Schoobus toppled | 15 children injured

Gordon · 25th June 2007, 18:22

A schoolbus just toppled a couple of hours earlier at the end of Juhu-Versova Link Road opposite Nini Dhaba. According to the news, I guess 15 children are injured and sent to Cooper Hospital.

From what I gather, I think the bus was quite fast, hit the divider, went over it and toppled. I was there around 90 mins later, yet there are news vans there and about 40-50 policemen and women.

BaCkSeAtDrIVeR · 25th June 2007, 18:29

This is real bad. I do not understand why school buses, of all the vehicles, should go at high speeds. How old was the vehicle? Often, school buses are ancient vehicles, purchased from bargain sales from some state transport undertaking / or sold by its owner since it is at the end of its life time. Hope this was not one such beast.

herculesksp · 25th June 2007, 18:29

Nuts. Isnt there a law on speed limiters in school buses? here in blore I see school buses plying on the ring road daily morning. it always says speed limiter attached and limited to 60kmph, or was that 40?

esteem_lover · 25th June 2007, 18:30

Hope there are no fatalities. School bus drivers should be sensitive, well trained & well paid.

manikjeet · 25th June 2007, 18:31

how can a driver responsible for carrying 50 -60 children think of driving rashly

the driver should be punished

i hope all the children are ok

Gordon · 25th June 2007, 18:37

And yes, I'm confused on how he lost control ORRRR how can he drive soooo fast. Because these are three lane wide roads. And come to think of it, he completely misses the turn, hits the divider and is on the wrong side of the road.

The bus, after they straightened it:

Divider:

Some debris lying around. All that mud you see is from the divider:

manikjeet · 25th June 2007, 18:40

school buses are suppose to be yellow i suppose

i see no yellow on that bus

Surprise · 25th June 2007, 18:40

All the busses and vans carrying school kids should have the speed limiter (cut off) at 40 kmph. As everyone know speeding up will result in only saving few mins which is not worth with those kids on board

planet_rocker · 25th June 2007, 18:56

yeah! thats strange. school buses are supposed to be yellow with two blue horizontal stripes. AFAIK - the private / chartered buses are supposed to be yellow in colour in case they are carrying school children.
i hope the children are doing ok. the speed limit is fixed at 40KPH (atleast in Cal). IMO the bus was travelling at a higher speed. how can the driver be so irresponsible?

anonymous · 25th June 2007, 19:09

I think this bus would have been hired by the school for daily pickup and drops for kids, its not actually owned by school. This is why its not yellow, it doesn't have speed limiter, the driver doesn't know how to drive a school bus. I guess main culprit is the school management. They should understand the value of human lives.

ac 427 · 25th June 2007, 19:16

i sincerely belive in the following.
1) The School Management should be punished severly. There should be levied a very heavy fine on them. So heavy that they are in the red for 5/6 years. Becase i sincerely think that schools today are only behind MONEY.

2) Give a death sentence to the driver. If he has survived.

manikjeet · 25th June 2007, 19:19

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Originally Posted by ac 427

i sincerely belive in the following.
1) The School Management should be punished severly. There should be levied a very heavy fine on them. So heavy that they are in the red for 5/6 years. Becase i sincerely think that schools today are only behind MONEY.

this what i want to but they will raise the fee and the poor parents of the children have to suffer

Quote:

Originally Posted by ac 427

2) Give a death sentence to the driver. If he has survived.

now isn't this to hard
i think his DL should be taken and he shouldn't be allowed to drive a commercial vehicle again

Hellcat · 25th June 2007, 19:21

Hope no one is seriously injured, what was the drive trying to do with kids on board? Was he drunk?

Hellcat

jyobeb · 25th June 2007, 19:26

School buses are now supposed to be painted white from this year onwards.

manikjeet · 25th June 2007, 19:29

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Originally Posted by jyobeb

School buses are now supposed to be painted white from this year onwards.

know this is new information

do you have any link or source about the information

and why doesn't the government choose one colour and keep it

blue> yellow>and now white

25th June 2007, 18:22	#1
Gordon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,546 Thanked: 483 Times View My Garage	Schoobus toppled \| 15 children injured A schoolbus just toppled a couple of hours earlier at the end of Juhu-Versova Link Road opposite Nini Dhaba. According to the news, I guess 15 children are injured and sent to Cooper Hospital. From what I gather, I think the bus was quite fast, hit the divider, went over it and toppled. I was there around 90 mins later, yet there are news vans there and about 40-50 policemen and women.
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25th June 2007, 18:29	#2
BaCkSeAtDrIVeR BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kochi Posts: 2,522 Thanked: 752 Times	This is real bad. I do not understand why school buses, of all the vehicles, should go at high speeds. How old was the vehicle? Often, school buses are ancient vehicles, purchased from bargain sales from some state transport undertaking / or sold by its owner since it is at the end of its life time. Hope this was not one such beast.
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25th June 2007, 18:29	#3
herculesksp BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 373 Thanked: 241 Times	Nuts. Isnt there a law on speed limiters in school buses? here in blore I see school buses plying on the ring road daily morning. it always says speed limiter attached and limited to 60kmph, or was that 40?
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25th June 2007, 18:30	#4
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	Hope there are no fatalities. School bus drivers should be sensitive, well trained & well paid.
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25th June 2007, 18:31	#5
manikjeet Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chandigarh Posts: 1,618 Thanked: 295 Times View My Garage	how can a driver responsible for carrying 50 -60 children think of driving rashly the driver should be punished i hope all the children are ok
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25th June 2007, 18:37	#6
Gordon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,546 Thanked: 483 Times View My Garage	And yes, I'm confused on how he lost control ORRRR how can he drive soooo fast. Because these are three lane wide roads. And come to think of it, he completely misses the turn, hits the divider and is on the wrong side of the road. The bus, after they straightened it: Divider: Some debris lying around. All that mud you see is from the divider:
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25th June 2007, 18:40	#7
manikjeet Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chandigarh Posts: 1,618 Thanked: 295 Times View My Garage	school buses are suppose to be yellow i suppose i see no yellow on that bus
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25th June 2007, 18:40	#8
Surprise Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 2,523 Thanked: 454 Times	All the busses and vans carrying school kids should have the speed limiter (cut off) at 40 kmph. As everyone know speeding up will result in only saving few mins which is not worth with those kids on board
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25th June 2007, 18:56	#9
planet_rocker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bong-land Posts: 2,323 Thanked: 426 Times	yeah! thats strange. school buses are supposed to be yellow with two blue horizontal stripes. AFAIK - the private / chartered buses are supposed to be yellow in colour in case they are carrying school children. i hope the children are doing ok. the speed limit is fixed at 40KPH (atleast in Cal). IMO the bus was travelling at a higher speed. how can the driver be so irresponsible?
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25th June 2007, 19:09	#10
anonymous BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NCR Posts: 565 Thanked: 25 Times	I think this bus would have been hired by the school for daily pickup and drops for kids, its not actually owned by school. This is why its not yellow, it doesn't have speed limiter, the driver doesn't know how to drive a school bus. I guess main culprit is the school management. They should understand the value of human lives.
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25th June 2007, 19:16	#11
ac 427 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,393 Thanked: 244 Times View My Garage	i sincerely belive in the following. 1) The School Management should be punished severly. There should be levied a very heavy fine on them. So heavy that they are in the red for 5/6 years. Becase i sincerely think that schools today are only behind MONEY. 2) Give a death sentence to the driver. If he has survived.
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25th June 2007, 19:21	#13
Hellcat BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 222 Thanked: 5 Times View My Garage	Hope no one is seriously injured, what was the drive trying to do with kids on board? Was he drunk? Hellcat
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25th June 2007, 19:26	#14
jyobeb Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Madurai Posts: 1,010 Thanked: 704 Times	School buses are now supposed to be painted white from this year onwards.
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