Pinetown Accident Death Toll Rises To 27 As Horrifying Crash

Wow. I usually avoid being the first car out into the intersection after the light turns green, I'll stay sandwiched between cars on either side and let the other cars get out there ahead of me. But in the case in this video that strategy wouldn't have helped at all, the car beside would have offered no shield at all to the truck. I also look left-right-left (we drive on the right hand side) before entering every intersection, the last look to the left is theoretically because that's the lane that's going to be closest to me if someone runs the red light or stop sign. In the case of the video (right hand drive country), my last look would have been to the right but I wonder if I would have looked far enough down the cross road to the right to see the truck looking like it wasn't going to stop. Wow again and very sorry for the victims and families.
 
To me this is the point I made in a post where someone stopped at a roundabout because they couldn't see if any traffic was coming, just shows you don't pull out unless you know its safe to do so. don't rely on the car blocking your view to make the right decision.
 
Although being attentative is always the best approach, I'm not sure this case directly relates to the roundabout situation. The truck took about 3 seconds to enter the intersection after the lights turned green and was still travelling at a high rate of speed even after taking out at least one other car from the opposing traffic on the right. We don't know what the view was like to the right, so seeing the truck prior to entering the intersection from this point of view may been problematic and waiting 3 seconds after the light turns green could potentially cause other complications.

While I always look both ways when I'm the first in line when the light turns green, it's usually only a quick glance each way for someone right near the intersection. Not sure if I'd catch a dark speeding truck that far away, but I'll definitely try harder after seeing this. Also as fieldofview alluded to, I would've paid more attention to the near side cross traffic, as I would've expected the opposing traffic to serve as a shield to anyone running the light from that side. Clearly, that strategy was of no use against something of that size and speed.

Honestly, instead of red light cameras and other revenue based deterrents, I'd like to see traffic barriers that rise out of the ground, like those steel & concrete poles used to stop terrorists. We'd see much less yellow & red light running if permanent damage to the car was the guaranteed result.

KuoH

Peter Wilson said:
To me this is the point I made in a post where someone stopped at a roundabout because they couldn't see if any traffic was coming, just shows you don't pull out unless you know its safe to do so. don't rely on the car blocking your view to make the right decision.
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kuoh said:
Although being attentative is always the best approach, I'm not sure this case directly relates to the roundabout situation. The truck took about 3 seconds to enter the intersection after the lights turned green and was still travelling at a high rate of speed even after taking out at least one other car from the opposing traffic on the right. We don't know what the view was like to the right, so seeing the truck prior to entering the intersection from this point of view may been problematic and waiting 3 seconds after the light turns green could potentially cause other complications.

While I always look both ways when I'm the first in line when the light turns green, it's usually only a quick glance each way for someone right near the intersection. Not sure if I'd catch a dark speeding truck that far away, but I'll definitely try harder after seeing this. Also as fieldofview alluded to, I would've paid more attention to the near side cross traffic, as I would've expected the opposing traffic to serve as a shield to anyone running the light from that side. Clearly, that strategy was of no use against something of that size and speed.

Honestly, instead of red light cameras and other revenue based deterrents, I'd like to see traffic barriers that rise out of the ground, like those steel & concrete poles used to stop terrorists. We'd see much less yellow & red light running if permanent damage to the car was the guaranteed result.

KuoH
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I know I do make strange connections didn't think about the timing.
 
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