Fortuner Skyway accident (4 perished)

**navigator2377** · May 16th, 2010 08:51 PM

Very tragic accident happened today at the SLEX Skyway. I was in deep shock to learn this..

3 kids, aged 10, 10 & 5 y/o, seated at the back not strapped on their seatbelts died when they were thrown out of the car by the impact of the crash.. And sadly the driver also succumbed to her injuries.. My deepest condolences to their Families..

RIP.

http://www.gmanews.tv/video/60272/3-...-road-accident

**oj88** · May 16th, 2010 09:15 PM

It's weird that they could readily conclude that the accident was caused by over-speeding. Even when driving within the SCTEX legal speed limit of 80-100kph, almost any tall vehicle has a potential to flip over when mishandled... and Fortuners, for one, are a bit top-heavy.

**shibby75** · May 16th, 2010 09:37 PM

Every parents nightmare... That's why hanggat maaari gusto ko ako magdrive para sa family ko.

bakit po SCTEX/skyway? di ba papunta ng south ang skyway?

**Type 100** · May 19th, 2010 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by oj88

It's weird that they could readily conclude that the accident was caused by over-speeding.

+1.

There seems to be way more to this crash than what is apparent from the wreckage. It's so, so easy to pin the blame on "speeding" when in reality that's not the actual cause of the crash. I think it's a shoddy job of investigation.

**uls** · May 19th, 2010 01:16 PM

ok

driving at low speed, hit concrete barrier, roll over and over, passengers ejected from vehicle

driving at low speed, tire blew out, hit concrete barrier, roll over and over, passengers ejected from vehilce

yeah, makes more sense

**_Cathy_** · May 19th, 2010 01:23 PM

How fast is fast? In one of the reports they mentioned that the vehicle was probably at 100 kph which in my opinion is not reckless. Skyway tends to be clear on Sundays and I assume that other vehicles were travelling at that speed as well.

There's just a disconnect for me thinking of a mother or lady driver with children as passengers driving recklessly. I also don't wanna think that they are correct about the stereotype on fortuner drivers (black at that).

It's so offensive how the police would make hasty statements without even conducting a thorough investigation.

**uls** · May 19th, 2010 01:35 PM

people are looking for another cause coz it's too horrible to accept

it's the familiarity

a Fortuner, a lady, small kids -- dami dito naka Fortuner, meron wife, small kids

and it's coz of the proximity -- skyway lang

many of us use the skyway

if this happened somewhere in Tawi Tawi, we wouldnt see emotional outbursts like this

BTW, why dont we see reactions like this pag may namatay sa motorbike accident?

coz they deserve it?

galit kasi mga car users sa mga naka motor?

pero pag naka fortuner, all of a sudden, coz we can identify with it, we can empathize, we get all emotional?

**ghosthunter** · May 20th, 2010 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Cathy_for_you

How fast is fast? In one of the reports they mentioned that the vehicle was probably at 100 kph which in my opinion is not reckless. Skyway tends to be clear on Sundays and I assume that other vehicles were travelling at that speed as well.

You have to consider that a Fortuner weighs more than a Corolla. So at the same speed (example 100 kph), the Fortuner will still have more kinetic energy than the Corolla.

It's so offensive how the police would make hasty statements without even conducting a thorough investigation.

The police do not care what is the truth as long as they have something to say to the media/press regarding to the accident's cause. The truth is the local police have no technical expertise nor training to evaluate a vehicle accident properly to find it's actual cause.

**oj88** · May 19th, 2010 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by uls

ok

driving at low speed, hit concrete barrier, roll over and over, passengers ejected from vehicle

driving at low speed, tire blew out, hit concrete barrier, roll over and over, passengers ejected from vehilce

yeah, makes more sense

Dunno if this pertained to my post. Overspeeding, by definition is driving beyond the legal speed limit. 100kph in SLEX/Skyway/SCTEX is not overspeeding. But the point I was trying to arrive at is the inherent flaw on the vehicle's stability. So even if the Fortuner was running 90-100kph (hence, not overspeeding), it's still prone to tip over.

Even its brother, the Hilux, which shares almost all components with the Fortuner, failed the "Moose" or Child Evasion test. The test, I believe is done at 90kph... which is well within the legal speed limit in most of our highways.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZF8N9NItHI"]YouTube- Toyota Hilux fails the Moose test[/ame]

**uls** · May 19th, 2010 03:28 PM

Dunno if this pertained to my post. Overspeeding, by definition is driving beyond the legal speed limit. 100kph in SLEX/Skyway/SCTEX is not overspeeding. But the point I was trying to arrive at is the inherent flaw on the vehicle's stability. So even if the Fortuner was running 90-100kph (hence, not overspeeding), it's still prone to tip over.

bottom line -- when you're driving at a speed that will make your SUV tip over when you make a sudden swerve, then it's too fast