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Udupi: Bike rider George D'Souza killed on spot after being hit by car

  •   Fri, Oct 28 2022 10:52:05 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (JD)

Udupi, Oct 28: A motorcycle rider died on the spot after he was hit by a car.

The deceased is identified as George D'Souza (74).

The accident occured in Belman when George was returning from his relatives' house after a program.

He was thrown off his bike onto the road due to the impact of the collision. He succumbed to serious injuries.

A case in this regard is filed in Karkala rural police station.

 

 

 
  

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  • KS Mayya, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    Nobody is safe. It is our inherent attitude or ethic that is the issue wherein how we conduct when nobody is watching. We need oversight, just like a school teacher had a very close eye on the conduct of kids to follow Road safety, driving rules. If police is not watching, we drive like maniacs, regardless of who is on the road. The senior citizen here survived COVID and would have gather a lot of experience that society could have leveraged and had to meet an end by a speeding car. We have a word for it, "accident" and we forget about it after sometime completely oblivious that accidents are preventable. If serious oversight is only way we will learn, I think police department must be equipped with latest technology to monitor every second of the car when on road and we start issuing marks just like the school teacher. If anybody gets marks below 35, he should lose the luxury of driving any vehicle. This is how it works in China and the western world and some in India immediately showed the finger on privacy. But if conduct is so bad, some strict oversight is needed.

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  • Nayakmaam, Gujjadi/Leeds,UK

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    It is a shame that we have this speeding problem despite being the most educated district in the state. We had it even when the roads were bad decades ago and we still have it when the road conditions have improved. This has nothing to do with the road. It is the psyche of the drivers. Lack of education in schools about road safety and lack of awareness of hazards while driving are the root cause. No amount of fine, road humps will deter such people from speeding. Probably surprise speed camera tests, heavy fine, points on their driving license and a criminal record is the only deterrence to rash drivers. In the west, when you are employed, they expect a clean driving license with no points on it and no criminal record as a essential criteria for employment. If you dont comply with it, you can only apply for a small number of desk based, poorly paid jobs. Such punishments make people think ten times before they speed on the road, drink and rive or hit and run.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    The infrastructure has all gone haywire; people have no patience; own vehicles which cannot be rode, at a stretch, beyond 60-75kmph on rural roads; opposite side driving is very common, stray animals, pedestrians too are at high risk due to lack of footpaths, youngsters like to flaunt their vehicles! The present vehicle population is much much higher than the roads can handle; time to discourage people from buying more than one car by imposing heavy fines, or the situation will go from bad to worse!!

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    Olden times bullock carts, horse carts, bicycles and mopeds were 100× safer! In the quest for faster speed and compensation with developed countries without commensurate development of roads, infrastructure, and irresponsible driving has led to this crisis! WHY DO WE WANT A 150KMPH BIKE OR 350KMPH SUV WHEN OUR SMART ROADS CANNOT HANDLE MORE THAN 100KMPH EVEN ON EXPRESSWAYS, FORGET LOCAL ROADS?

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    If it was happened in proper Belman between Bus Stop and Churchgate road..... it's bound to happen..... road was wide enough.... though they put road hurdles in between..... but vehicles speeding like anything.... It's nightmare to cross the road if you get down at opposite direction and going to Market area!!!

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  • Praveen shetty, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    First private buses should be fitted with speed controllers.....they honk nd monk nd go like sports car in Mangalore roads

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  • think, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    I'm not saying it's the victim's fault but I strongly think people above the age of 65 should not be allowed to drive. At least they should have annual licence renewals and fitness tests.

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  • Leslie Locke, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    Its not a problem at what age anypne can ride or drive as long as their eye site is good. Our traffic offenders punishment has to be much severe

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  • g m hegde, mumbai

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    Our native place was once considered land of intellectuals but driving habbits speak contrary. Such impatience & ignorance that pedistrians risk being carried away or ploughed thru while crossing zebra crossings. Hope admins introduce signals & sirens on zebra crossings on main roads

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  • Mahesh, Udupi

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    RTO is busy in changing the name board in bus . .. useless fellow don't care about the life of person . Innocent person are killed daily by accident... They never ever stop the person who drive rachely .. no speed limit at all. Just see in udupi if any traffic signal is working properly.

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    very sad...RIP...cannot help...third world countries...no strict laws...mostly drunken or drugs induced driving....yesterday i survived by a whisker with a scooter youth who was not in his senses...must have hit and ended up in some drain for sure...he went that fast and senseless...as he knows even if caught nothing will happen as law is weak..

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  • Vinyas Rai, Bengaluru

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    Go live in 1st world country kujuliwala

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  • prakash, Manipal

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    Dear Vinyas, please remove this animosity from your system... Often it is onerous and self defeating.... His comments were not in bad light... Looks like you are making personal attack... Cool off bro...

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  • Joel, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    Keep your fake nationalism aside for a minute and think what will you do when one of your loved ones dies in such accidents on roads are very badly built and maintained.

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  • Karen Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    Vinyas Rai, why don't you stop pretending that everything is okay? Your saffron chumps are making it out to be that everything is simply perfect and India is on par with the US, when in reality, we are just 4 steps behind Rwanda, And with the Gujju duo at the helm, the remaining ground will be covered.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    RIP! Everyday innocent people lose their precious lives or get maimed for life due to road accidents, manydue to overspeeding andrecklessdriving; DK is following other backward states in detoriation of road safety instead of improving!!!

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  • Karen Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Sat, Oct 29 2022

    May his soul rest in peace! Likely a relative to me.

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  • Ivan Alva, Mudarangadi

    Fri, Oct 28 2022

    Very sad and shocking news. Heartfelt condolences to all family members. May Almighty God give strength to his family members to bear this great loss. May his soul rest in peace.

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