[benbsb29]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

saw this on Facebook, this is really a new low for BTP

What was this about? Couldnt make out much from the visuals alone.

[IronH4WK]

Originally Posted by benbsb29

What was this about? Couldnt make out much from the visuals alone.

from what i could make out (and i don't understand Kannada very well), the incident happened on Saturday in Indiranagar. something about the person getting beaten up not wearing helmet or something and the police constable taking matters into his own hands.

can somebody help translate the incident in the video?

[msdivy]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

saw this on Facebook, this is really a new low for BTP

More than police, it shows the pathetic state of citizens of this country. First they break the rule. Instead of paying fine, they argue. Yes, BTP shouldn't have lost their mind. They must have asked the person to challenge the fine in court.

Originally Posted by benbsb29

What was this about? Couldnt make out much from the visuals alone.

A man was caught for not wearing helmet. Around this time, 2 folks passed by without helmets. The argument was why those 2 were not caught and why him.

[Soumyajit9]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

can somebody help translate the incident in the video?

Originally Posted by msdivy

A man was caught for not wearing helmet. Around this time, 2 folks passed by without helmets. The argument was why those 2 were not caught and why him.

Even I didn't understand the matter.

Where was the bike ?
Was the cop pushing the guy inside the auto, or dragging him out of the auto ?
Was the helmetless biker running away from the cops in an auto, abandoning his bike ?

Must be quite silly to abandon the bike and run away from cops, for a mild offence (as per Indian standards) like riding without helmet !!

[mpksuhas]

^^ Sad to see that police has to commandeer ( don't see that auto later in the video) a passing auto for taking this person to station. And this is the situation in a metro.

[soumobakshi]

How many of you have noticed and think that BMTC drivers are equally responsible to traffic woes in City of Speed-breakers ?

I guess most of you have not yet apprehended their modus operandi !

First of all I must appreciate their professionalism in ensuring to stop on the very right side of the road and allowing passengers to on / off board the vehicle, this will definitely ensure that all vehicles which were behind this Bus are still behind and has no place to maneuver an overtake attempt, well you know Honking is not Good and doesn't serve any purpose with BMTC Folks on the wheel.

Second what is in it for the BMTC driver in completing this maneuver ? That's the tricky part. This maneuvers are normally attempted in stretches which doesn't have many intersections and thus stopping all vehicles behind the Bus will ensure a traffic free stretch for some distance for the BMTC Bus. Kudos to the thought process!

Moral of the story: Leave your Personal Vehicle at home and travel by BMTC as it is not only going to create less pollution but will also ensure to you remaining SANE !

[sachinpk]

Originally Posted by msdivy

A man was caught for not wearing helmet. Around this time, 2 folks passed by without helmets. The argument was why those 2 were not caught and why him.

These are all silly tricks people play. A pick pocket would say, arrest/pick up all thieves. Thieves would say, arrest all dacoits before touching them. Dacoits would say catch murderers first. This is where the police also should clearly tell they decide who would get caught and who would not, for what ever reason. This fellow has been caught (tough luck!!), now he can contest the case in court if he wishes so. But he cannot decide what a police man should do or should NOT do.

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Sad to see that police has to commandeer ( don't see that auto later in the video) a passing auto for taking this person to station. And this is the situation in a metro.

BTP generally do not have vehicles moving around to catch traffic law violators. The next possibility would be to summon the Hoysala patrol vehicles. But they have their own routine patrols and may be operating on a different wireless channel. So best bet is to commandeer the nearest available vehicle . But I feel overall police response times in Bangalore are a bit on the higher side.

[audioholic]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

saw this on Facebook, this is really a new low for BTP

That was unnecessary on the part of the cop. He went mad at that guy.

Originally Posted by benbsb29

What was this about? Couldnt make out much from the visuals alone.

Originally Posted by Soumyajit9

Was the cop pushing the guy inside the auto, or dragging him out of the auto ?
Was the helmetless biker running away from the cops in an auto, abandoning his bike ?
l

The police says "Dont you have shame, How dare you attack a cop? What do you think of cops?"

Not sure what happened before this, but yes that constable looks p***ed off for some reason. Guess the guy argued too much. But if what he says is true and the offender tried to abuse the inspector physically, then it will definitely hurt their ego and since its legally wrong also, they have a strong case.

[F2005]

Lots of traffic on the elevated expressway. Took more than half an hour to reach Silk Board from Electronic City. I don't know why we pay money and get stuck in traffic.

Have you guys noticed, when there is a long jam on the flyover, it actually vibrates/oscillates? Initially I used to think it's the car but then I stopped the car and still I could get the feeling (like earthquake) once in a while.

[binand]

Originally Posted by sachinpk

This is where the police also should clearly tell they decide who would get caught and who would not, for what ever reason. This fellow has been caught (tough luck!!), now he can contest the case in court if he wishes so.

I'm not a lawyer, but you'll find that the view you express here is untenable if you were to ask one. The Constitution of India guarantees equality before law (Art. 14); which is directly violated by the scenario you outline above. If it goes to court and if this chap were to make that argument (with evidence) it is quite likely that the court will rule in his favour and take the cops to task.

It is a different thing if the cops were stopping everyone without helmet and two bikers escaped because of sheer volume. Then the cops were treating everyone fairly within their constraints.

[370Z]

Originally Posted by F2005

Have you guys noticed, when there is a long jam on the flyover, it actually vibrates/oscillates? Initially I used to think it's the car but then I stopped the car and still I could get the feeling (like earthquake) once in a while.

Yes, I've observed this in many flyovers (Sarjapura, Agara, HSR etc) when there's huge traffic (stop-and-go type) on them. I guess it's normal.

[suresh_gs]

Originally Posted by 370Z

Yes, I've observed this in many flyovers (Sarjapura, Agara, HSR etc) when there's huge traffic (stop-and-go type) on them. I guess it's normal.

That explains the reason why army soldiers are not supposed to walk in unison while crossing a bridge but break the rhythm. The frequency of vibrations due to marching should not exceed the natural frequency of the bridge. If it exceeds the condition is known as RESONANCE which can lead to collapse of bridge.

[ashwin.terminat]

Originally Posted by suresh_gs

The frequency of vibrations due to marching should not exceed the natural frequency of the bridge. If it exceeds the condition is known as RESONANCE which can lead to collapse of bridge.

Exceeding is fine. It shouldn't match the natural frequency. That is when things start to get a little wild.

[sachinpk]

Originally Posted by binand

It is a different thing if the cops were stopping everyone without helmet and two bikers escaped because of sheer volume. Then the cops were treating everyone fairly within their constraints.

This is what I meant. I mean no one can say that a police officer should only stop him/her AFTER the said police officer has done n number of things before that. In countries like US there are strict guide lines on "probable cause" etc., which deals with stopping vehicles. India does not have such well laid down guide lines. In Bangalore the Com.Pol had given some directives on this, but that again is very much subjective.

Originally Posted by F2005

Have you guys noticed, when there is a long jam on the flyover, it actually vibrates/oscillates? Initially I used to think it's the car but then I stopped the car and still I could get the feeling (like earthquake) once in a while.

I remember reading this long time back. This was when the fly over on Richmond Circle was built. They had some signals on the fly over itself. And soon vehicles started piling up on the fly over. And some engineering expert stated that it is a big risk. It seems these bridges can withstand large volume of moving traffic, but cannot with stand too many vehicles just standing on the fly over.

[::CMS::]

Originally Posted by binand

I'm not a lawyer, but you'll find that the view you express here is untenable if you were to ask one. The Constitution of India guarantees equality before law (Art. 14); which is directly violated by the scenario you outline above. If it goes to court and if this chap were to make that argument (with evidence) it is quite likely that the court will rule in his favour and take the cops to task.

It is a different thing if the cops were stopping everyone without helmet and two bikers escaped because of sheer volume. Then the cops were treating everyone fairly within their constraints.

Cops cannot be blamed for not catching all the culprits. Equality cannot be used for escaping from a penalty for an offence or as an excuse, if he has violated a rule he is bound to face the consequence irrespective of anything. Also he can be booked for not allowing or disrupting the cops from doing their duty. But it should end there, not like this.