Cars crash at a traffic signal in Pune

wanderlustindia · 27th December 2007, 11:53

Saw this accident a couple of weeks back. I was coming back from my office on my Kinetic Nova with my wifey as pillion. We stopped at the Weather dept chowk signal. It was around 10:30 pm, I suppose. What we witnessed in the next couple of minutes goes to show what people pay for gross indiscipline on traffic signals.

Our side was a 'RED'. The left side of the road perpendicular to ours was also a 'RED' and they had like 70 seconds to go before it turned 'GREEN'. A Lady in her Swift had other ideas and took advantage of the fact that no traffic was moving for a split second. She jumped the signal and tried to get past to the other side of the road. By then the traffic from our opposite direction had seen 'GREEN'. It was a disaster in waiting. Before the lady realised, her Swift was banged on the rear door by an Indica. The Swift having garnered some momentum by then spun 360 degress and crashed into a lamp post. The Indica too was stalled and started leaking bigtime! Fortunately no one was hurt in the accident, but it could have been much worse! The cars though looked in bad shape.

It was a classic case of jumping signals and not paying heed to traffic rules. Police was right on the spot and I am sure both the drivers were taken to task, though I think the Indica was not really at fault.

The lady must have been left wondering, if only she had not rushed and jumped that signal! I hope she learnt a lesson, albeit the hard way.

ravibhat · 27th December 2007, 15:35

Yes we see daily basis lot of people jumping the signal they will learn a lesson when they met with accident like this and few not bothered at all. in this case the other person who followed the green light rule suffers for no reason he looses his indica's shape.

Hopefully in coming future such people learn and follow the rules.

Regards,

Ravi.

sammyboy · 27th December 2007, 15:46

oh yeah, whenever i am at a red light I keep a look out for such morons trying to shave a couple of seconds off their travel time while putting their and others lives in danger.
You dont need rules to prevent ppl from killing themselves and others like this, just plain ol common sense ..but as they say common sense is not common.

finneyp · 27th December 2007, 15:50

Jumping signals should be dealt seriously, they should revoke the offender's licence immediatly!

First they shud learn the basic Road manners & then drive!

PatchyBoy · 27th December 2007, 16:02

Guys,

Been experiencing this for the past two years in Bangalore. I am generally stopped at the front on a red signal. I tend to stop when it turns amber

.

When the count down clock shows less than 10 seconds to go, the morons behind me start honking.

I was really getting frustrated with this impatience and on my bike, I just stood my ground and waited for green. Now that I bought a car, I just turn up the music volume, till the signal turns green.

Anyways, I refuse to budge, before the signal turns GREEN...

Cheers,
Rajan

wanderlustindia · 27th December 2007, 16:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatchyBoy

Guys,

Been experiencing this for the past two years in Bangalore. I am generally stopped at the front on a red signal. I tend to stop when it turns amber

.

When the count down clock shows less than 10 seconds to go, the morons behind me start honking.

I was really getting frustrated with this impatience and on my bike, I just stood my ground and waited for green. Now that I bought a car, I just turn up the music volume, till the signal turns green.

Anyways, I refuse to budge, before the signal turns GREEN...

Cheers,
Rajan

Rajan, thats exactly I intend to do at most traffic signals in Pune. Pune doesn't fare any better when it comes to traffic mannerisms. At times, I have had to give way to the moron behind me who is unruly and hurls abuses at me (as soon as there are 5 seconds left on the clock). Though, I try my best not to head before it turns 'GREEN'.

esteem_lover · 27th December 2007, 17:14

Jumping signals seems to be the in-thing these days. One starts to look stupid waiting for the signal to turn green, takes a lot of resolve to maintain that decency.

kutlee · 27th December 2007, 17:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatchyBoy

Guys,

When the count down clock shows less than 10 seconds to go, the morons behind me start honking.

I was really getting frustrated with this impatience and on my bike, I just stood my ground and waited for green. Now that I bought a car, I just turn up the music volume, till the signal turns green.

Anyways, I refuse to budge, before the signal turns GREEN...

Cheers,
Rajan

my type mate....good going....just don't leave until it turns green....even if turns green, start off slowly....more irritation for them....its just my hobby really....
i wish i could communicate (do you remember 'the mask' film style?)...

Jaggu · 27th December 2007, 17:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatchyBoy

Guys,

Been experiencing this for the past two years in Bangalore. I am generally stopped at the front on a red signal. I tend to stop when it turns amber

.

When the count down clock shows less than 10 seconds to go, the morons behind me start honking.

I was really getting frustrated with this impatience and on my bike, I just stood my ground and waited for green. Now that I bought a car, I just turn up the music volume, till the signal turns green.

Anyways, I refuse to budge, before the signal turns GREEN...

Cheers,
Rajan

Very good habit, only word of caution is always keep a look out on the rear view mirror well before signals also, since the joker behind you might have other ideas.

I have become very paranoid and tend to slow down well before signals, and ensure am in a track with minimal traffic behind me, this after a colleague got rear ended by a tempo while stopping for red light.

Bangalore traffic will be much peaceful and safe if people had more patience!!! Yeah sometimes me also.

Maverick1977 · 27th December 2007, 17:32

I was once hit from behind by the infamous (Mumbai) BEST bus for not moving before the signal turned Green. There were about 5 seconds to go & he was in a tearing hurry. When I went to the station to register a complaint, I was surprised to see that BEST had already filed a complaint against me.

The cop suggested that I should just forget the whole incident and get the work done as it was just "A minor dent".

kaushik_s · 27th December 2007, 17:34

Yeah, just don't bother if the moron behind you is honking even if the signal is red.I never budge from my position and I don't give a damn as far I'm at the right side of the law.I've seen quite a few accidents with my own eyes while these morons tries to save a few seconds and ultimately pay the price for it.

abhilash_iv · 27th December 2007, 17:35

One more thing which I looks into before moving ahead after the signal turns green:
Just sees if somebody is jumping the red signal from other sides in between this signal change. In Kochi I have seen lot of bikers doing this.

mobike008 · 27th December 2007, 17:40

Unfortunately, i am of the other kind. From a distance if i see the green signal with seconds ticking 5,4,3,2,.. I accelerate and usually beat it before it even turns amber.

Whereas, i see most of the people slow down from a distance

DHABHAR.BEHRAM · 27th December 2007, 17:58

Hello to all,

I was in Indore for the full of last week and I was shocked to see that the "signals do their own thing and the traffic does it's own thing". I hope good sense prevails in Indore otherwise there is a disaster waiting to happen. Also in Indore - oldies pottering around in Maruti 800s on the extreme right of the road and nothing makes them to shift lanes. And going round a roundabout to take a right turn ? I looked like a fool but I did go round everytime - MY GOD ! A foreigner sitting with me said - "Behram, I see my death approaching. Do something".

Only if cops went after "signal breakers" they would garner 50 times more money by way of fines than what they must be doing now. The fine should be just Rs.10, hand out receipts like parking fees and catch them at the next signals because our country is full of - "angrezon ke zamaane ke jailers - HUM NAHIN SUDHRENGE". I hope one of the senior cops is a team BHPian.

MERA BHARAT MAHAAN !

Best regards,

Behram Dhabhar

rajanrajesh · 27th December 2007, 18:03

It was kind of interesting to read this post. This is my expeirience driving in the US of A. I don't know if we realise or not - but it is a a kind of unconcious knowledge that we have to look at the both the sides before we start driving when the signal turns green. Has anyone noticed this? Well this was pointed out by my American friend who was the passenger when I drove him around in the city. Probably coming out of our experiences like the one wanderlustindia pointed out!!!

27th December 2007, 11:53	#1
wanderlustindia BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 608 Thanked: 63 Times View My Garage	Cars crash at a traffic signal in Pune Saw this accident a couple of weeks back. I was coming back from my office on my Kinetic Nova with my wifey as pillion. We stopped at the Weather dept chowk signal. It was around 10:30 pm, I suppose. What we witnessed in the next couple of minutes goes to show what people pay for gross indiscipline on traffic signals. Our side was a 'RED'. The left side of the road perpendicular to ours was also a 'RED' and they had like 70 seconds to go before it turned 'GREEN'. A Lady in her Swift had other ideas and took advantage of the fact that no traffic was moving for a split second. She jumped the signal and tried to get past to the other side of the road. By then the traffic from our opposite direction had seen 'GREEN'. It was a disaster in waiting. Before the lady realised, her Swift was banged on the rear door by an Indica. The Swift having garnered some momentum by then spun 360 degress and crashed into a lamp post. The Indica too was stalled and started leaking bigtime! Fortunately no one was hurt in the accident, but it could have been much worse! The cars though looked in bad shape. It was a classic case of jumping signals and not paying heed to traffic rules. Police was right on the spot and I am sure both the drivers were taken to task, though I think the Indica was not really at fault. The lady must have been left wondering, if only she had not rushed and jumped that signal! I hope she learnt a lesson, albeit the hard way.
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27th December 2007, 15:35	#2
ravibhat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,256 Thanked: 37 Times View My Garage	Yes we see daily basis lot of people jumping the signal they will learn a lesson when they met with accident like this and few not bothered at all. in this case the other person who followed the green light rule suffers for no reason he looses his indica's shape. Hopefully in coming future such people learn and follow the rules. Regards, Ravi.
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27th December 2007, 15:46	#3
sammyboy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ggn/Dehradun Posts: 1,842 Thanked: 521 Times View My Garage	oh yeah, whenever i am at a red light I keep a look out for such morons trying to shave a couple of seconds off their travel time while putting their and others lives in danger. You dont need rules to prevent ppl from killing themselves and others like this, just plain ol common sense ..but as they say common sense is not common.
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27th December 2007, 15:50	#4
finneyp Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,716 Thanked: 319 Times View My Garage	Jumping signals should be dealt seriously, they should revoke the offender's licence immediatly! First they shud learn the basic Road manners & then drive! Last edited by finneyp : 27th December 2007 at 15:51.
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27th December 2007, 16:02	#5
PatchyBoy BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Goa Posts: 917 Thanked: 2,023 Times View My Garage	In a mad rush to get nowhere Guys, Been experiencing this for the past two years in Bangalore. I am generally stopped at the front on a red signal. I tend to stop when it turns amber . When the count down clock shows less than 10 seconds to go, the morons behind me start honking. I was really getting frustrated with this impatience and on my bike, I just stood my ground and waited for green. Now that I bought a car, I just turn up the music volume, till the signal turns green. Anyways, I refuse to budge, before the signal turns GREEN... Cheers, Rajan
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27th December 2007, 17:14	#7
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	Jumping signals seems to be the in-thing these days. One starts to look stupid waiting for the signal to turn green, takes a lot of resolve to maintain that decency.
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27th December 2007, 17:32	#10
Maverick1977 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 997 Thanked: 906 Times View My Garage	I was once hit from behind by the infamous (Mumbai) BEST bus for not moving before the signal turned Green. There were about 5 seconds to go & he was in a tearing hurry. When I went to the station to register a complaint, I was surprised to see that BEST had already filed a complaint against me. The cop suggested that I should just forget the whole incident and get the work done as it was just "A minor dent".
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27th December 2007, 17:34	#11
kaushik_s Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,088 Thanked: 164 Times View My Garage	Yeah, just don't bother if the moron behind you is honking even if the signal is red.I never budge from my position and I don't give a damn as far I'm at the right side of the law.I've seen quite a few accidents with my own eyes while these morons tries to save a few seconds and ultimately pay the price for it.
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27th December 2007, 17:35	#12
abhilash_iv BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kochi Posts: 216 Thanked: 15 Times View My Garage	One more thing which I looks into before moving ahead after the signal turns green: Just sees if somebody is jumping the red signal from other sides in between this signal change. In Kochi I have seen lot of bikers doing this.
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27th December 2007, 17:40	#13
mobike008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,705 Thanked: 14,874 Times View My Garage	Unfortunately, i am of the other kind. From a distance if i see the green signal with seconds ticking 5,4,3,2,.. I accelerate and usually beat it before it even turns amber. Whereas, i see most of the people slow down from a distance
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27th December 2007, 17:58	#14
DHABHAR.BEHRAM Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MUMBAI Posts: 3,060 Thanked: 5,354 Times	Hello to all, I was in Indore for the full of last week and I was shocked to see that the "signals do their own thing and the traffic does it's own thing". I hope good sense prevails in Indore otherwise there is a disaster waiting to happen. Also in Indore - oldies pottering around in Maruti 800s on the extreme right of the road and nothing makes them to shift lanes. And going round a roundabout to take a right turn ? I looked like a fool but I did go round everytime - MY GOD ! A foreigner sitting with me said - "Behram, I see my death approaching. Do something". Only if cops went after "signal breakers" they would garner 50 times more money by way of fines than what they must be doing now. The fine should be just Rs.10, hand out receipts like parking fees and catch them at the next signals because our country is full of - "angrezon ke zamaane ke jailers - HUM NAHIN SUDHRENGE". I hope one of the senior cops is a team BHPian. MERA BHARAT MAHAAN ! Best regards, Behram Dhabhar
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27th December 2007, 18:03	#15
rajanrajesh Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 4 Thanked: 0 Times	It was kind of interesting to read this post. This is my expeirience driving in the US of A. I don't know if we realise or not - but it is a a kind of unconcious knowledge that we have to look at the both the sides before we start driving when the signal turns green. Has anyone noticed this? Well this was pointed out by my American friend who was the passenger when I drove him around in the city. Probably coming out of our experiences like the one wanderlustindia pointed out!!!
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