[chaitanyakrish]

CCTV footage of a recent crash on Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway had emerged showing the importance of picking lanes early while exiting highways.

https://youtu.be/_iV5NpMB9D8

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/.../107956221.cms

[msdivy]

Originally Posted by ashkamath

To the car driver's defence was the dash cam that ended any escalation.

Owning a dash cam and its footage doesn't absolve of any fault.

[Rodie09]

Originally Posted by chaitanyakrish

CCTV footage of a recent crash on Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway had emerged showing the importance of picking lanes early while exiting highways.

https://Youtu.be/_iV5NpMB9D8

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/.../107956221.cms

Unrelated to accident but can't help noticing the misuse of entry lane for exiting from highway. In the very beginning of video - left side lane. This is becoming prevalent these days.

[ashkamath]

Originally Posted by msdivy

Owning a dash cam and its footage doesn't absolve of any fault.

The statement is in context with the video shared, where the 2 wheeler rider abruptly cute into the path of the car, leading to the mishap.

Let me elaborate. The purpose of having a dashcam/ footage is to absolve one's fault in the event of an accident when the fault lies with the other driver/rider. If the fault lies with the driver of the car having the dashcam, then he is at fault obviously.

I have been driving/ riding close to over 47 years now and in recent years have used my dashcam on more than one occasion to reason and establish facts when I met with an accident and the other driver/rider tried to falsely accuse me to have broken/ violated the rule resulting in the mishap while claiming that they were in the right. Over that they had the audacity to claim monetary compensation for the damages their vehicle suffered. A short discussion and sharing the dashcam footage put to rest their vitriol and monetary claim and they beat a hasty retreat.

This is not about absolving one's fault when there's one. The dashcam footage is about establishing whose fault it was and acting from that vantage point, so that the matter could be concluded without much doubt or bias. Again it could be anybody's fault.

[Janus]

Originally Posted by Rodie09

Unrelated to accident but can't help noticing the misuse of entry lane for exiting from highway. In the very beginning of video - left side lane. This is becoming prevalent these days.

Adding to that, the design of this Expressway is bad, the Entry and Exit ramps should be longer, this is almost similar to our normal Highways with sudden 90 Degree entry/exit.

[Redex]

Originally Posted by chaitanyakrish

As per MVDR of India, overtaking using the left lane is allowed on multi lane highways. The truck should not not be on the right lane but that's not a big problem.

In Australia, trucks use the right lane and is allowed and its done in a safe manner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJttcneXC4M

The main problematic driver in the video clip is the black car using the road shoulder to overtake, which is risky behavior.[/QUOTE

You are misinterpreting the "rule" as in the U.K. it is o.k. to pass a vehicle on the left hand side if the traffic in you lane is moving faster than the traffic in the lane to the right. It is not allowing you to change lanes to the left and then back to the right for the purpose of undertaking a slower vehicle. The rule is " over take" on the right only, with the exception of a few occasions.

Overtaking.- (1) A motor vehicle shall not overtake any other road user unless it is safe and not in violation of the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder or any other law for the time being in force

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] (2) A vehicle shall be overtaken only from the right side: Provided that a vehicle may be overtaken from the left, if- (a) the vehicle which is to overtake and the vehicle which is to be overtaken are both driving on a multi-lane road and the vehicle ahead can be safely overtaken in a marked lane to the left of the vehicle being overtaken; (b) the vehicle to be overtaken is either turning right or making a ‘U’ turn from the centre of the road and is giving a signal to turn and it would be safe to overtake it from the left; or (c) the vehicle to be overtaken is stationary and it is safe to pass it from the left. (3) No vehicle shall be overtaken if such overtaking is likely to impede the oncoming traffic. (4) While overtaking, the vehicle shall be driven at a speed higher than that of the vehicle to be overtaken, but the speed shall not exceed maximum speed limit specified by or under the Act or the rules made thereunder. (5) No vehicle shall overtake- (a) if the traffic situation is not clear; (b) if prohibited by any mandatory traffic signs; (c) by crossing the continuous single or double solid longitudinal lane marking dividing the road; (d) on a bend or corner or at any obstruction of any kind resulting in the road ahead not being clearly visible; (e) at junctions, intersections and pedestrian crossings; (f) (g) at a transit location where the road narrows or where lanes on the carriage way are reduced in width; on a narrow culvert; or (h) on a road where ‘School Zone’ or ‘Hospital Zone’ or ‘Construction Zone’ is indicated by road signs. (6) The driver shall use the direction indicators to show his intention to overtake and, after manoeuvring the overtaking, return to the left side of the road as quickly as possible. (7) No driver shall give a right turn indicator to signal permission to the following vehicle to overtake him. (8) Outside built up areas, the driver shall signal his intention to overtake the vehicle ahead of him by blowing the horn for a very short duration or by headlight flasher signal and may overtake the vehicle after getting a signal for overtaking from the driver in front or if the way ahead is clear. (9) If a vehicle is overtaking another vehicle, the driver of the vehicle being overtaken shall not increase its speed or impede the overtaking vehicle’s safe return to the left lane. 15. Merging in traffic.- (1) A motor vehicle entering a national highway or a

[Prado]

Originally Posted by chaitanyakrish

CCTV footage of a recent crash on Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway had emerged showing the importance of picking lanes early while exiting highways.

You are right about picking the lane early, however looks like the bus driver also contributed. I think the truck had been indicating left and was blocked by the car till near the exit. The bus can be seen flashing lights and coming at full speed to overtake the truck before it turns.

[N.A.GTC]

Originally Posted by Prado

You are right about picking the lane early, however looks like the bus driver also contributed. I think the truck had been indicating left and was blocked by the car till near the exit. The bus can be seen flashing lights and coming at full speed to overtake the truck before it turns.

Originally Posted by chaitanyakrish

CCTV footage of a recent crash on Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway had emerged showing the importance of picking lanes early while exiting highways.

It seems like the bus did not take any steps to correct its course/apply brakes despite the truck changing the lanes. What reaction time is that - 3 to 5 business days?

[NT_GT]

Originally Posted by corvus corax

Rear wheel detaches from Hero Vida, resulting in fatal accident for its rider.

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The wheel cannot take the torque of the electric motor. Too much of anything is bad, real bad sometimes. A big lesson not to get carried away by 0-60 time or 0-100 time, etc.

As others have pointed out elsewhere, the body of EV 2-wheelers are not properly designed to handle the torque/power of readily available powerful electric motors.

[sinharishi]

Originally Posted by Prado

The bus can be seen flashing lights and coming at full speed to overtake the truck before it turns.

This is a usual sight on NE-1. Impatient drivers who cannot wait to for a slow moving vehicle to clear path. One will be shocked to see the number of overtakes done using shoulder on this highway. We use this road 4 to 5 times a year and not a single time I have seen a car, bus waiting patiently behind to let the vehicle ahead clear the lane, they just take the shoulder!

Screenshot from videos taken last month:

[MyLife_MyCar]

Originally Posted by chaitanyakrish

CCTV footage of a recent crash on Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway had emerged showing the importance of picking lanes early while exiting highways.

https://Youtu.be/_iV5NpMB9D8

This video is a cocktail of so many things that could be wrong on our highways. It should be included in a school syllabus or driver training curriculum.

• As already pointed out, on the left we have a tempo trying to exit from an entry point
• On the right lane, we have a trucked parked on the shoulder, not very far from the exit. Potentially creating a hazard for long and heavy vehicles
• The car that emerges all of sudden from the back of speeding truck. The angle of the overtake suggests it was an aggressive overtake at the first chance/small gap the driver found. Had there been another slow moving vehicle in the rightmost lane, he/she would have never known.
• Just going by this video, it seems that the truck causing the accident would have had ample space and time to move to the left lane a few minutes ago. Also, I fail to notice any indicators on this truck
• The bus driver attempting overtake from left at a high speed. Also, there is already a truck ahead of it in the left lane. What was he trying to do - do a similar manoeuvre as the car?

[carnutfrombanga]

https://youtu.be/_wjsOV7kBZc

My wife and I took the lady to a Hospital, tests revealed no serious injuries apart from a bit of swelling and bleeding on the head and an arm, doctors gave her an all clear, quite lucky considering the impact.

[Gansan]

^^ It is foolish, no, absolute madness to ride a bicycle on Indian roads. Nowadays it is becoming a fad among some people. I encounter many bicycle riders on their way to work, negotiating through the peak hour traffic when I go to drop my wife at her office every morning. They are not the usual aam aadmi riders, their bicycles will be worth as much as motorbikes if not more.

It just is not worth it. Ride it only in very safe places. Such as cycling tracks inside one's gated communities.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by Gansan

^^ It is foolish, no, absolute madness to ride a bicycle on Indian roads. ...

And it is extreme madness to do so without looking properly.

[nicodash]

Originally Posted by carnutfrombanga

https://Youtu.be/_wjsOV7kBZc

My wife and I took the lady to a Hospital, tests revealed no serious injuries apart from a bit of swelling and bleeding on the head and an arm, doctors gave her an all clear, quite lucky considering the impact.

It's laughably troubling how we as a society have no clue what to do after someone falls in an accident. Instead of checking for injuries, the priority becomes getting the person immediately standing by pulling them from their shoulders. This lack of basic first aid knowledge is dangerous – moving someone could make their situation much worse.