Vehicular Accident at Ayala Ave. cor. Dela Costa

[karl88]

The accident happened at around 8am this morning. An Isuzu Trooper that was making a turn from Ayala Ave. to H.V. Dela Costa experienced some problems with the accelerator pedal (as narrated by the owner) when it got stuck while he was stepping on it when he was making the turn. As a result, the trooper rammed the steel fence near Metrobank (GT Tower) on to the sidewalk and on a concrete bench just outside the bank branch. It was a good thing though that there were no pedestrians walking, nor were there people sitting on the bench during that time.

A toyota corolla was side swiped while the trooper hit the fence. the corolla sustained a scraped right side (front fender up to the rear door) and a broken side mirror. The driver of the corolla was okay...so was the trooper driver...although the wife of the trooper owner suffered a cut on her lip. must have bitten her lip during the accident.

When all the steel fence debris were removed from under the trooper, and after one tire was replaced....the trooper drove off the sidewalk before it was attached to the tow truck.


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[OTEP]

Heto na naman tayo sa 'accelerator got stuck' alibi. Maybe it's his foot that got stuck.

It's common knowledge that the brakes of a modern automobile can hold a vehicle in place even if the engine is on full power.

But that's one tough Trooper.

I pity the car he sideswiped. Innocent victim.

[nugundam93]

holy cow. at least it wasn't as gory as the last ayala ave accident.; :D

[baiskee]

nyyaaaaayyyy...kakatakot. di kaya nasaniban yang trooper.

[ian_rex]

di kaya nagkamali lang nang tinapakang pedal yan? instead of brakes, accelerator ang natapakan?

[karl88]

well, hirap talaga mag speculate kung anong nangyari when it happened, pero that was according to what he said. The owner was mga late 40'sh or early 50'sh na, and mukhang maingat sa sasakyan niya and kasi her wife has a hip problem and was using a walker na parang wheel chair din at the same time, so i guess maingat din siya mag drive.

buti na lang at walang nasaktan sa accident na yon.

[Macho]

I think so...

[j_avonni]

Kawawa naman yung Trooper. Ibinangga na, sya pa ang pinagbintangan.

[alwayz_yummy]

well, malay nga atin.. baka naka slippers at di naalis agad sa gas pedal(happend to me once kay shoes na lagi ako)

or sadyang nataranta na.

[OTEP]

Kawawa naman yung Trooper. Ibinangga na, sya pa ang pinagbintangan.

Siyempre the driver will not blame himself.

[Memphis Raines]

Can that "stuck accelerator" thing can happen if the car is an automatic?

I think there was a time last year ata yun when a family's new driver drove their automatic na car for the first time. After dropping off the kids to school, as he was exiting the premises, bigla nalang daw humatak yung car then he plowed into 3 or 4 other (expensive!) cars.

Ang lame excuse nya is that "the automatic did it". You believe that bull?

I read it in the Inquirer.

[karl88]

di kaya nagkamali lang nang tinapakang pedal yan? instead of brakes, accelerator ang natapakan?

according to the driver/owner, naka stop sila sa ayala ave. kasi red light pa, when the light turned green, he accelerated and turned towards dela costa st., pero when he lifted his foot to slow down, na stuck na raw yung accelerator pedal, kaya iniwasan na niya yung mga cars infront and swerved towards the steel fence....pero di kinaya nung fence na i-stop yung car kaya umakyat pa sa sidewalk. the only thing that made the trooper stop was the concrete bench.

[orly_andico]

that makes absolutely no sense.

if i was in that situation (hindi bumalik yung accelerator pedal) then the obvious thing to do is full brake and depress the clutch (to spare the engine from lugging when it dies, but even if no clutch press, the engine will lug and then stall). if it's an auto tranny, just full brake, the torque converter will take care of things. then shut off the engine.

[mazdamazda]

kaya pala ma traffic kaninang umaga sa dela costa...

though if the accelerator really got stucked - why didn't he use his emergency / parking brakes?

[karl88]

btw, the trooper has a bullbar with those rubber protectors. when it hit the bench, natanggal yung isang rubber protector sa top portion nung bullbar. i saw na yung dugtong ng stainless steel tubing hindi pala naka weld....kundi masking tape lang ang nakalagay.

[BoyFerrari]

Walang ibang may kasalanan diyan kundi yung steel fence. Bakit ba merong steel fence dun? Saka kasalanan di yan nung concrete bench. Dapat hindi sila naglalagay ng concrete bench dun. Na-damage tuloy yung Trooper.

[5Speed]

Walang ibang may kasalanan diyan kundi yung steel fence. Bakit ba merong steel fence dun? Saka kasalanan di yan nung concrete bench. Dapat hindi sila naglalagay ng concrete bench dun. Na-damage tuloy yung Trooper.

herherherherher nde.....ang me kasalanan eh yung traffic light..kung walang traffic light don eh hindi sila hihinto at di nila kailangang umarangkada ulit so malamang eh di dapat na-stuck yung silinyador....

pero ang ultimate na me kasalanan eh yung umimbento ng combustion engine....kung di nya naimbento yon eh walang trooper na mabubunggo ngayon..

[Horsepower]

dapat meron tayong Avoiding Crashes Workshop by sir OTEP. hehehe. magkano kaya ang charge? :D

[theveed]

Hehe, basta oto ni Doc ang gagamitin ha.

[OTEP]

OT: I always use the "students'" vehicles. :lol: Wala akong compre, sila usually meron.

Nagtuturo ako kay commander magmaneho kahapon. Eh walang ibang matinong sasakyan dito (wala yung Picanto at Vitara). Pinahiram ko muna Pajero. Wala pa kaming 30 minutes, nasa ibabaw na ng bangketa yung Pajero. Diyos ko po buti na lang hindi kami naka-Picanto, baka oblong na lahat ng gulong nun. :lol: