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Old 22nd December 2024, 14:24   #41596
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Re: Accidents in India | Pics & Videos

Regarding the Volvo accident near Nelamangala, from video posted by news portal Kannada Prabha, it looks like truck driver somehow entered wrong way and didn't stop leading to head on collision and toppling.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD18rGhKMbw/

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Old 22nd December 2024, 15:24   #41597
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Considered to be one of the safest car company, another close up pic of the unfortunate Volvo XC90.

Do cars with normal roof be little more sturdy then the panoramic glass roofs?
https://x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status...NGfpFm5Fw&s=19

Found this on twitter/X. Seems like the sunroof isn't such a problem after all. Screenshot below.

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Old 22nd December 2024, 16:06   #41598
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Do cars with normal roof be little more sturdy then the panoramic glass roofs?
Basic Engineering Mechanics say that the presence of sunroof does not matter, what matters are the design constraints imposed on the A, B, C pillars.

I don't think anybody would have designed the pillars for something like 5 tonnes load on each of them (assuming a fully loaded container to weigh 30 tonnes - to put that in perspective, the XC90's curb weight seems to be about 2 tonnes).

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Old 22nd December 2024, 16:41   #41599
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It’s a very sad day for the family and for auto enthusiasts alike. I say this because, in an interview, a relative of the owner mentions that the victim was very proud of Volvo’s success in safety over the decades. Trusting this reputation, he purchased the car just two months ago, expecting it to protect his family. Unfortunately, destiny had other plans. I hope the family finds peace in this difficult time.

Road safety in India has been facing a serious crisis due to a lack of basic infrastructure, negligence, and the persistent corruption and ignorance of government officials over the years. Unfortunately, this situation has only worsened in recent times.

While a significant number of new roads are being constructed every day, what about the maintenance and infrastructure improvements of existing ones? Many older highways lack essential safety features such as crash barriers and adequate lighting, making them dangerous for commuters.

Truck overloading, overspeeding, and poor lane discipline further exacerbate the problem. These issues must be taken seriously because with increasing infrastructure comes the greater responsibility of maintaining and upgrading the older network to meet safety standards.

Being an automotive community, Team-BHP has a platform and a voice that can highlight the inefficiencies of the government in ensuring road safety. While driver responsibility is also a factor, at least in this case, the tragedy could have been avoided with better infrastructure and accountability.

Thank you for reading, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.
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Never thought I would be posting on this thread again, but guess that is what life is. So here's the story
Update to this: Apparently the Kia Seltos guy came to the police station at night. It seems he had to leave abruptly because his father was unwell and his phone got switched off. I received a call from the police station in the afternoon, asking to come to the PS and come to a mutual understanding. I had gome to the PS with my father. We had asked for a compensation of 25k, which was very nominal for the damages caused to my car. Heck I am pretty sure it will cost much more than that to get my car back into shape. The party was offering 5k initially and then quoted 7k as their last. On top.of this there was a lot of back and forth convos that happened in which the party was stating all reasons possible for not having money. Me and my father were fed up at this point. We did not want to become cheap by accepting their measely compensation despite of the numerous reasons they stated for not being able to pay. We took back the case, and denied taking any compensation. I asked the police officer to check the car's numberplate as it was running with a fake number.

I have my end sem exams from tomorrow, and all of my precious preparation time went to waste. This incident has left me depressed for half a day. Now I am fine, but there was a royal waste of time that happened to me.

And my car, I am not sure what repairs have to be done. I am planning on getting only the bonnet fixed for now. The car's registration will expire in 4-5 months, and I will have to see what can be done after that.


Mods: Please merge this with the original post.

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Old 22nd December 2024, 17:49   #41601
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Saw the collision between two motorcycles near Hirisave while I was on the way to Hassan around 2 pm.

I was shocked to see the mangled remains of the two motorcycles.

Not sure how this accident might have happened. I could see debris of passion motorcycle scattered all over, heck even the seat was thrown out.

I overheard the bystanders conversation that passion pro rider died on spot. RIP to the lost soul, if it was true :(
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Saw the collision between two motorcycles near Hirisave while I was on the way to Hassan around 2 pm.

I was shocked to see the mangled remains of the two motorcycles.

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The Other motorcycle looks like the BMW 1300 GS Option 719.

Really sad.
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