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October 20th, 2006 05:37 PM #301
Uhmmm... like I've pointed out, modern barriers (like the one that saved redorange's life... ) aren't that expensive. They're the same as our local ones, concrete and steel, only they're contoured to deflect impact instead of absorbing it (an energy absorbing barrier is what would cost millions of pesos).
Otherwise, it's an academic argument, because they're obviously not going to change anything. Even the supposedly fully-modernized NLEX still uses the old-type barriers in many places.
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October 20th, 2006 08:08 PM #302
If it's that cheap (since it's only a shape formation), it makes me wonder what on earth the engineers have been smoking not to implement such important safety design.
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October 20th, 2006 08:45 PM #303
You can scrutinize the drainage system to hell and high heavens but at some point puddles will form in any road. The freeways here have puddles all the time when it rains hard, even when the drains are cleared regularly, the key is to drive according to the conditions of the road at the time. You don't need a puddle to aquaplane just a sheet of water covering the road.
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October 20th, 2006 09:50 PM #305
eto po yung sinasabi kong puddle. kung ayos po ang maintenance ng PNCC at hindi clogged ang drainage system, wala pong "deep, large pool of standing water" sana dun sa specific spot na yun. my point is, kung wala etong puddle, naganap kaya yung aksidente? nagtatanong lang po...
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October 21st, 2006 12:40 AM #306
Defensive driving? After he started aquaplaning, he was probably just hanging on for his life...
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October 21st, 2006 05:09 AM #307
I agree. there's no such thing as a nature-proof infrastructure even if ISO-certified pa yan. hell, not even the people behind ISO are nature-proof.
mediang-media talaga dating, as expected yan writer friend na yan.
when it rains hard, slow down. if you cant slow down abruptly coz somebody might hit you at the back and cause a pile-up, slow down gradually ... use your lights, use your wits. but REDUCE STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR! .
common sense, kung butas-butas ang skyway, mabilis pa sa 5 segundo, ubos ang tubig dyan.
I live in Ortigas and I have witnessed countless huge downpours sa ADB Ave.. ADB Ave. can be considered a specially maintained road for a lot of VIP foreigners work in ADB. no power/ electrical lines above (all underground). drainage systems even the road itself are cleaned twice or thrice a day. pero pag bumagsak ang sobrang lakas na ulan, naiipon pa din ang tubig! and it TAKES TIME for water to recede.
maybe these media guys should stop writing and start observing how nature works. and maybe they'll understand a thing or two that there is no such thing as a perfect system when subjected to the wrath of nature!
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October 21st, 2006 10:49 AM #308well what i mean is if he practiced defensive driving he should have slowd down because of the rain, and i dnt think it was his first time to drive on the skyway, so he would have known that trafic from the ground was merging at that point. which should hav given the driver more incentive to drive defensively, because knowing the way the majority of filipinos drive, right of way is non existend in this country....
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October 23rd, 2006 02:48 AM #309D ko m getz sabi sa INQ7.Net trooper daw tumama sa fortuner that cause the accident, or the other way around?
Advice to people who will encounter wet roads
"If you are far from the Car, person, intersection in front of you,Use early breaks specially when you are approaching them"
-Breaking on a dry Road is different on a wet Road.
*One Second of Stupidity can change your Whole Lifetime.
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October 24th, 2006 06:16 PM #310strange... i was just browsing c! magazine's website kenneth quintal's name is not included anymore in the behind c! section... maybe he's fired?
Be careful with channels like "China Observer" on YouTube. There is a clear bias in their posts and...
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