[sustran] Re: Incident on the National Highway of India

[Sarath Guttikunda]

I am from the UPPAL area and it is an everyday affair that drivers (not just
lorries and not just UPPAL) drive with one hand on the steering wheel and
one hand on the horn, whic makes controling the vehicles problematic and I
won't be surprised if it is the case here again. As Corlos mentioned
earlier, this could very well be an issue of discipline, driving
patterns, and drivers behaviour. Besides construction of NHs we need more
communications and awareness on safety and safe driving.

Here is an article on CNN principal voices today by Prof. Geetam Tiwari at
IIT Delhi.
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http://www.principalvoices.com/2006/urbanization/geetam.tiwari.white.paper.html
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Sarath

On 5/7/06, Sunny <sksunny at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> The following news is abt an incident (accident) that took place on a
> National highway (NH-9) which I mentioned earlier in my mail and also a part
> of the "Golden Quadrilateral Project" that is in discussion on our list.
>
> Sunny
>
> *Three burnt alive in road accident in A.P. *
>
> Staff Reporter
>
>  CHOWTUPPAL: Three persons, including a two-year-old boy and his mother,
> were killed in a road accident when a speeding lorry ran over two
> motorcycles near Khaitapuram village in Chowtuppal mandal on the National
> Highway No. 9 on Saturday morning. Two others were also critically injured
> in the accident.
>
> The lorry carrying a load of onions from Hyderabad to Vijayawada was
> totally destroyed in the fire that erupted after it hit the motorcycles and
> dragged them along for over a distance of 70 feet. The impact was such that
> sparks flew as the motorcycles were dragged and the petrol tanks burst and
> soon fire engulfed the lorry.
>
> As the morning traffic on the busy highway screeched to a halt and the
> passengers watched in horror, bodies of three motorcyclists caught fire. The
> lorry crew have fled. Fire engines brought the fire under control.
>
> Source: http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/07/stories/2006050704360600.htm
>
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