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Originally Posted by hserus
(Post 3641359)
Agree RIP to the departed souls. However is there any car at all in the market that has the low / mid range variants ship with airbags and ABS? Yes I know about VW but they're priced well on the premium edge of the market. |
Originally Posted by tsk1979
(Post 3641371)
Toyota Liva Diesel, you can pay 20K extra for safety kit which means 2 airbags. ABS is standard. |
Originally Posted by ::CMS::
(Post 3641309)
Is this happened after the hump? As part of whitefield phase I traffic diversions, all vehicles coming from ABB towards Hoodi are forced to crisscross near the switchyard as the other road is permanently closed at Hoody Jn. If the spot is the above one then the verna might have been coming from the graphite india towards hoodi/itpl and while at the crisscross somebody who was going in the left side road have caused this. |
Originally Posted by venuvedam
(Post 3640661)
AP and TG news channel TV9 presenter Badri died in a road accident today at Dwaraka Tirumala in West Godavari district. Apparently he lost control of the car after the front tyre burst and ended up hitting a tree. He died on the spot while his family is battling in the hospital. It was not a very high speed incident but he was not wearing a seat belt and there were no airbags in that car. He is a pretty famous person in the Telugu speaking states. May his soul rest in peace. Hope the family pulls through. |
Originally Posted by hillsnrains
(Post 3641033)
These pics are of accident involved with Telugu news channel TV9 presenter Badri. May his soul rest in peace. Vehicle seems like Swift Dzire LDI/VDI, I have seen the DDIS logo on the front fender in news and the following pictures also confirm it is Dzire. One can notice it's not a hatch Attachment 1338097 Door is quite evident it's Maruti Attachment 1338096 Damage is quite nasty inside outside Attachment 1338098 As per the news article car does not have air bags, so it should be either LDI or VDI. Speculated reason for the accident is tyre blast, which needs to be ascertained. Source:Deccan Chronicle |
Originally Posted by AutoAficionado
(Post 3641521)
CMS, You are right. This had happened near the hump just before the switchyard. But the damage had happened to the passenger side and not the driver side (though not sure). If your theory of someone crisscrossing to left side had happened, the driver side should have taken the hit, ain't it ? The Verna was facing the oncoming traffic. Regards, AutoAficionado |
Originally Posted by mpksuhas
(Post 3641184)
However it is sad to see people ready to spend money on alloy and after market seat covers (from the pic above) by dropping top end variants which has safety features. :Frustrati |
Originally Posted by rohanjf
(Post 3641857)
Since we are on the topic of tyre burst, I will mention here what I saw on National Geographic recently. In a program, they showed videos of tyres bursting and vehicles going off the road. However, one truck driver actually managed to regain control, drive straight and then come to a halt slowly. Then the physics behind the trick is explained. When the tyre bursts, the vehicle gets pulled sideways (in perpendicular direction to the vehicle's motion). This force from the burst is so much higher than the force produced by the engine that, the vehicle starts moving sideways: If the driver accelerates at this point, the sideways force is somewhat compensated, and the vehicle moves almost in straight direction: But the natural tendency during a tyre burst is to brake hard. This reduces forward acceleration to 0, and causes the vehicles to move completely sideways. The driver should have presence of mind to identify the tyre burst and accelerate, in the fraction of a second. That seems hard! |
Originally Posted by gurudutt
(Post 3641866)
And if you are already doing high speeds? I don't think there would be scope for further acceleration. Unless the tyre burst suddenly decelerates your vehicle and you counterbalance. |
Originally Posted by hillsnrains
(Post 3641796)
Please be informed that in early days of Dzire launch there is no ZDI at all (means no airbags on top diesel model as well). Along with the owner, car manufacturer & government are also equally guilty. Manufacturer for selling cars w/o safety features like ABS, Airbags. Who knows ABS might have helped the car to steer better avoid hitting tree at least in this accident. Government for allowing these manufacturers to sell these cars w/o safety features. I know I am going OT but putting my 2 cents. |
Originally Posted by gurudutt
(Post 3641866)
And if you are already doing high speeds? I don't think there would be scope for further acceleration. Unless the tyre burst suddenly decelerates your vehicle and you counterbalance. |
Originally Posted by fordfreak
(Post 3642120)
Saw this i20 lying outside Shakespeare Sarani Police Station. No idea what happened, but it looks pretty bad. Been lying there for around 10 days or more. |
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