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Thank you condor for sharing the pics here. Good to know that there were no fatalities.

I am still wondering how the 2 "Tin-Suzukis" ended up like that!! :eek:

I see a vast field, and a ditch. Obviously, the pictures are taken from the road, which is where your cousin in standing. irrespective of the momentum, the cars should have toppled into the ditch, which is probably how the Brezza got there. How did that Swift get across the ditch??

Any more details on this?

Guess you just looked at the pictures and posted your comment!!:)
Honestly dude, you didn't have to try that hard to suspect and investigate.

You have quite literally Pasted the details of the mishap that condor has Posted above!!

Thanks Dude! When I replied, the original poster had not provided details of mishap. That post was edited later after I posted and therefore, my original quoted post was changed to a new post by the admin

In any case, this mishap is one more reason to be cautious while driving on the highway. The Brezza seems totally at fault rear ending the Swift. There is no forgiveness for rear ending another vehicle even if it is stationary. Driver must be able to judge the distance

Without knowing the circumstances how can it be concluded that Brezza seemed to be at fault?

What if the Swift had hard-braked (animals?), leaving very little reaction time for the vehicle behind it?

We end up concluding without facts / evidences!

Even in that case, the Brezza should have kept sufficient distance from the Swift that is equal to his braking distance. There is no excuse for hitting a vehicle in front of you unless that person reversed his vehicle! In this case, it is highly improbable that the Swift was reversing

:thumbs up

Again you are jumping to conclusions. What if the Swift overtook the Brezza, tried to squeeze in and hard braked? Without any CCTV evidence, we can only assume.

We can argue for a couple of pages about all the what ifs. Or we can move on. I've made my decision.

It is always the tailing car's mistake in case of rear ending accidents. One should keep safe distance as well as use anticipation to avoid rear ending the car in front.

We had discussed this very topic a couple of pages ago on this thread - 95% of the time, the vehicle that rear-ends the other vehicle is automatically ruled at fault by the law, in lawful countries. (In India, if the vehicle that rear-ends is smaller, the bigger vehicle at the front is blamed and that driver will get embezzled, thrashed or lynched....hold on, i'm going OT here!)

Anyways, to get an idea of the minuscule 5% of circumstances where the vehicle at front can be blamed for a rear-ending, please read here - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/road-s...ml#post4448264

To sum up, it shouldn't matter if the vehicle ahead squeezed in and braked, if they braked suddenly after maintaining a speed or if they've stopped - the driver behind has the primary duty of maintaining braking-length distances. The driver of the vehicle that brakes or stops does indeed have certain duties to keep everyone safe, but those are secondary.

Came across this on a drive through Sandanapalli. Happened right at a corner. Looks like the driver could not slow down in time or did not anticipate the corner correctly.

That's a nasty accident.
The roof of the bolero has collapsed like a cardboard box.
It always had poor brakes and the safety was always iffy with Bolero.
As the best selling UV in the country, there are serious safety concerns.

I am quite un-knowledgeable about the safety aspects of cars when it comes to the pillars supporting the roof. Is it reasonable to expect the pillars to hold, so that the roof doesn't cave in when a car rolls over? What are the safety norms by and large with respect to the pillars?

You are right. The roof has to be strong for passenger safety. Check this document:

https://www.citizen.org/sites/defaul...rush_final.pdf


Hope these parameters will be tested in our up-coming crash safety norms.

Just came across this sad accident claiming the life of veteran actor Harikrishna https://indianexpress.com/article/in...pital-5330105/

NTR's son Harikrishna passes away in road accident

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Not posting the gory images for obvious reasons.
Some idiotic TV channels are showing the accident site without morphing the images of the injured people.
Really insensitive to the families of the people affected.

Apparently the Fortuner in which Harikrishna was traveling was over speeding when the driver lost control and jumped the median. He wasn't wearing seatbelt, which explains why his body is some distance away.

The NTR family had already lost a son in an accident previously. Also Telugu actor Jr. NTR (Harikrishna's son) was involved in a near-fatal accident some years ago.

Might be seat belt could have saved life. As per one of the witness on the scene, he was not wearing seat belt :Frustrati and was controlling the steering with one hand and drinking water with the other.