maniac Posted October 31, 2013 Posted October 31, 2013 R.I.P to the victims :((.... I have travelled from Hyderbad to Chennai and Hyderabd to Bombay in a bus many times before...If you have ever sat in the front seat near the driver especially in the night when they are driving at insane speeds.....scary stuff
Detonator Posted October 31, 2013 Posted October 31, 2013 R.I.P to the victims :((.... I have travelled from Hyderbad to Chennai and Hyderabd to Bombay in a bus many times before...If you have ever sat in the front seat near the driver especially in the night when they are driving at insane speeds.....scary stuff I heard that the travel groups are actually lobbying to railways from assigning new trains to the routes that have traffic. More trains will force the travels to reduce the number of buses. For eg., Coimbatore to erode and tirupur has hell lot of ppl who travel daily, but there is just one passenger train that goes through erode-tirupur-coimbatore in peak hrs, even the route has installed electric trains before 15 yrs. There are lot of private buses in this route as many as one bus per 30 mins (one bus per 5 mins if we count govt. buses). I guess the same tactic is used between the major cities in south that has an insane number of those luxury buses.
hhunaeh Posted October 31, 2013 Author Posted October 31, 2013 I heard that the travel groups are actually lobbying to railways from assigning new trains to the routes that have traffic. More trains will force the travels to reduce the number of buses. Many times luxury buses are owned by local politicians, like in this case the bus which caught fire was supposedly leased by some veteran congress politician's relative to jabbar travels. The politicians might prevent more trains from coming up.
Detonator Posted October 31, 2013 Posted October 31, 2013 Many times luxury buses are owned by local politicians' date=' like in this case the bus which caught fire was supposedly leased by some veteran congress politician's relative to jabbar travels. The politicians might prevent more trains from coming up.[/quote'] Ture. veteran congress politician's relative - four words oozes with scam.
diga Posted October 31, 2013 Posted October 31, 2013 I heard that the travel groups are actually lobbying to railways from assigning new trains to the routes that have traffic. More trains will force the travels to reduce the number of buses. Welcome to India
Raghav_12 Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Another Volve bus catches fire on Bangalore-Mumbai route. 7 burnt alive this time. RIP. Bus was by national travels. I shiver to think I had taken same bus enroute Bangalore to Pune not even a week ago.
hhunaeh Posted November 14, 2013 Author Posted November 14, 2013 The sealed test tube aka volvo ac bus strikes yet again
hhunaeh Posted November 14, 2013 Author Posted November 14, 2013 Seven killed as Karnataka bus goes up in flames Seven passengers were burnt to death and 25 injured early Thursday when a luxury bus hit a bridge railing and caught fire near a Karnataka town, a police official said. Thursday's accident "took place around 2.45 a.m. when the luxury bus of Volvo from Bangalore to Mumbai hit the railing of a bridge on National Highway 4 (NH 4) at high speed and caught fire as its fuel tank burst," Haveri Superintendent of Police M. Shashi Kumar told IANS. The bus left for Mumbai late Wednesday from the city centre and crossed a hamlet Kunimallahalli, 15 km from Haveri, when it caught fire. "We are yet to identify the...victims as their bodies are fully burnt. Six of the injured have been rushed to a state-run hospital at Hubli, as their condition is critical due to severe burns," Kumar said. Hubli is around 50 km from Haveri. The survivors managed to escape by shattering the emergency exit window and jumping from the burning bus.
hhunaeh Posted November 14, 2013 Author Posted November 14, 2013 Something interesting i found on the net on volvo buses catching fire in australia, after reading a comment in a hindu newspaper article. QUEENSLAND’S VOLVO BUSES A FIRE HAZARD “Companies and governments are playing chicken with the lives of passengers and drivers,” Mr Biagini said. “It is unacceptable for our public transport to be catching fire.” “There is a known history of Volvo buses catching fire in Queensland and there is simply no excuse as to why they keep igniting.” Union issues bus fire warning The four fires prompted the TWU to demand all Queensland bus companies recall Volvo buses in the fleet, labeling them a “fire hazard”.
beetle Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 7 killed, 40 injured in Karnataka bus fire PTI | Nov 14, 2013, 06.51 AM IST HAVERI (Karnataka): Seven persons were killed while 40 others injured, six of them seriously, when a Mumbai-bound bus from Bangalore caught fire after hitting a road median in Karnataka district on Thursday. The mishap occurred near Kunimelli bridge, about 14km from here, police said. The bodies of the victims are yet to be identified, Haveri SP Shashi Kumar said, adding that the Volvo bus with 52 people on board had left Bangalore last night. Police said the seriously injured passengers were admitted to hospital in Hubli, and those with minor injuries are being treated at Haveri district hospital. The bus owner said the cleaner was safe but he had no information about the two drivers, with whom he had been trying to establish contact. The tragedy comes two weeks after 45 people had died when a Volvo bus from Bangalore to Hyderabad had caught fire after hitting the median on the national highway in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/7-killed-40-injured-in-Karnataka-bus-fire/articleshow/25731478.cms :((
hhunaeh Posted December 11, 2013 Author Posted December 11, 2013 Volvo fire: Bus material to blame for high casualties NEW DELHI: The two Volvo buses that went up in flames recently in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka claiming 51 lives had wooden flooring, inflammable seats and had no emergency exit door, a preliminary technical investigation into the incident has found. How the rules are openly flouted by operators has also been exposed after it was found that in one case, a standby driver was sleeping inside the "hold" meant for luggage. The preliminary report prepared by Accident Data Analysis Centre (ADAC) of National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) said three plastic fuel tanks fitted in each case were close to the body. It suspects that the fire could have been caused due to sparking/friction caused when the metal body hit concrete culverts. The report has identified all possible reasons in the two crashes and the defects that caused mass fatalities. Government sources said the average speed of the luxury buses was around 80 kmph, indicating they must have been running at higher speed at times. In both cases, road geometrics were also causative factors in the crashes. Both were factory-fitted buses. In the case of the crash in Mehboobnager in Andhra Pradesh, the bus had hit a portion of the culvert. "While the carriageway was wider, the culvert was narrow and there was no warning signal or signage for drivers," said an official. He added that after the bus hit the culvert, the fuel tank on the right burst. The report suspects the fire spread due to sparking after the metal body hit the culvert. The second case at Haveri in Karnataka was similar. The bus hit a crash barrier on its right and went off the road. Then it hit a culvert in which the fuel tank on the left burst after a suspected sparking. "However, what we need to find is whether the sparking was prolonged. The exact reason is yet to be established, the investigation team has sought more details from Volvo including exact material used in the vehicles and design specifications," a senior official said. The investigation team has emphasized on building safe buses, which have emergency doors, no inflammable material and techograph - a device that records the speed, how the vehicle was driven and total driving hours. "It has recommended that all building material should undergo fire retardant test," an official said. The road transport ministry is likely to call a meeting of Volvo representatives, NATRiP and experts from IIT-Delhi involved in this investigation. Key findings * Material used in bus were not fire retardant - wooden flooring, inflammable seats and other material * No aluminum cover on floor * No emergency exit door, only one door near driver's seat * Average speed 80 kmph * Faulty road design. Width of culvert and road not aligned * No warning signal of reducing road width Likely cause of fire * Sparking caused after bus body hit the culverts * Fire spread as the fuel tank got burst
hhunaeh Posted December 11, 2013 Author Posted December 11, 2013 So much for volvo's safety standards and inherent trust in foreign brands by indians.
ganeshran Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 So much for volvo's safety standards and inherent trust in foreign brands by indians. These travels operators refit the Volvo buses and remove the additional safety mechanisms to increase seating capacity.
Detonator Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 volvo buses have limitations. I ve not travelled in these but I ve seen many buses jam packed with additional seats, filling with luggage in every inch of possible space, even loading more than permitted weights , less maintenance etc,. Too much weight causes engine to overheat and thus catching fire.
hhunaeh Posted December 11, 2013 Author Posted December 11, 2013 These travels operators refit the Volvo buses and remove the additional safety mechanisms to increase seating capacity. The report says both the buses were factory fitted. But i have read other articles that said emergency exits were blocked by extra seats.
gattaca Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 These buses are operated by a close relative of a congress leader in andhra. Nothing will happen.poor souls no justice to them.
Brainfade Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 I shudder when I think of the final minutes for all these people. Very sad. RIP.
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