Team-BHP - Accidents in India

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Originally Posted by sudeepg (Post 4390310)

Under-construction flyover mishap – Tar sprayed on cars passing below

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As per eye-witness, this happened when a truck on the flyover accidentally spilled a drum filled with tar on to the road below. The truck was reversing, and it tipped the drum, which resulted in hot tar being thrown on cars below.
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Just read the news item below the one you mentioned! No other example of Instant Karma can better this one! :D

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KTM Duke 390 rider runs over a duck on purpose – Crashes into ambulance seconds later

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Originally Posted by sudeepg (Post 4390310)

Under-construction flyover mishap – Tar sprayed on cars passing below

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Really unfortunate for the car owners. The damage is uncalled for.

I thank God that none of the pedestrians and people on bikes got sprayed with the hot tar.

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Originally Posted by sudeepg (Post 4390310)

Under-construction flyover mishap – Tar sprayed on cars passing below

Had one such experience myself.

My newly bought Aspire got sprayed with cement while I was passing below an under-construction flyover somewhere outside Delhi. As much as I wanted to protest in a similar fashion by stopping my car in the middle of the road, there was nothing much I could do, except for stopping somewhere ahead and then yelling at the top of my voice inside the car :Frustrati

It took around 3-4 washes in a period of one month for the stains to gradually wash away.

Yesterday while driving back from Chennai, on the Palakkad/Thrissur highway, was witness to an accident involving a young couple. The boy was lying in a pool of blood and a young girl was almost under the wheel of a tipper truck. I passed by on the opposite lane. Today’s Malayalam paper had a report on the sad accident. The girl and the boy expired at the site. It appears that bike was driven into the back of the stationery tipper truck at a signal. Might have been over speeding. The girl was a 10th std student and the boy a youmgster from Coimbatore, probably out for a spin.

A Terrano rear ends a Hummer in Kerala and there’s little or no visible damage to the Hummer at all.

Not sure if these pics have been posted earlier here or not. But these have been doing rounds in whatsapp of late.

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Originally Posted by E = mc² (Post 4391615)

A Duster rear ends a Hummer in Kerala

Looks like a Nissan Terrano to me.

Seems the Terrano's bonnet has taken the hit. That shows how high the Hummer's rear is!!

I had a similar experience with my Palio bumping into a government bus. The bonnet folded like a wafer.

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Originally Posted by Sheel (Post 4391656)

^That is a Nissan Terrano if I am not mistaken.
No visible marks on the Hummer, maybe minor scuffs.

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Originally Posted by ObsessedByFIAT (Post 4391662)

Oh yes, that’s a Terrano. How come I missed that! stupid: Either the Terrano couldn’t brake in time or was distracted by a rather unusal car with an uncommon tall stance which made it rear end.

13 children killed in bus-train collision in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh.

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At least 13 school children died on the spot and eight suffered injuries when the school van in which they were travelling was hit by a train at a railway crossing in Kushinagar on Thursday morning.

Taking serious note of the incident, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath ordered immediate assistance to the victims and their families and directed Commissioner Gorakhpur to conduct a probe into the mishap. The CM also visited the injured as well as the accident site.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh also tweeted expressing their condolences over the deaths

News Source:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/63919107.cms

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Originally Posted by E = mc² (Post 4391615)

Is that Bahrain tag on the Hummer? How is it street legal?

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Originally Posted by Yieldway17 (Post 4391973)

Is that Bahrain tag on the Hummer? How is it street legal?

It is a temporary import. Do a Google search for CARNET
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATA_Carnet

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Originally Posted by smartcat (Post 4391974)

It is a temporary import. Do a Google search for CARNET
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATA_Carnet

Thanks!!

Reading the CARNET Wiki page you linked, it says "In China, India and the United Arab Emirates, the use of Carnets is limited to fairs and exhibitions."

I guess there is a loophole in this which allows rich expatriates to import them and use it here.

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Originally Posted by Yieldway17 (Post 4391973)

Is that Bahrain tag on the Hummer? How is it street legal?

Here is an Abu Dhabi registered car I snapped at BETL/Attibele toll a few weeks back.

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Edit: The guy was with me till Krishnagiri. He tried hard to speed away but the traffic simply didn't let him.

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Originally Posted by Yieldway17 (Post 4391990)

Embassy / Consulate staff personal cars are allowed to be imported. It might be one such vehicle.