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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() More than 20 casualties in a bus accident near Runnisaidpur. The bus overturned in a dry canal after jumping off a bridge. This very canal is overflowing during monsoons, one reason why casualties are less. The bus as usual was overloaded like most of them in this part of country. The cause is driver error, apparently the driver was trying to spit gutkha (pan-masala) and lost control ! ![]() Details here - https://m.timesofindia.com/city/patn...w/63349092.cms |
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No need for debates to find out whos at fault here. The buses in north Kerala are notorious for rash driving. They are a menace and the police do absolutely nothing about it. I've had too many near misses to write this off as a rare incident. I've lost a family friend to to these vile maniacs. He was parked on the side of the road on his bike when an overtaking bus ran over him. If the traffic cops cant do anything about them, they better resign and sit at home on their fat useless asses. |
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Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Beans Town
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- Sensationalist journalism ![]() - Exaggeration x 10, a fender bender (literally) portrayed as a major incident - Abuses galore - No mention of size/make of "offending" vehicle Posting from the article : However, things take an unfortunate turn when he is hit by an allegedly drunk road user "Furthermore, this video is yet another example of the risks that drunk-driving poses to other road users." ![]() Other than that, no doubt on the spec of sheet metal on Tata cars post the launch of Bolt/Zest.. all thanks to specs and part sharing with Fiat in their shared factory. This article however, is garbage. | |
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| ![]() Not really an accident but the possibilities give me the shivers! ![]() Not mine but received on WhatsApp |
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9/10 times, a sudden sway, with such indication is always a hint that the truck did that for a purpose - An object ahead of it or it wants to suddenly pull over and stop. The biker was damn lucky, because he was riding a bike and not driving a car!! Peeping out into that overtaking lane soon after the truck moves left is not a 'welcome sign' ever. Experience will tell how unless one is clear about what's ahead for a good distance will always pause for 2-3 seconds to get a clear visibility and then attempt overtaking. | |
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- he had braked and passed the car from the right.. passing a car which is braking and moving to the left, from the left is a recipe for disaster. - he had got behind the truck that he was overtaking and get a view of the road ahead before overtaking. In the first case, the erring truck would have been visible early. When he saw the brake lights of the car, he should have started to slow down rather than pass from the left and then move blindly to the right to pass the truck in front. There could have well been a broken down vehicle on the fast lane. ![]() ![]() | |
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It's the same lack of common sense that has resulted in the truck being driven against the flow of traffic on the right most lane. Last edited by silversteed : 19th March 2018 at 10:13. | ||
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But the second part of him trying to be in the extreme right would have been a sort of gamble. One way, he could have spotted the truck much more in advance as soon as the Xylo went left, or if the truck ahead was blocking the view, he would have only spotted the oncoming truck in the opposite direction at the last moment. If that had happened, he might have not had the time to swerve left. Quote:
![]() On the way to my native once this stubborn KSRTC bus was not going to the left inspite of waiting for sometime, flashing lights and honking. Suddenly he starts to go to the left and I am a little happy that he finally moved, just to spot a water tanker watering the plants on the median. Thankfully, the left lane behind the bus was empty so I just tracked behind the bus and was able to overtake him before he came and regained his throne on the right lane. This became a regular occurrence, and I got used to it. I used to peep a bit to spot such vehicles and move to left whenever the vehicle ahead of me did so due to some obstruction, and then I used to get ahead after the obstruction. However, once an Innova cab driver didnt realise this. He had developed good pace at around 90 kmph behind me. There was a private bus doing 80-90 and he swerved left. I realised what this was for and followed him. The Innova was nearly tailgating me, and thought that his intimidation won, just to get a stationary tractor tanker ahead of him as I swerved left behind the bus. Though he slammed his brakes, he didn't have enough time to stop and crashed into the tanker. The tanker suffered a bent underrun bar and a puncture near the tap while the Innova had its front end smashed. After this incident, they now use a cone and a person who stands well behind the tanker and diverts vehicles. But looking at our situation, it might happen that the NHAI will have to employ people to shoo cows off the road, use an escort vehicle for such rogue trucks in the opposite side etc etc since our traffic manners have gone down the drain big time. | |||
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| ![]() An indictment of our times that the Lorry fellow coming down the wrong side is considered to be something which we should look for and is almost mentioned as something which has a high probability of happening ![]() The bikers were extremely lucky and hope they have learnt their lesson. I sure have, by looking at the video |
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| ![]() Lucky guys, but no skills. As I see it, these bikers perhaps do these stunts (I certainly can't call it driving) everyday on city roads i.e. go from right lane to left lane by overtaking a vehicle which had it's indicator on and was changing lane, move back to right lane without seeing the road ahead clearly. They had left no margin for any error for anyone. Zigzag driving, filling the braking space of other vehicles, blocking a vehicle from changing it's lane, we've all have seen this on our city roads. There is a difference of life & death when you ride in this fashion at 30-40 kmph in cities and attempt it at 60-80 kmph on indian highways. Just one wrong move (by riders or others on road) and you are history. When will riders learn it ![]() |
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| ![]() Biker attempted overtaking without ascertaining whether the lane is free. He was blind and almost paid the price. PS: While I say this, the lorry didn't have any business going in the opposite direction. But it was ! You need to handle these situations safely on our roads. |
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Remarkably reckless bike riding on the highway. Not condoning the oncoming truck, you never make your move without checking the way. | |
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| ![]() Three doctors from New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences were killed and four were injured after their car rammed into a truck on the Yamuna Expressway on Sunday morning. The doctors were travelling from New Delhi to Agra when their car tried to overtake the mini-truck near Mathura.While the reason of the accident could not be ascertained it is possible that the driver might have fallen asleep. That is most likely as the accident had taken place in the very early hours. Very sad indeed. |
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Saw a tweet about this incident on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sivaguru_upm/sta...45991765975040 Official Twitter handle of Tata Motors seems to have liked this tweet! ![]() |
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