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Originally Posted by VW2010 Thad, when you check the video you will realize the road is similar to ECR and in this case even comparing with previous cars on the road the bolera was definitely over speeding. His reaction was literally from 15-25 feet which is when he even noticed that there was a lady. Now it could have been a curve which again puts back the question of speed there.
The lady took the purse and started running which also means she misread the distance from next vehicle to her.
The Bolero had a bullbar the topic of hot discussion we always have. The deadliest sin in indian roads according to me.
To me its a combination of overspeeding, casualness and absolutely disrespect of rules from both the lady and the car driver.
Irrespective of what, pedestrians needs to be saved and you do what ever it takes, from driving slow to taking a hit and avoiding the pedestrian.
In this case as well the bolero did try to not hit her but she ran into the bolero. Had she walked or simply stayed after seeing the bolero the direction the driver took was to avoid her.
Hope she survives which i think is going to be very difficult considering the speed of hit, place of hit and her actual body motion. just slow down the video and we can learn to respect speed for various reasons. It gives me chill.
If only the bolero drove at sane speed in a non median two lane, two way traffic, he would have had a chance to actually stop or graced her instead of probably killing her.
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Your post is reasonable and balanced. Quote:
Originally Posted by paragsachania Exactly at 8 Seconds, he brakes and even swerves (or may be that is how his vehicle behaved upon panic braking) as he witnesses something amiss since the lady bends down to pick that purse and by now the driver possibly anticipates her to walk ahead but she walks/runs back! Game over.
On the speed of the vehicle, I cannot really call him faster than other as you notice cars that passed before this were equally faster too.
A tricky one this was! |
It is not tricky. One of my Dad's early driving lessons to me: "When do pedestrians have right of way?" Answer, after much teasing and saying no to all my quotes from the UK highway code: "Always. You must not run them over." Quote:
Originally Posted by heavenlybull The bolero lady was on a suicide mission here. Scantly looking at the oncoming traffic and treating a busy road like her backyard. Clearly she valued that purse more than her life and took a risk and miscalculated.
Can't blame the Bolero guy too much in this case except that he could have been driving slower. There was no way he could have guessed that she was going to pick up an object on the road and scram back without even looking in the proper direction. He did try to save her, we can see he swerved to the left while slamming the brakes. If she didn't bolt back like an animal she would have escaped the hit. |
There should be no guesswork. Life should not rely on guesses. When you see a pedestrian, especially in a circumstance like this, you consider that they might do anything. Please keep guessing off the roads.
(By the way: what if it was a cow or a dog? What, or how whould they be expected to "think" and behave?) Quote:
Originally Posted by Lobogris No doubt the lady should not have walked on to the road. However, we have to be realistic. Unfortunately there are a lot of people crossing major roads and highways in India. When a driver sees a pedestrian near the road, he should slow down to be on the safe side. If the pedestrian is actually ON the road then the driver MUST slow down and even stop to ensure the safety of the pedestrian. Unfortunately there are many irresponsible drivers who speed even when children are walking on the roads.
Pedestrians should also be stopped from walking on the roads but that is a different topic. End result is that no one cares about safety. |
Yes, she was stupid. People are stupid. I'd rather have a stupid pedestrian than a stupid, irresponsible, bad, dangerous driver. With bull bars. Quote:
Originally Posted by ankan.m.blr One of the possible measures to avoid such incidents, IMO, is generous use of horns when you see a pedestrian at the middle of the road. When the bolero spotted the lady around 25-30 ft ahead, it should have sounded horn, multiple times possibly. The lady would become aware that a vehicle is approaching from that direction. The video shows that she certainly had no idea which side of the road she needs to cross and when. Maybe a loud honk would have helped her to understand the risk. |
Maybe it would. The horn should be used to alert others to danger. I use mine often when coming behind pedestrians on narrow roads. But here is another of Thad's Dad's lessons. Specific to this sort of situation, he asked me, "And what if they are deaf?" Quote:
Originally Posted by msdivy Can't believe the discussion is going on for so many posts. The lady is at fault. You walk into highway at your own peril. Clearly the lady lacked traffic sense. |
This has to have a strong response: Rubbish!
Whilst almost all accidents are avoidable, a few are not. As I have said, if someone walks out, five feet in front of our car, even at slow speed, we will hit them. As a driver, this is possibly the thing that I dread the most, especially thinking of children.
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