Re: Rants on Bangalore's traffic situation Quote:
Originally Posted by mannubhai A car has a break down. Owner/driver cant repair it. Then it needs to be towed away clearing traffic. How can the driver " threaten" the cops that they have to pay damages and then the cops obliging him. |
The problem here is - the car cannot be towed away. If it could be moved, a group of people can just push the car to a side. The wheels were jammed. They have to drag the car to a safe non-traffic zone. Will you as an owner allow anyone to violently drag the car with jammed wheels, risking serious complications?? I know I won't.
Why couldn't the traffic police divert the traffic into the remaining 2 lanes instead, until the BMW breakdown service arrived? 500ContyCruiser was mentioning that the traffic police had barricaded the other 2 lanes in that stretch. What were they doing about that?? Breakdowns cannot be punishable offenses. The traffic police must learn to manage traffic better when such things happen. What are they being paid for? Quote:
See the way they pile up motorbikes from no parking areas to the tempos ? Does anyone pay for the damages to bikes.
What difference does it make just cos its a 40 lac bmw ? Rs 300 fine is a joke.
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Parking in a no-parking zone is a violation/offense negligently committed by the vehicle owner. How can we classify a car breakdown in the same category? I agree though, that the way Tiger workers manhandle motorbikes is also bad.
The motorbike's spare parts will cost 300-400 Rs when they lift them in wrong ways. Dragging a BMW with jammed wheels could damage the drivetrain or even gearbox, costing 10-15 lacs of money for no fault of the driver, simply because he happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.  Its like saying the owner should think this way - "Oh look, 500 cars are waiting behind me because of my breakdown, so let me allow BTP to drag the jammed car. I can get it repaired later, after all it could turn out to be only 15-20 lacs of repair costs max". No offense meant. Quote:
Originally Posted by shankar.balan Ideally there should be a fork lift hoist on wheels available to the traffic police, which should be able to move the vehicle onto a flat bed tow truck, secure it and then take it away. The sad fact is that even had infrastructure of this type been available, it would not have been possible for those machines to reach the break down spot, as all the roads around the broken down BMW would have been choked to death for miles around and there would not have been space for those vehicles to move. |
Yeah, +1 on this one. They ought to manage such breakdowns by being able to mount the car onto a flat bed and move it out. The problem like you pointed out, is the volatile traffic situation in that area which would have ensured a jam in all surrounding roads.
On a lighter note, I am wondering how the broken down BMW would look with a tree branch of leaves stuck on one side, like we see on broken down buses and trucks.
Last edited by KarthikK : 22nd April 2013 at 08:04.
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