Young driver has lucky escape

Rachel lee Curmi

Mar 18th 2010, 00:09

Stop Judging people , no one knows what happened exactly and why this happened. It's not something strange that someone might have an accident ,some worse than others ,but that does not mean that all of them are irresponsible or anything.

Glad for the driver that he is perfectly fine :)

J.Grech

Mar 16th 2010, 19:17

Kemm haw ghorrief hawn....ara x' ghandhom x jaqsmu il-bankini!!!! Suqu bhan nies civili, fix-xita oqoghdu attenti u ma tweggawx.........mhux hafna teoriji bla sens!! U ghax il-crash barriers, u ghax ir-roundabouts, u ghax l-isprinklers, u ghax it-tarmac........U HALLUNA!

John O Scerri

Mar 16th 2010, 15:33

Seriously now.. . How many of us drivers encounter protruding pavements without even a trace of fluorescent light? Case in point going down from Naxxar to Mosta near the round about after on prominent supermarket.
So if I clip that one should I be considered to be drunk or using my mobile phone or looking at a pretty woman .
Come on _ some roads are real death traps . and there are many , unfortunately we drivers cannot even sue the authorities for damages since it is so expensive and time consuming.

How about adopting laws as are in the UK which protect drivers who damage their cars due to bad road works, and even risk their lives due to lack of safety signs.

Mario Borg

Mar 16th 2010, 13:33

Judging from the scrapes on the road it looks like the driver overturned on his side of the road and slid across on the roof before striking the pavement on the other side. Had he careered across the right way up there would be dark tyre marks on the road. In all probability he was overspeeding however one doesn't have to be going particularly fast to overturn when mounting a pavement in a bend. Thank God he's okay and no vehicles were coming the other way.

Jack Sultana

Mar 16th 2010, 12:36

I used to drive that road 5days a week for 8 years and some of the most horrible accidens I saw was in that road.

They should put a lot of sleeping policeman and cameras in that road.

Speeding drivers overtake cars even in blind spots in that road.

He is lucky but more lucky is that he did not hit another car.

jane deguara nee hughes

Mar 16th 2010, 10:37

one very lucky driver... they go too fast on this road, its not the roads its the drivers...

N.Lawrence

Mar 16th 2010, 10:20

I have "clipped the kerb" a number of times, probably through a misjudgement, but have never managed to overturn my vehicle as I was IN CONTROL of it. My total attention was focussed on driving the car, not smoking, not eating, not using a mobile phone or any of the other stupid things one sees many drivers doing.

Richard Magro

Mar 16th 2010, 09:54

lol was it over turn Day Yesterday?? 2 Hrs later in bahar ic caghaq another Car overturned near the ice cream Kiosk and at 11pm another one flipped near the roundabout ''Tal Gas''....Very Weird To come across similar incidents on the same eve .........and now this guy..

Apart from some Reckless Driving as some said....in the area where this incident happened...they need to do sumtin about it!!! there's a big bump of tarmac Which irritates the shocks of the Car very easy...im assuming this guy Had hard Shocks and suspenscions which led him to loose control because of that Bumpy bit exactly when You are about to take the turn!!...i hope they fix it........besides that that bit of the road becomes a slide to any speed....tarmac needs to be re-done in that corner as its shiney as a mirror and its a hazard to drivers

Andrew said

Mar 16th 2010, 09:37

The problem is this people tend to see KEN BLOCK videos on you tube and they think that they can do what he is doing!! Well for starters his car costs 300,000$ and not 800 Euros! Plus he is a professional not some kid who just acquired his license.

In addition to this crash last night when I was coming up regional road another car toppled over near the round about 'tal-gas' its was around 2330 pm.

Martin Agius

Mar 16th 2010, 08:49

Well, I read a lot of comments but I'm sorry, I don't agree. The driver was clearly a victim of wheel lock which happens when you panic and accidentally press the brake a bit too much. The car just locks the front wheels and keeps going straight. The cause of such panic may be the uneven surfaces during that bend. The extremely low grip levels in that curve really didn't help the driver either.
Maybe the driver was inexperienced, but the infrastructure is as much to blame.

Joss Galea

Mar 16th 2010, 08:18

@ Lawrence schmebri.....Ihaven't you ever wondered why in some areas people CAN'T use sidewalks???!! Have you have ever saw the condition of certain sidewalks.....try to walk on a disasterous one with a puschair or a wheelchair!! In certain places we not only need the road fixed but the sidewalks too!!!

edgar gatt

Mar 16th 2010, 08:13

Anybody who knows that corner under Ghallis can easily conclude that this particular driver was driving very fast and went over to the other side of the road, hit the pavement and overturned. If this happened at 4pm then it must have been 10 mins after I passed. The road conditions were perfect, so please let us call a spade a spade and stop blaming the roads, pavements, etc.He was lucky that no other car was coming from the opposite direction.

Joseph Calleja

Mar 16th 2010, 01:17

Stop blaming the roads, the sidewalks, the curbs the trees etc. The real cause is the reckless driving. We drive very small cars that cannot handle the turns as easily as a big car can. Cars, roads, trees, curbs etc do not cause accidents, drivers do. If you remember someone even wrote a song about the bad driving in Malta. Very few Maltese observe the rules of the road and that's a fact.

L.Bugeja

Mar 15th 2010, 23:45

@J.J.Borg.....nissugerilek terga tara il filmat jekk rajtu.....ghodd kemm il cone kien hemm mid direzzjoni opposta......

s schembri

Mar 15th 2010, 23:00

Can the authorities set up a unit to clean up the debris after incidents? They can always charge the insurance companies to cover the costs.

Euchar Camilleri

Mar 15th 2010, 22:41

A couple of hours later another car overturned on the Coast Road, just infront of the public convenience at Bahar ic-Caghaq.

Franco Farrugia

Mar 15th 2010, 22:25

@ laurence schembri: Fine way of reasoning, yours! Wow! Let's do away wih laws, then, cos nobody follows them anyways! So, in your opinion, nobody, nobody uses pavements!!!! Well, well, well! Makes me think!

G. Caruana

Mar 15th 2010, 22:03

@ l.schembri

come from the vid it clearly shows the driver was going at good speed and the car suffered from understeer - eventually placing the driver on the wrong side on the road and hitting the kerb. at least it was not a head on collision and he is lucky he did not hurt himself! we need to stop blaming trees, pavements etc...

C.Mizzi

Mar 15th 2010, 21:39

@ J. J. Borg
Nahseb JIEN alinqas...narahom 3 karozzi tal pulizija u karozza rasa l-isfel wara nofsinhar ifimni...imma mhux kulhadd l-istess ux...

jborg

Mar 15th 2010, 21:06

at about 4pm?
the overturned car was still in the same place just before 6pm, causing lots of traffic!

N.Lawrence

Mar 15th 2010, 20:06

@laurence schembri--When was it the last time you saw someone walking on the pavement in Malta-- Amen to that- jaywalking is the norm to the majority of pedestrians. THEY are one of the biggest hazards on our roads.

M Fenech Adami

Mar 15th 2010, 19:26

Isn't this where there is that huge bump which breaks the car everytime one passes especially from the San Pawl - Bahar ic caghaq direction?

Louis Pace

Mar 15th 2010, 19:21

Doesn't look that the driver was driving at high speed. No break marks just skid marks and he was on the St.Paul's direction and lost control due to something.

Kaydee Zammit

Mar 15th 2010, 19:08

@ laurence schembri Are you serious? When was the last time you left your house? Oh yes, decrease pavement heights so that if a car mounts the kerb it will be easier. Come on!

D Treble

Mar 15th 2010, 19:06

It is not the height of the pavements but the speed that alot of young Maltese drive. If you are driving correcty and safely -why clip the kerb ???

laurence schembri

Mar 15th 2010, 19:04

When was it the last time you saw someone walking on the pavement in Malta, have no idea as to why we have pavements.

J. J. Borg

Mar 15th 2010, 19:03

Il-pulizija iharsu u mank ipoggu xi haga fit-triq biex tavza is-sewwieqa li hemm incident!

Robert Zammit

Mar 15th 2010, 18:54

AGAIN......AGAIN......AGAIN......LOOK ALIKE CRASH NEAR BIEB TA BOMBI F BLATA BAJDA

laurence schembri

Mar 15th 2010, 18:45

Proved right again. height of pavements are dangerous in Malta.