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Originally Posted by Gooney A terrible crash happened in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (June 15, ~4 am) at the NH 8 in Gurgaon. Four young kids, in their teens and early tweens went out for a joyride in a Swift Dzire, as the weather turned pleasant in Delhi NCR post rains. They were speeding along the National Highway when they rear-ended a stationary tipper, parked on the fast lane in the highway. Three of them died on the spot and the fourth boy is in a serious condition in the hospital with severe brain injury.
This is such a tragedy and makes me ponder over whose fault is it anyway. The kids were to be blamed as they were speeding. But young people in that age group tend to be rash and it was not that they were speeding in a crowded area but on a national highway where the speed limit is set at 80 kmph.
I see a lot of trucks and lorrys stranded in the NH8. The main reason being that they are old, not well maintained and not road worthy. Added to that there are hoards of shared autos and tractor with trailers on the highway. These slow-moving vehicles should not be on the highway. So many lives have been lost because a broke down lorry is just sitting on the highway.
Should not the authorities be very rigourous in passing the road worthiness test of vehicles that ply on highways? Should not the Corridor Patrol reprimand the shared autos and tractor plying on the highways? I know, its the eternal debate of corruption and the lackadaisical attitude of authoroties. But how many more lives do we lose to come to senses. I am very sad and angry.
Source: TOI |
I read about this.
And you know, it totally pissed me off, the way they are passing the blame around.
Yes, it MAY be wrong to have been speeding on the expressway.
I am not entirely sure of the limit.
I know the DND has a speed limit of 80, and DG is 100(correct me if i am wrong).
The paper said these guys were doing 100.
Dont know if that qualifies as speeding,
who belongs more on the expressway, a moving vehicle, or a heap of junk which breaks down and is left in the middle of the bloody road!
well, middle may have been better, but he left it in the fast lane!!
I just love this concessionnaire!
When they are watering the plants on the median, they do it between 8 in the morning, till 12 noon.
in peak hours!!
when they sweep the extreme lanes where all the dust collects, they close off the entire left lane for 1-2 kms at a strecth.
in what hours?
0800-1200!! We know they have more than enough capability to cordon off a supposed hazard on the expressway, then why couldnt they have done it for the truck?
here's why: take a look at the time of the accident..."raat ko duty nahi thi"....
@csentil: They were all about a couple of years out of their teens.
One of them recently got a bike as a birthday gift from his folks.I am assuming that action, and their ages to imply that they had licenses.
About the tractors and bullock carts, there are a lot of entries and exits on the expressway which ARE utilized by them.They get on the expressway, and allow to get off
without paying the toll.
Additionally, there is a service lane(2 cars, oneway) running along the ENTIRE length of the expressway.
Using these roads, AS WELL as the expressway, without needing to pay the toll is ,granted, a right for these tractors.
except for a couple o' things....these tractors and trailers become taxis as well, lucratively so.
they will not go from their village to the town.they will stop at umpteen spots on the extreme left, pick up people/drop-off people, and then move as per whim through all the lanes to get to the "fast" lane, and drive at 40kmph.