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Originally Posted by sbraj
(Post 1828478)
Are you serious?:Shockked: Speeding car at 140 need to be given way by all others because otherwise they will be killed? Maharaja on road? What is speed limit on this road? 140 KMPH? |
Originally Posted by agspins
(Post 1828511)
Probably you missed the eyewitness account by a school boy, who narrated entire episode in detail with vehicle nos, according to him BMW was speeding and had hit a bike first attempting an overtake and overturned and finally landed up on old man attending nature's call by roadside.When PCR came to the spot they rushed towards the occupants of mangled BMW who were still in better shape, leaving the poor old fellow who had severe leg injuries.... Now can you explain how the old chap was at fault( leave that natures call part) ? |
Originally Posted by pulsar56
(Post 1828515)
Doubt: Do BMW's have a feature where the speedo needle reduces to half of the actual speed during a collision? The damage seen on the BMW cannot be just because of hitting a human. It seems more like the damage was caused by trying not-to-hit and hitting a wall/divider/whatever! OT: Why does the media always have to bring in 'BMW'? Why don't we see Hyundai, Maruti, Honda, Tata, etc in similar news! Bias? |
Originally Posted by preetam_KORG
(Post 1828250)
Sorry brother...no offence, but why is it that only the car driver is always to be blamed? The car may have been doing only 40, and the old man might have come in between without seeing. Even if the car was doing 140, the old man is at fault. The old man should have judged that the car is coming pretty fast. No offence to anyone, may his soul rest in peace! Let the truth be told, then we can decide. Till then, I'd stand my ground. |
Originally Posted by McLaren Rulez
(Post 1828255)
^Exactly. Its the same tendency that we see on the roads. The bigger vehicle is always at fault. Let's wait for details to emerge. |
Originally Posted by (Alok)
(Post 1828268)
agree: + Many people challenge the big vehicle by their behavior (not careless but intended) |
Originally Posted by preetam_KORG
(Post 1828250)
Sorry brother...no offence, but why is it that only the car driver is always to be blamed? The car may have been doing only 40, and the old man might have come in between without seeing. Even if the car was doing 140, the old man is at fault. The old man should have judged that the car is coming pretty fast. No offence to anyone, may his soul rest in peace! Let the truth be told, then we can decide. Till then, I'd stand my ground. |
Originally Posted by pulsar56
(Post 1828515)
OT: Why does the media always have to bring in 'BMW'? Why don't we see Hyundai, Maruti, Honda, Tata, etc in similar news! Bias? |
Originally Posted by sbraj
(Post 1828621)
Rich guy returning home in imported luxury car after a night's partying, probably drunk, and hitting an early morning walker. |
Originally Posted by sbraj
(Post 1828621)
This would make sensational headline news. Would serve as a daily dose of cynicism for middle class. |
Originally Posted by RajaTaurus
(Post 1828888)
A Scorpio, took a near-fatal de-tour to avoid traffic on the GST road and took to the arial route, through an unfinished flyover. |
The flyover apparently had no warn signs or barricades at the entry point. |
The Scorp was speeding and even people at the foot of the bridge shouted him not to go, but he seemed did not listen. Result? A near-fatal stunt jump. Right on the railway track. Luckily, no trains were passing and the car avoided the HT traction lines. It happened at 11:10 a.m.! Take a look. |
CHENNAI: A deadly combination of rash driving and official callousness caused one of the freakiest accidents in the city on Thursday, when a speeding SUV fell off an unfinished rail overbridge in suburban Pallavaram. There were apparently no signboards or barricades at the entrance of the flyover. The car, which according to eyewitnesses was moving very fast, fell from a height of about 50 feet and landed on the railway track around 11.10am. The driver, who was the lone occupant of the car, was rescued from its mangled remains and admitted to a private hospital in Velachery with head injuries and fractures of the legs. Passengers waiting at the Pallavaram station witnessed a scene right out of an action movie when the car literally flew off the edge of the flyover and crashed on the railway line. The car driver was later identified as Divakar (30), a resident of Vyasarpadi. Railway police sources said Divakar was on his way to a private engineering college to pick up an application form for his sister. As GST Road was clogged with traffic, he took the flyover without realising that the structure meant to connect GST Road with Old Pallavaram was incomplete. Onlookers said some of them at the foot of the bridge had shouted at the driver not to proceed, but Divakar did not hear them as the SUV’s windows were rolled up. Witnesses said the driver could have tried to apply brakes when he realised that there was no road ahead, but it was too late. Fortunately, the vehicle did not get entangled in the high tension power-line over the railway track. Luckily, there was no train passing by. An official of the state highways department, which is constructing the flyover, admitted on condition of anonymity that not erecting barricades and signboards at the project site was the department’s fault. A railway police official said the railway track was not damaged. “We used a crane to remove the vehicle from the spot. EMU operations between Tambaram and Chennai Beach were disrupted for more than an hour. A case has been booked against the driver for rash and negligent driving,” he said. |
Originally Posted by pulsar56
(Post 1828674)
I would stick to 'Innocent until proven guilty' for the driver. We are not witnesses to the incident and hence cannot pass a judgment! |
Originally Posted by sbraj
(Post 1828621)
Rich guy returning home in imported luxury car after a night's partying, probably drunk, and hitting an early morning walker. This would make sensational headline news. Would serve as a daily dose of cynicism for middle class. Why BMW? Of the luxury brands, BMW and Merc are famous. |
Originally Posted by toiingg
(Post 1828955)
How fast was he going to have not noticed that there was no road up ahead ? |
Originally Posted by nick17s
(Post 1829004)
This delhi BMW accident took place when the beemer guy was trying to overtake a bike, after he overtook, the car hit the pavement and overturned and then hit the old guy and finally eneded up hitting a wall, the old guy was stuck in between, and the guys were going to a railway station to pick some relative. Poor guy died unnecessarily, may his soul RIP. Source: HT |
Originally Posted by johnjacob
(Post 1828947)
My thoughts: 1. Even if people shouted at the driver to stop, he would not have heard because his windows were rolled up. And everybody would roll up their windows and keep the A/C running in the Chennai heat. . |
Originally Posted by RajaTaurus
(Post 1829131)
If he had been less than 30 kmph speed and applied brakes, he could have stopped, or the worst case, he would have just spilled over the bridge, head-down. |
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