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Originally Posted by clevermax
(Post 1727881)
Please, don't take that as a lesson learned. That don't deserve to be a lesson. Wear seat-belts, drive sensibly. Expect the unexpected - this is a much much bigger lesson to be learned than making it a point to travel in a car with ABS and airbags. Just linking the picture few pages behind in this context. It has ABS, but it couldn't save this beauty from hitting the pole - wonder why? |
Originally Posted by clevermax
(Post 1727881)
Just linking the picture few pages behind in this context. It has ABS, but it couldn't save this beauty from hitting the pole - wonder why? |
Originally Posted by sbraj
(Post 1726612)
Rajesh Sir, looks like yet another one involving a cab (yellow board)? |
Originally Posted by Soccerfan
(Post 1726651)
Where did this happen in AC road?? |
Originally Posted by clevermax
(Post 1727881)
Please, don't take that as a lesson learned. That don't deserve to be a lesson. Wear seat-belts, drive sensibly. Expect the unexpected - this is a much much bigger lesson to be learned than making it a point to travel in a car with ABS and airbags. Just linking the picture few pages behind in this context. It has ABS, but it couldn't save this beauty from hitting the pole - wonder why? |
Originally Posted by EssYouWe
(Post 1728176)
After all, paying attention to the road and making sure you don't get into an accident, if done at all times, would render them useless. |
Originally Posted by clevermax
(Post 1727881)
Please, don't take that as a lesson learned. That don't deserve to be a lesson. Wear seat-belts, drive sensibly. Expect the unexpected - this is a much much bigger lesson to be learned than making it a point to travel in a car with ABS and airbags. Just linking the picture few pages behind in this context. It has ABS, but it couldn't save this beauty from hitting the pole - wonder why? |
Originally Posted by Torqy
(Post 1728204)
Did you imply that if you have ABS, seat belt and other safety acronyms, its ok not to pay attention to the road so that the above devices become "useful"? That's what crash-test-dummies are for. :) Please remember that most of the safety devices are meant for the occupants of the vehicle...and not for the innocent hapless people outside your safety coccoon. You'll be safe but a family would've got devastated. There is NO alternative to ATTENTIVE driving. The above devices help when you run into surprises. -- Torqy |
Originally Posted by electricheart
(Post 1727849)
Have seen similar stuff being done by traffic police on the inner ring road in Bangy. There was a totalled red Verna/Accent which had done a full speed parking under a truck and was put up on a tow truck parked on the ring road with big banners all over saying "My Driver was drunk (and now dead!)". |
Originally Posted by Hurrycane12
(Post 1726996)
RIP to the family in the Verna; drinks or no drinks generally these bus & truck drivers care a damn for the small vehicles on the highway. |
Originally Posted by harishnayak
(Post 1727167)
On the contrary this thread also kind of educates you to understand many situations which you think can never happen to you. I've enlightened myself with many situations which i've never imagined in the wildest of my dreams. |
Originally Posted by Spitfire
(Post 1727250)
That route, the bus drivers are totally homicidal. Numerous times I have driven down this road I wonder why no one says anything. I am alarmed such incident dont happen everyday. Its very easy to rein these drivers in. The same situation used to happen in our state too. People stopped using the services of these private operators. No political backing helps them. Over the years with constant public outrage against the bus drivers the whole route was nationalised, i.e no private operators can run. Maybe Coimbatore and Erode and surrounding areas are a backward places where people dont bother about such things and are are more interested in their own lives. Verna, behind it is the truck. Bus comes from opposite side hits Verna head on and sandwiches it between itself and the truck behind the Verna. The bus is totally on the wrong lane. That wont happen. For the last 5 yeas I have been driving down this route. And since my wife is from Coimbatore she has been witnessing such incidents for the last 10 odd years. The drivers come back after going underground. Are saved by their political bosses and some more lives are lost. Nothing will happen until the public there who are more like cockroaches get a spine. |
Originally Posted by Nitin
(Post 1726890)
Thats one nasty crash! Doesn't seem like the car was cut open to retreive the bodies, rather the impact of the car smashed the car open.Either way,unfortunate that the innocent folks departed this way. |
Originally Posted by prince_pervez
(Post 1726955)
That Verna Accident is straight out of a Teminator movie. Horrible to say the least. I too did not understand how it happened. Maybe, the Verna was overtaking. RIP any way. Looking at the impact the other vehicles involved might also be heavily damaged. Any news on that ? |
Originally Posted by EssYouWe
(Post 1726841)
I get the feeling it was cut open to recover the passengers, or whatever was left of them. Really horrible crash. God bless the victims. |
Originally Posted by Johnny_
(Post 1726861)
Why didn't you open the front door and throw him out?:uncontrol You could have asked the driver to sing instead, so as to punish him. :D |
Originally Posted by DRIV3R
(Post 1728343)
Does that make it clear? |
Originally Posted by prince_pervez
(Post 1728430)
Actually, No! @Spitfire said the lorry was behind. To which you replied 'True'. You are saying the bus was behind. :uncontrol Can you make it clear, now that I have pointed out ? |
Originally Posted by EssYouWe
(Post 1728176)
After all, paying attention to the road and making sure you don't get into an accident, if done at all times, would render them useless. |
Originally Posted by EssYouWe
(Post 1728243)
I don't understand where your scorn for me comes from. Neither have I ever knocked anyone down on the road, nor have I ever advised people to abandon caution just because they have airbags. |
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