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Originally Posted by Pancham Sir, were you inside the City to make this statement?
Just by seeing a 2 min clip how can we derive such conclusions that the lady did not try to help. We don't know the truth. Are we pure saints? Dont we speed occasionally. The passengers in the van were unfortunate. Who was at fault? Who to blame? We just can't say it. Maybe the lady was having an emergency . Maybe it was a genuine mistake . Maybe the van did not have seat belts. Who knows. ? Tell me which one of us daily drivers have not had near accidents. We think we are the best and safest drivers untill we are involved in an incident as gruesome as this. |
My replies, sentence by sentence(according to quoted para):
1. Her husband & sister were in the car. If they had asked her to slow, wouldn't she have done so?
2. Please elaborate the 'lady trying to help' part.
3. What truth/more information do you need/want to know about? Any data/point i/others are missing?
4. 'Speeding occasionally' and driving at 60mph in city are 2 entirely different things. And even if i kill/hurt someone while speeding occasionally, i should still be jailed/put on trial.
5. I hit you with my car and it is my mistake/negligence. So will you call yourself unfortunate or me wrong?
6. She was returning after shopping from Vashi. So no emergency.
7. Genuine mistake, as in? I drive recklessly, kill someone and call it a mistake? Is it possible?
8. Yes the van's occupants were wearing belts.( Read tharian's post)
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Originally Posted by Lalvaz I do think you are being unfair or misinformed if you think that the lady has been charged with a lesser crime.
Regarding the video being released so late, well, I have no idea, and have not wondered why the police released the video so late, as you allege, but I think in government terms, any action in less than 30 days is actually considered very prompt. |
304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.-- Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall be punished with 1[ imprisonment for life], or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death. or of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death; or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both,
if the act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.
Get it? Also, the link where it is written that the video was released a month late. Also, trial in a month is okay, but i am talking about the video release.
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Originally Posted by tharian Regarding the lady having an emergency, maybe. Does not mean everything else on the road have to disappear.
Genuine mistake- this means the lady was overspeeding and she knew it and did not reduce her speed
Regards |
As i said earlier in this post, this wasn't a emergency. Also, thanks for pointing out the seatbelt part.
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Originally Posted by IronH4WK He parks and comes out to help. Camera angle changes. |
Thanks. i stand corrected.
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Originally Posted by Santoshbhat SHOULD have hit the brakes once he saw the approaching city. It looks like the city driver hit the brakes hard. The car was probably equipped with ABS, as you can see skid marks starting to form on the road. But as the car approaches close to the van, there are no skid marks. |
Agree on the van hitting his brakes part. But if there were skid marks on the road, that would be
because the city had no ABS. Skid marks will only be there if wheels lock up. ABS will not let that happen.
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Originally Posted by sourabhzen I dont understand how can we defend killing by overspeeding. We must understand that any accident due to overspeeding may kill and the lost life could have been saved if the person was driving at sane speed. |
Absolutely correct. Seeing some BHPians defending the lady is not understandable.