i completely trust that your judgement on the situation will be objective. your effort is commendable and will help the road safety situation for the blind a whole lot and i truly hope that your effort to avail some compensation for the victim will be fruitful too.
regards, muffi. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harish Kotian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Accident at Hyderabad > Hi Dinesh , Subramani, Mufi > > I agree with you Dinesh the pedestrians too are bound with road discipline. > Quite many times accidents are caused while saving careless pedestrians and > cyclists. > > At least this truck driver did not drive by and he did try to get the victim > out. He went to the police station to seek their help as he could not do > much. > > The victim I am told was going through some imotional problem and was > indulging in alcohol. > > I am trying to organise for legal help so as to obtain compensation to the > kin of the victim and also to see if some PIL could be filed for proper > barricading of all excavation work as is being done at Mumbai following a > court directive. > > Harish. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:38 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Accident at Hyderabad > > > > Hey Harish, > > > > You have done a commendable job of taking action, which is making the > > situation clear. I can't tell how much I appriciate you moving out of your > > comfort zone and taking some action than just sitting and contemplating on > > the insidence. > > > > And now I will be doing the contemplating as can't do more than that > > <smile>. > > > > I agree that we may be cautious about the findings as sometimes they are > > manipulated to suit a perticular outcome, but this is also important to > > understand that people who are walking on roads are equally responsible > > for > > road safety as people who are driving. > > > > Just because someone is walking, cycling or any other form which is > > considered weak, they do not get licence to be careless. Same as someone > > who > > has big vehicle does not get licence to kill. > > > > In night, driver might not have seen the person, and usually the impact of > > such an insidence is so great that even if there was no pit, person would > > not have survived. > > > > But I condemn the existence of that pit on the road and the accident, and > > I > > think we need more information before handing out our verdict. > > > > Regards > > Dinesh > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Taraprakash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [AI] Accident at Hyderabad > > > > > >> (Accident *by* a blind person?) seems to be an error. > >> > >> While there is no particular reason to suspect this, there is no reason > >> to > >> accept this result of your inquiry. This is for the first time we are > >> being > >> told that a victim of an accident had alcohol in his blood. Generally the > >> suspect is tested for alcohol level in the blood to see if it is a case > >> of > >> drunk driving. Now let the victim be punished for drunk walking? > >> We generally hear of somebody being run over by a vehicle, if your > >> sources > >> are authentic then the unfortunate victim did not die on account of the > >> collision with the vehicle, he was found in the pit, isn't it? > >> If someone has to be held responsible for such things, let it not be the > >> powerful one. Let the money change hands. This is what matters today, > >> money, > >> or some other kind of power like being close to the administration or the > >> politicians, isn't it? So we look for the softest target for > >> accountability. > >> Kill your fellow MP and blame the nuxalites, who are outlaws and > >> therefore, > >> can't speak for themselves legally. > >> > >> > >> > >> The question again is why was there a pit open and unbarricaded, for the > >> alcoholics to jump in to it? > >> > >> We must think again, the case is weak, or the victim *was* weak. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "harish kotian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:22 PM > >> Subject: [AI] Accident at Hyderabad > >> > >> > >>> Hello all > >>> > >>> Regarding the unfortunate accident by a blind person who succumbed to an > >>> accident after falling into a pit dug for built for constructing a > >>> flyover > >>> at Hyderabad. > >>> > >>> I made some enquiries about it. What I gathered was the victim had > >>> strayed > >>> in to the middle of the road. He was hit by a lorry and got thrown out > >>> into the pit. 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