@ PHAMYLYMAN
My personal opinion is that a bulk of us don't need a car. its just that our public transport system is non-existent (compare the smallest german town). But well, others have their opinions, and their pockets. Actually yes…. We need a better PTS. But thats another issue.
Your profile incidentally reveals you're an engineer. Care to elucidate technically what is the root cause? At the same time, please click the pic I posted above - the Maruti's rear is smashed but the tank is completely intact. NOTHING. eh? Engineer tag does not certify engineering intelligence. Me or anyone else.
Don’t be misled.
An intact tank does not mean that a system is safe. It only speaks for the integrity of the tank design which again incase of an accident is subject to many factors( tank positioning/placement in the vehicle, angle of impact during accident,etc) A fire can result due to failure of valves(including safety valves). In fact tank integrity in case of explosions is hardly suspect. Tank failures in most cases have been caused due to valve failures. Im quite sure that design engineers today design tanks that are intrinsically safe wrt operational integrity.
Interesting aspersion. Pray again clarify why - the final nonsense that's published in the newspapers does not mean the relevant trained people don' know their jobs. I didn’t mean it the way you read it: They surely may be relevantly trained, but it does not mean they ‘always’ do their job. Without going into details, it is a well known fact, how facts are conveniently manipulated by investigating agencies. Also, there is no certainty that being apart of an investigating agency makes that officer/agency accurate in their investigation. Just look at all the official investigating agencies around us. Even the few good men in these agencies lose their virtue due to systemic apathy.
Nice sounding, but completely incorrect. Your entire post presumes they are unsafe, without the minutest shred of evidence towards the same. For me, my friend, sitting in and passing by a gas leaking/stinking cab in Mumbai is evidence enough of a disaster waiting to happen. I don’t need an investigating agency coming up with its safety report to tell me how safe I am in the present rickety gas taxi cab.
That is the RTO rule. Details I'd post later, or maybe wolfinstein. We have all the rules in place – in the books.
You need to go to an RTO office and see how these vehicles are ‘passed’.
There is ‘no’ safety check for the gas kit. Im sure the officer doesn’t even know how the system works. I say this because I have ‘bin ther and seen that’
Again I will not get into details as it is subject enough for another thread.
Besides, do you live your life by a rule book.- NO OFFENCE.
I live mine by common sense.
Oh it does. Word of the day: Ethyl Mercaptan. Thanks for enlightening me on - Ethyl Mercaptan.
Uno, that’s what I like most about this site.
No offence, but as an engineer, I'd expect you to be more logical in questioning CNG cars' safety! It seems to me that you are easily misled by titles: - What if I say im an IT engineer.
My logic is based on what I see in reality around me and not my engineering background.
With all the systems in place there can be total failure if not correctly implemented.
Consider the percentage of private ownership gas driven vehicles with the transport ones.
With the number of taxis, autos, buses and trucks now running on gas – I will not feel safe to find myself boxed in at a signal with a leaking gas cab with a compulsive smoker in it.
Again - before someone points out - i aint got nothing against cabbies.
Lastly, safety starts with prevention. |