal. The representation is to show how higher speeds right at this post can result in accidents. |
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| ![]() The news about the teens in TOI. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/60725643.cms I think as a part of CSR activities some company should take up the perils of underage and highspeed driving. Last edited by redcruiser : 18th September 2017 at 11:30. Reason: correction of quote |
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![]() While one of the kid is no more there, it would be a very sad loss for the parents to lose the kid at the age! I pity them. I was shocked to read when I read the highlighted bit from the report: Quote:
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That is why on track, we are told to keep the windows up and cracked open by a few inches only | |
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Thinking of it, how can the kids sneak out of the house in the middle of the night that too with a car and still slip under the watch of parents/family members/pet/watchman and then go for a joyride and expect to come back without alerting anyone? Are the parents in such a deep sleep they they wont even realise all this? | |
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Had the almighty not punished them now, they could have potentially killed some other innocent road user in the future. The blame for this mishap should go directly to the parents, and prompt punishment should be handed out to them. | |
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Mere whiplash would not dismember the head, although a severe whiplash could be fatal. | |
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I wonder if hitting the barricade severed his head. | |
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| ![]() Guys, in the entry level VAG cars, airbags' deployment does not have any link with the seatbelts. There are no electric connections with the seatbelt buckle that links to the ACU (airbag control unit). The crash sensors registering the hit is sufficient for the airbags to deploy. |
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I remember, some members had reported that on Skoda cars, airbags are deployed without seat-belts. Is that the case here? |
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