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pioneer wrote:I feel sorry for the truck driver actually, hope he gets some counselling and can move on and continue to support his family.
Skanky wrote:Of course the truck driver also has a lot of blame too and he should be charged(if possible) for dangerous driving,negligence or manslaughter.
This BS of not being able to stop in time I am willing to bet with 99% certainty is because the truck driver was speeding.
Firstly if you driving along at a reasonable speed how can you not notice a maxi has stopped? Secondly if you did notice or in fact care/was sensible enough to notice that a maxi had stopped you should have started slowing down and become more vigilant and observant for exactly this type of situation.Even if she did dash out into the road unexpectedly this is the same situation like when you driving along and you see a ball bounce into the road....you can expect a child right behind that ball.If you see a maxi stop you can expect some stupid trini pedestrianism like what occurred here.When you start slowing once you driving slow enough to in fact observe the situation just in case something like this happens you give yourself the best possible chance of coming to an abrupt stop.
Skanky wrote:Her being in that situation is 99% her parent(s) fault 1% hers.By little girl I am assuming under the age of 10.Correct me if I am wrong about her age.
Firstly, your child going to/coming from school not the mall....why did you allow your child to go to school with headphones?
Conversely if your child was going to school with the headphones without your knowledge or consent...why? Obviously the parents weren't paying close enough attention to their child or instilling the right values.
Of course the truck driver also has a lot of blame too and he should be charged(if possible) for dangerous driving,negligence or manslaughter.
This BS of not being able to stop in time I am willing to bet with 99% certainty is because the truck driver was speeding.
Firstly if you driving along at a reasonable speed how can you not notice a maxi has stopped? Secondly if you did notice or in fact care/was sensible enough to notice that a maxi had stopped you should have started slowing down and become more vigilant and observant for exactly this type of situation.Even if she did dash out into the road unexpectedly this is the same situation like when you driving along and you see a ball bounce into the road....you can expect a child right behind that ball.If you see a maxi stop you can expect some stupid trini pedestrianism like what occurred here.When you start slowing once you driving slow enough to in fact observe the situation just in case something like this happens you give yourself the best possible chance of coming to an abrupt stop.
Rory Phoulorie wrote:Skanky wrote:Of course the truck driver also has a lot of blame too and he should be charged(if possible) for dangerous driving,negligence or manslaughter.
This BS of not being able to stop in time I am willing to bet with 99% certainty is because the truck driver was speeding.
Firstly if you driving along at a reasonable speed how can you not notice a maxi has stopped? Secondly if you did notice or in fact care/was sensible enough to notice that a maxi had stopped you should have started slowing down and become more vigilant and observant for exactly this type of situation.Even if she did dash out into the road unexpectedly this is the same situation like when you driving along and you see a ball bounce into the road....you can expect a child right behind that ball.If you see a maxi stop you can expect some stupid trini pedestrianism like what occurred here.When you start slowing once you driving slow enough to in fact observe the situation just in case something like this happens you give yourself the best possible chance of coming to an abrupt stop.
Without knowing all the details, you have made a lot of ignorant statements in your post. 2NR CSI at its finest.
*$kїđž!™ wrote:one thing I learned and will never forget from primary school....
NEVER CROSS BEHIND A CAR......
nervewrecker wrote:Vashti parvati bahadur, stupid way to go but r.i.p. to her still.
Skanky wrote:Her being in that situation is 99% her parent(s) fault 1% hers.By little girl I am assuming under the age of 10.Correct me if I am wrong about her age.
Firstly, your child going to/coming from school not the mall....why did you allow your child to go to school with headphones?
Conversely if your child was going to school with the headphones without your knowledge or consent...why? Obviously the parents weren't paying close enough attention to their child or instilling the right values.
Of course the truck driver also has a lot of blame too and he should be charged(if possible) for dangerous driving,negligence or manslaughter.
This BS of not being able to stop in time I am willing to bet with 99% certainty is because the truck driver was speeding.
Firstly if you driving along at a reasonable speed how can you not notice a maxi has stopped? Secondly if you did notice or in fact care/was sensible enough to notice that a maxi had stopped you should have started slowing down and become more vigilant and observant for exactly this type of situation.Even if she did dash out into the road unexpectedly this is the same situation like when you driving along and you see a ball bounce into the road....you can expect a child right behind that ball.If you see a maxi stop you can expect some stupid trini pedestrianism like what occurred here.When you start slowing once you driving slow enough to in fact observe the situation just in case something like this happens you give yourself the best possible chance of coming to an abrupt stop.
src1983 wrote:One question, how would the truck driver know the girl is behind the maxi crossing?
Skanky wrote:src1983 wrote:One question, how would the truck driver know the girl is behind the maxi crossing?
You don't know.You never know.You have to use your prior knowledge and experience to think and anticipate.
That's where driving defensively comes into play.Driving is about gathering data about your surroundings and acting accordingly.The slower you drive the more data you can assimilate,the faster you can spot a danger situation,more time to make a sensible decision etc. Obviously the faster you drive the opposite is true.
When driving if you're going a reasonable speed you would notice a maxi stopped or stopping.Maxis stop to drop off and take up people...truck driver would know this unless he's a foreigner.Once you notice the maxi you immediately slow down to such a speed that if somebody darts out from around the maxi you would be travelling at such a speed that should allow you to come to a stop safely.
Same goes for when you see animals and children on the roadside.Slow down, think and anticipate as best you can cause one day or another one will run into the path of your vehicle.
src1983 wrote:In this instance the pedestrian would be wrong. The pedestrian just like a car at an intersection must ensure that the way is clear then cross. Primary school teaches. Look right, left right then cross
The reason I bring this up, is that years ago this happened a school maxi stopped and kids came out an darted across the road a kiss truck already on the side of the maxi hit one of the girls. Luckily she didn't die. But how could the truck be wrong, he was driving with due care and attention
By Susan Mohammed susan.mohammed@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Nov 30, 2012 at 1:09 AM ECT
Story Updated: Nov 30, 2012 at 6:18 AM ECT
A 13-year-old girl on her way home from school, was struck and killed by a truck in Balmain, Couva yesterday.
Vasutee Bahadur, a pupil of the ASJA Girls College, Charlieville, was killed four years after her brother, Adesh Bahadur, died in a car crash.
Police were told that at around 2.30 p.m Bahadur, a third form pupil, stepped out of a maxi-taxi along Main Road, Balmain, a village near the Couva Interchange.
She was attempting to cross the road, near her home at Otis Lane, Balmain, when she was hit by the truck.
The teenager died at the scene.
Police said the girl was wearing headphones but it is uncertain whether it was a factor in how the incident happened.
At the family's home, Bahadur's mother Ameeran Mohammed told the Express: "I am just living my son's accident all over again."
Mohammed said she was at the Couva Health Centre when she received a phone call with the news.
"I just started to bawl when I heard my child died on the road," she said.
Member of Parliament for Couva North Rudranath Indarsingh visited the family yesterday afternoon and said social workers would provide counselling and other services to the family.
Relatives said the girl's brother, Adesh Bahadur, was killed instantly in a car crash four years ago along the Solomon Hochoy Highway.
Bahadur was headed north along the highway when his vehicle crashed into a culvert. Couva police
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