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Was The Bus Speeding?
Heavy braking in the curve threw a lot of weight on that corner of the bus.
Was the bus speeding?
When are these buses not speeding?
When are these buses not speeding?
It certainly was not driving at a prudent speed for the size of the vehicle and ensuring the safety of passengers.
No refunds and I will not be surprised if the driver is back on the road within a few weeks
driving the exact same way.
Does anyone remember the truck driver who killed several people in a crash back
in 2014? A few weeks later he was captured on video crossing over the median
illegally and blocking the entire street in near La Sirena on Winston Churchill
down in the capital.
Bus, truck collision in Dominican Republic kills 10
<p>Santo Domingo.- As many as 10 people died and several were hurt Monday night when a tractor trailer collided head on with a bus near Tabara Abajo, on the Southern highway between Barahona and Azua.Among the deceased figure Wanda González Vólquez, 39, and Ney Gonzalez Volquez, 57, residents of...
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Started the turn with excessive speed ( 9 sec in video) . IF the front left were the only problem, (and it may have been low on air) , he then made it worse by over compensating even more by steering Hard Right , and at that already excessive speed he compounded the problem .. A Race Car with super wide tires , and low to the ground can pull off an Inside turn like this with No Problem ... but a Top heavy Bus , on a down grade no less . the physics just do not work . he was doomed at 9 seconds into the video when he started going into the turn .. Steering straight he could have saved it .. Braking and turning , impossible .
Too Bad Gorgon is no longer here .. (so many people have left) .. he could certainly shed light on this even further .
Too Bad Gorgon is no longer here .. (so many people have left) .. he could certainly shed light on this even further .
Yes he was speeding, especially for heading into a 90 degree turn. Hopefully he is removed from driving any public transport because he is a total moron for flipping a bus
I could never drive a bus. Way too big for me to even attempt to learn. Give me my Mitsubishi Miata any day of the week. I loved that car!
Thank you @Nadie21 for the video
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If the driver started to brake late, he would have had to let up on the brake, go deep into the turn and then swing wide.
Or give up on the turn right from the get.
It is not a matter of speeding.
It is a matter of momentum.
Newtons First Law of motion.
The bus had too much momentum to make the turn and remain upright.
You can see the laws of physics acting on the bus the moment the driver begins the turn.
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If the driver started to brake late, he would have had to let up on the brake, go deep into the turn and then swing wide.
Or give up on the turn right from the get.
It is not a matter of speeding.
It is a matter of momentum.
Newtons First Law of motion.
The bus had too much momentum to make the turn and remain upright.
You can see the laws of physics acting on the bus the moment the driver begins the turn.
According to the Public Ministry, the driver Franklin Nin was traveling at high speed.
The prosecutor of Verón, Punta Cana, Denis Guerrero, reported that the driver who caused an accident on the Boulevard Turístico del Este highway yesterday morning, leaving three dead and dozens injured, was arrested.
Source: Dominican Today
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The prosecutor of Verón, Punta Cana, Denis Guerrero, reported that the driver who caused an accident on the Boulevard Turístico del Este highway yesterday morning, leaving three dead and dozens injured, was arrested.
Source: Dominican Today
Bavaro tourist bus driver arrested and under investigation
<p>According to the Public Ministry, the driver Franklin Nin was traveling at high speed. The prosecutor of Verón, Punta Cana, Denis Guerrero, reported that the driver who caused an accident on the Boulevard Turístico del Este highway yesterday morning, leaving three dead and dozens injured, was...
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Momentum is velocity (speed) times mass (size). So given that the bus (large mass) was going too fast (speed) you are correct in the assessment that this is a matter of momentum. But saying that is it not a matter of speeding, I would have to politely disagree with.
Tourist accidents get reported pretty quickly in North America. Have yet to see this appear in the US or Canadian websites
But it will sooner or later
But it will sooner or later
So the authorities that reported that three passengers died, 14 injured which are in the hospital being treated, are all just manikins?
There is no need to be polite about it.
I was talking physics.
And if we are talking physics then you know speed is not equal to velocity.
Velocity is a vector quantity.
Speed is a scalar quantity and does not keep track of direction.
With that information to work with the bus had too much velocity in the direction it was headed to make the turn safely.
Now if you apply the turn speeding you need to give me the posted speed limit and if there was a posted speed limit on the turn.
As there are for many turns on the roads throughout the Dominican Republic.
So, we are both right depending upon the answer you seek.
One could also apply the following definition:
Speeding - the act of driving a motor vehicle at a higher speed than is safe or legal.
Since the driver could not make the turn in the vehicle in a safe manner you can also say that he was speeding.
So I will stick to my original statement in post #15
And proffer that the question in the thread is imprecisely worded.