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Seems in a hurry to overtake from the wrong side, the driver didn't notice or watch out for the obstacle in the left lane.

Lots of such examples on Youtube where drivers are blindly changing lanes without accounting for such hazards.

[quote]In a ghastly road accident, two software engineers were killed on the spot when the car they were driving in, collided with a 10-wheeler truck in Kengeri on Wednesday morning.

Eyewitnesses told police, the car was over-speeding and trying to overtake other vehicles when it collided with the rear of the truck moving in the same direction.
The driver of the truck told the police it was foggy during the time the accident occurred.

Prashanth, the driver and Akshay, both believed to be friends, sustained head injuries and had to be extricated with great difficulty from the mangled remains of the car.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/...astly-car.html

I will not be surprised if we learn that the 2-wheeler was not at fault at all.
He might be riding normal speed and had to stop completely because of no hazard indicator from WagonR OR waiting for chance to get around it, while the speeding Tempo Traveller hit them from behind. We know how most of them drive. Forget them, I have seen Team-BHP sticker-ed POLO yesterday driving bang center few inches behind two parallel cars as if he will loose some precious minutes if he does not wait for one of them to get out of way to overtake.

Only solution to make them safe is to Ban them on flyover IF a strict rule cannot be followed on passing and dangerous overtakes.

Slowly overtaking on the NICE road will reach such an extent that it will be done on the grass divider since all other lanes including the shoulder will be occupied by slow moving vehicles. The company bothers least as long as their coffers are filling. They should ban trucks on the right lane at least in such a road which they have made it a private property. Last week I took the NICE road from Electronic City to Link road and I could not maintain 60kmph in a safe manner. Sad state of affairs in our country.

I do recollect the other small ghat that comes after Hirebagewadi toll towards Belgaum (say 5 kms before Soudha) but that ghat has the following characteristics:

-Begins right at the apex of a longish Right hander and is a gradual climb towards Belgaum while a gradual descent towards Hubli (Along with a GO SLOW/ACCIDENT ZONE signage for Hubli Bound traffic)

-It has a valley on the left hand side when driving towards Belgaum and small hillocks on the left towards Hubli

This pic below is the place that is exactly where the ghat you are referring to begins (towards Belgaum) after a long straight - Notice how its not concrete on my side and the terrain around too with service lanes.



So I was actually referring to the other section that is between Belgaum and Nippani. Earlier I had thought of the same ghat you pointed but then it is certainly not as good (Road quality) as the one between Belgaum and Nippani.

Spot on! And this straight incline is a mighty one that one can easily touch some extremely high speeds without any notice. Heck, even trucks need to be overtaken around 120 KMPH here.

I feel this has happened towards Belgaum after the curve. This is a section where 2 lane expands to 3 at the beginning of this ghat and there is a break in the median.

Due to this curve and a break in the median combined with speeds from both sides, the spot is indeed vulnerable.

Could be Dog, Pedestrian, Cyclist or even another vehicle coming out of this median below and given your speeds and that you are negotiating a curve, any panic braking is dangerous and likely to cause a bad accident:

I had passed this spot on the same day but before this incident took place. I have seen many cars over speeding on this stretch, and by over speeding I am not saying 100-120-130 but a lot more than that. Yes the roads are good, they have maintained balance between tar roads and concrete roads on certain patches, but the limit of cars and experience is what counts. This car must be doing insane speeds.

I think the car is lying on the wrong side of the road, can see bushes and trees which are dragged from the other side of road. Also the traffic on the other side of road is slow moving, may be other affected cars on the other side of road.

I use NICE road daily and I see number of drivers pulling over to the shoulder for overtaking slow moving trucks at 100+ kmph without realizing that there may be a stationary vehicle or slow moving two wheeler on the shoulder, also, I have seen some close calls due to this reckless overtaking manoeuvres.

The Tucson accident has taken place just after the descent from the Vantmuri Ghat. People talking about Vidhan Soudha , just for clarification the incline in this section is very steep on both sides and little forestation. Attached pic for reference for the Tucson accident.

A Delhi Public School(DPS) bus in Indore met with a shocking accident by head-on collision with a truck.
The bus was filled with children and staff.

6 kids died on-the-spot.
Around 35-40 people were injured and hospitalized.

The accident took place at Bicholi, Bypass Road.

God bless those kids and help their parents recover from their sorrows.















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May be you missed reading previous posts where I had indeed mentioned that it's Vantamuri ghats along with description as to why it doesn't look like the other one.

Help me to understand how this 'head on' collision happened on a road which has proper median. Was any of them coming on the wrong side ?

Broken down vehicles, two wheel riders parked to answer call of nature, or to answer a phone call is way too common on NICE road. Fast cars and cabs use the shoulder like another lane. When they see stopped vehicles, they cut across traffic lanes with horns blaring. I was doing 100+ on a Harley when a Fortuner cut across my path at more than 120kmph with barely an inch between us.

Also, how is it that it has become a rule for the slowest moving overloaded Tata Ace, cargo 3 wheelers, and the oldest trucks and to use the rightmost lane? Pretty much 100% of overtaking on NICE, (and other highways too) is on the left side.

It is the curse of our circumstances that everything will be tied down to the progress of the least common denominator. Even vehicles loaded to legal limits have to drop speed a lot when long inclines come up and do this to different extents. So, where the lanes are available, they stay in the lane that looks free for some distance ahead. All it takes to block even a six lane NH with a median strip for 3+3, is three such vehicles travelling in the same direction at about the same time.

To a large extent, I empathise with this behaviour. Consider driving a heavy truck in the extreme left lane and having to change lanes by dropping gears and losing speed and momentum every time you come across a slower vehicle ahead, which is often. You too would choose the path of least effort - sit in the right most lane, and stay there. Unless forced to move to the left by a slower vehicle sitting in this lane as well! Like a river somehow finding its way to the sea, usually all of this works. But every time some one does something unexpected, the result is an accident.

Check out my post in the Bad Drivers thread - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/street...ml#post4334214

That is how a head on collisions occurs. Either one (truck or bus) must have been on the wring side of the road. BTW, that incident was this morning!

I forwarded those images to the school directors and Pune Police. Both have since replied with the action taken, which is a positive step to protecting passengers.

It makes sense to keep on right most lane for vehicles as the left lane has most obstacles. My only grudge is straddling two lanes, either by a single vehicle or multiple vehicles travelling at almost same speed, blocking the road to faster vehicles coming from vehicles.

Four or more laned or roads are better for speedy, safer and more comfortable travel but I sometimes feel driving skills are less evolving due to comparatively more safer roads.

As for me, travelling speed is more or less the same compared to two laned or 4 laned highways. Thanks to the four lanes, it takes less time but I am more wary now a days, looking more into the rear view mirror than through the windshield:)