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BHPian Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Trivandrum
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Apologies for jumping the gun. Feeling ashamed to have gone by the literal meaning of that reporter. ![]() The details provided by you guys throws the real light. Wonder how many, like me, will get fooled to suspect Honda for that reporter guys reporting stupidity. | ||||
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() To my best knowledge: 150+ km/hr and a sharp and sudden swerve is enough to make a car fly. Quote:
Need to have the full pic, but then, it looks to me, like the vehicle has rolled over several times after landing. | |
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To my eyes, it doesn't look like the car rolled over. I can't see any major deformity in the shape of the roof . IMO it landed rear first and then the front banged on the footpath. The left rear fenders, boot door and the bumper of the civic gives a feeling that it took the first hit after falling . | ||
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Delhi / Shimla
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| ![]() i concur with that , and by reading all the reports so far it does not appear to be a case of any part failing. The reporter mentions that the driver was at a South Delhi club before that - so maybe alcohol involved? There is also this speculation if 2 cars were racing which the police declines to comment on. |
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Though we don't have the full pic but the roof looks remarkably fine. Even the rear window glass seems to point that it never landed on roof, either by rolling or by falling. Or, may be Civic's body cage is ridiculously strong. | ||
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Delhi
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| ![]() Got one more pic about the Civic flying off a flyover. Now this one should answer some questions. ![]() |
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![]() Well, arnt we speculating too much?. | |||
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: KL-01/KL-08
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| ![]() I don't know how it happened ![]() ![]() Last edited by GTO : 2nd October 2011 at 12:06. Reason: Replacing with a jpeg version so that others can easily view the thumbnail |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() yesterday evening when returning from home i got nudged! i was in front of BDA complex 3rd block Koramangala, waiting at the signal. that's a three lane road which usually gets converted to four or sometimes five lane road. as the signal goes green, i start moving and all of a sudden there is a thud! i look back and i see a black Indica had hit my car on the right back. i slow down and gesture the driver to pull over to the left. i too pull to the side, put on the hazard lights and get down from the car. one look and the impact doesn't seem to be much. the Indica just scraped the right rear wheel arch. i wait for the guys in the Indica to get out and i speak to them in God's own language (the vehicle was from Palakkad). i ask the driver where was he looking when driving the car; he said he came to the left when the Omni beside him swerved to the left. i looked at my car, looked at the driver and thought i'll just let it go. no point unnecessarily dragging the issue. before parting i told the driver of the Indica that next time someone swerves into him, brake instead of going sideways! this time if was me; next time it could be a family on a two wheeler and they could really get hurt. end of story ![]() Last edited by IronH4WK : 1st October 2011 at 02:18. |
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BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Manjeri
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Goa
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| ![]() This happened with me about a year ago. Was travelling at @20 kmph due to a slight hump on the road. Suddenly there was a loud cracking sound. Before i knew what was going on, THUD. In an instant, I unlocked the door, the seat belt was bit of a struggle under panic situation. All this time, the tree was slowly inching its way down over the passenger side. Luckily i was alone in the car, and more amazingly no one else got hurt on the road. A white Swift suffered a shattered windshield and bruises on its bonnet. My car could only be removed, after an army of fire tenders with heavy duty chain saws sliced through the tree. The pathetic T.A.S.S here in Goa, kept the car for over two months for the required repairs. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Delhi
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| ![]() Had a close shave today on the noida expressway. The expressway has 3 lanes. I was in the right most lane at the time overtaking a slow moving people carrier winger. There was a Scorpio ahead of me (at about 100 ft) and I was doing about 85 km/h. Suddenly the Scorpio swerved to the left and I see a broken down truck bang in front of me. Had to brake hard, let the winger pass ahead of me and then cut left. Even then my right front wheel went over a tyre kept on the road just before the broken down truck. Then the rear wheel went over the tyre on the road. My car was on 2 left tyres for about a second. Thankfully I stayed calm, let the car land on all 4, then steered, slowly braked and stopped on the kerb about 300 ft ahead from the incident. Whew! Trust me it was an experience ![]() Broken down vehicles on the right most lane and incoming traffic from the wrong side, am damn pissed off right now! Tyre wall has a cut, will go tomm to a tyre shoppe for inspection. Front bumper will need replacement :( Suspension and underbody check will be done tomorrow. Last edited by nitin.rai : 1st October 2011 at 16:56. |
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