Why is the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway prone to accidents? Centre will spend Rs 688 crore on safety

[@sps6]

RTO is to blame for giving license without proper tests

[@ChandranPrema123]

In Karnataka You can get License like Pan Masala

[@rathancnaik]

That's for sure

[@AnupamPatrapatanupam4]

@@ChandranPrema123 Story of all of India probably

[@doremon_Indian07]

@@ChandranPrema123shut up bro ‘ Karnataka rto is better than rto from north

[@vishnukumarkr3499]

Why do we keep blaming the system only.... When people themselves have no road manners... If the system is corrupt it is because the people themselves are corrupt.

[@keerthi3086]

I travelled on this stretch in Dec-23 and the lane discipline was the biggest safety hazard. The signage is clear, the left lane is for slow moving and heavy vehicle. Cars and Buses need to stay in the center lane and the right lane is only to be used for overtaking. What we faced was a complete mess and I had to be very vigilant about so many lane violators. Slow moving heavy vehicles going on the overtaking lane on the right. Some vehicles cruising only on the overtaking lane and not switching back to middle lane. Blinkers? I think so many don't know they exist and just swerve at high speeds.

[@pratik6342]

Reckless driving..nothing else.

[@manojbhaskaran1997]

​@@kayuzx510I take it you have never travelled on this road. There is clear signage indicating which lanes the respective vehicles need to travel in.

[@mvkudva]

One major issue is heavy vehicles, including trucks and buses, hogging the fast lane instead of sticking to the slow lane. This should be an offense. In almost all countries, heavy vehicles adhere to the slow lane unless overtaking. India is an exception.

[@JojoSen-i4x]

This is common in North India. They do this to avoid swerving around vehicles on the left lane

[@Kong3287]

Simple ignorance and arrogance and lack of discipline....costs tax payers money....

[@ipikluninja91]

I agree. If people were to simply follow traffic rules in the form of lane discipline and speed limits it could be prevented to a large extent.

[@loca2825]

Welcome to India

[@doncorleone3901]

Govt of india must take up driver education through mass media immediately like they did with pulse polio, covid, hiv etc. Problem is people do not know lane discipline is a thing, not to stop on the highway, how to overtake, how to join into highway etc. This is the biggest problem in India today and is costing mental agony to everyone

[@srikanth85in]

Spend that money to root out corruption at RTOs while issuing licenses. Punish the lane offenders and repeat offenders. If not, such things keep happening. And please ensure there is good road engineering and design..

[@drajeshkumar]

It will not reduce unless these heavy vehicles unapologetically and without shame, driving on the fast lane.. i would suggest there should be highway patrol jeeps, which overtakes them and signal them to move to left most lane.. if not penalise them.

[@msrmaddymech]

More then 50% of the vehicles avoid paying toll by exiting one exit before the toll, forcing them to pay toll will help recover this cost. As slow vehicles occupy the fast lane, it necessities the need to change lanes, more lane changes means more chances of a crash.

[@vishnukumarkr3499]

In India people want everything for free. Not only politicians even the public are corrupt to the core.

[@samarthhiremath7802]

Its an amazing highway. I use this highway twice every week. There are a few unscientific curves but it's probably not more than 2/3 on each side. The biggest problem is lane discipline. Particularly slow(er) moving vehicles in fast lanes. Keeping a speed limit of 100 makes the slower guy feel safe in the fast lane and they continue like that. The regular highway rule of slow lane, drive lane and overtaking lane should be applied. Penalize those blocking traffic in the fast lane.

[@hiteshts]

I agree. The straight roads suddenly curves almost like a semi circles and it becomes difficult to control the vehicle.

[@Svk408]

People are cutting across the fencing & coming onto expressway from service roads I had this experience when a Karnataka rtc local bus broke down the conductor from the bus which was at service road cut across the fence and came for help by stopping mysuru bengaluru non stop ksrtc which was moving through xpress way the bus suddenly changed the lane and conductor also came in the middle we had to swiftly apply the brake major accident averted..Authorities needs to fix the fencing so that motorists have the confidence to cruise through xpressway otherwise no point in it and also we are paying 2 tolls which amounts to(155 +165)=320 rupees for one way.

[@praveenreal]

The only reason is the highway is not access controlled. One can enter and exit highway from Bidadi, ramnagara , channapatna, Maddur , Mandya , srirangapatna etc etc and etc

[@johnhonai4601]

How I wish India had driving tests similar to the UK. Even if we did, I doubt whether the tests will be corruption free because we are searching for shortcuts in everything. It's not a matter of copying, it's a matter of life and death. 'sab chalta hai' attitude has to change.

[@Whatreally123]

Simple reason is that people are irresponsible. Instead of adhering to speed limit, people are doing insane soeeds. I hav3 driven on this road multiple times and 100% fault of people. I regularly see people doing 140 + kmph.

[@314ameya]

Drove on this road couple of weeks back. Job is well done but people find ways to ruin it. Saw the fence cut in multiple places. People crossing the road as if it’s their personal property. Heavy/slow moving vehicles in the fast lane and at times even two wheelers. But this is the case in all of India. When people not following the rules are just not aware or simply don’t care, there’s no way the road safety will improve. These violations should be taken seriously as they put peoples lives in danger. These projects are by the people for the people. So unless people don’t take these things seriously there’s very little that can be done.

[@keshavachandrasp833]

I use the highway regularly. Construction quality is sub par and unscientific. During rains I see cars aquaplaning due to improper banking of roads. Plus visibility at night is extremely poor. For the toll we are paying quality of road is really bad

[@backpropagation8365]

It is NOT an expressway. Speed limit is lower at 100kmph. It is an access controlled highway. Expressways have NE-1, NE-2…type designation. This one has an NH designation. So, it is not an expressway.

[@pranadhm7355]

As a regular traveller 1. Careless line change 2. Drag race 😬

[@vivekaaraga]

Because people haven’t been trained patiently and correctly to drive properly and use high speed roads.

[@callnishanth]

Guys, you need to get your facts right. This is access controlled “highway”. It’s has been already notified by NHAI that is not an “expressway”. The max speed limit for all expressways in India is 120 kmph.

[@manjubn7211]

Defective design............... not all accidents are due to rash driving..if you drive slow better dont take express way

[@deepakkannan403]

It’s sheer ignorance. I live In Qatar and majority of the cars here are driven by Indians and they follow traffic rules diligently. Hefty fine coupled with proper awareness should be implemented.

[@naturemeditation3751]

There are many reasons; some include RTO corruption giving License to drive to incapable drivers, lack of adequate training or knowledge on driving Express highways, indians are typically indisciplined on roads with poor driver judgments, lack of higher fines and safety measures etc..

[@kaushikaithal]

I was travelling at 105kmph and was fined 1000 rs by traffic police who had blocked the road with barriers .Apparently even 1 kmh over speed limit invites a fine.But trucks and most four wheelers were all over the place .No lane discipline.Couple of cars even going in the wrong direction.No matter what infrastructure is given we Indians will abuse it.Licenses are given freely.People learn driving after getting their licenses.

[@aneeshyr]

oh damn. was it captured by the cameras?

[@ravindragr7837]

You spoke 90% about other things. Hardly mentioned reasons for accidents. Money control is in sleeping mode

[@christopherjoseph9351]

The expressway is world class, it's the drivers that have no knowledge of driving norms nor the fact that they do not know the way a vehicle will behave.

[@milesapart]

To cover a distance of 75 minutes on the highway, a speed of 95.2 km/h is required. However, considering that people generally drive at speeds exceeding 100 km/h, it is advisable to lower the speed to 80 km/h to minimize the risk of accidents.

[@axel3895]

Speed is not the issue when more than 80% of driver got their license by paying money. People really dont know how to drive.

[@DileepGopalakrishnan]

I was in slow extreme left lane in the same highway and one guy started honking and flashing headlight continuously he wants me to change to the middle lane for him to overtake 😂

[@navaneethraj1]

People are not following line traffic and the trucks are occupying all the three tracks. I use to travel by that rode at least twice a month. Police is not taking any action to make the line traffic correct and Some small vehicles and 🚚 drive very slow even we can see some stupids on the fast line tooooo.

[@harrysimms6742]

Driving standards in India is shockingly poor. If drivers drove with a little care and precaution, accidents will decrease.

[@srav1176]

Road is amazingly good, but as we citizens do not follow the rules which is causing problems. I had a chance to drive here and it was amazingly good as i followed all the sign boards and rules similar to what people do in any developed country. I felt it to be relatively safe except few trucks driving on the fast lane (which should be banned). Some cars/ Volvo buses were too fast and there were cows in one stretch and a lady who was grazing them. I felt most drivers were sensible! Hope 100% of drivers drive with sense which could save this 600+ crores from the central govt which can be used for more productive things.

[@praqash]

Expressway is poorly designed, lack of banking, sharp curves and narrow lanes are some of the reasons. I have travelled on this expressway multiple times.

[@ShubhamMishra-hq5zm]

Just shut up I've driven there too it's just that Indian drivers are reckless with no discipline what so ever.

[@manjeshsp9972]

Dilip Buildcon

[@arunkottolli]

The highway is badly designed. The entry and exits are horribly designed. There are not enough over bridge or underpass for pedestrians and farm animals. Curves are badly designed

[@spreddyreds9408]

It is accident prone because people have less civic sense and zero traffic manners.

[@ravindragr7837]

Cameras should be installed for every 5 km intervals. Reduce the speed to 80kmph

[@dhruvakumar7187]

Indians are new to these high speed roads, Road Infra has developed so fast that people are still catching up to it, No Indians roads practically allowed anyone to travel at around even 80-100KM/hr

[@socialmediaupdates6648]

Should ban Dilip buildcon from participating in any tender in Karnataka

[@shravann]

Dilip buildcon is one of the few contractors who are efficient and finish work before deadline. What is their mistake if government doesn't do proper planning, checks and fine people. Gadkari before saying he will make roads like America has to send some planners there and also Autobahn to study and implement it here

[@madhusudhanbadsheshi4674]

India needs its citizens to follow the traffic rules…. It’s2024 and RTO needs to stop giving licenses to people who don’t even pass the exam and driving test. Sadly even till today all the agents and RTO offices takes bribes and give license and such nonsense people drive on highways without any knowledge around the city and highways and get accidents. Fun fact for we as Indians never follow a single traffic rules on a daily basis and expect the roads and traffic to be perfect. By now majority are educated and can read and write by now at least(basic schooling completion is also considered educated and just not having degree or etc) . Being educated and act as uneducated fools is the speciality of our country. Well as always they say our people will never come up full fledge to develop and nor they will allow.Carrying the so called no change mind policy forever and expect only the governament to do all the stuffs. Yawaga nam desha badlagatte guru…… kab badlenge hamaralog 😂😂

[@abdulhaseeb9846]

The major reason is many cars at high speed very near to each other. Lane discipline is indeed the root cause but India is way behind the concept of lane discipline.

[@notshakesbutlastbencher-or4vt]

As a user of this road, few points to the govt. Racing during weekends, stop the rich brats. Drunken driving on holidays n festival time and weekends. Lane discipline, educate each driver on this. Too much heavy vehicles, let them use old road. My overall experience of expressway is:- it's expressway but too small lanes and small road after 5 yrs it's just normal highway...better increase the width

[@jakal1591]

The single most prominent reason is the lack of quality of drivers license. I was shocked to see how most indians drive on highways. No lance discipline, no knowledge of road markings and lack of awareness of right of way concept

[@Infinity_108]

Put some street lights in there and advise the drivers

[@kirankumarramadurgam758]

main reason is two wheelers entering the express way & many vehicles travelling opp way

[@gautham8956]

No one is following Lane discipline...Most of the there will be trucks on all 3 lanes.no truckers will follow lane discipline

[@sunithraju5029]

Moving left right … right left is a common thing in this road no line discipline .. I went on this road last month

[@taurus50000]

heavy fine for trucks who drive on speed lane.

[@Lakshminarayankamala]

I have seen cars overtaking from far left, meant for 2 wheelers on NICE road, which speaks volumes about driving habits of bengulurians..

[@7DEVA00]

Making an nh safer even after failure is a problem ?

[@sowmitriswamy6718]

This video does not provide any in depth analysis of the causes of the accident. It merely repeats what other news sources say. Perhaps it could have viewed the accident reports and drove on the stretch between Channapatna and Mandya to report what was wrong wiht the design.. A waste of time in viewing this.

[@shankar49677]

Have radar, levy penalty instantly like toll. Wrong direction, erratic lane change, slow moving occupying right lane forcing cars to keep weaving in and out of lanes.

[@jidujku_ff7westfalen13]

What's so critical About this Highway

[@akhilchalil1585]

Now go to nice road and see the situation

[@sahadnasar6024]

Its not express high way..its just national highway

[@newhorizon175]

Address the main issue here, bad drivers. India needs major reforms in driver license tests. It is simply too easy to get. We should maintain performance records for RTO officers, number of accidents caused by people who where given license by a RTO should be publicly available.

[@FT.Roshan]

75min= 1hr 15min 😅

[@hemavathikumar9123]

Simple : ppl dont stick to their lane and 2 wheelers come from illegal routes . Still did not understand what will ppl gain by saving 160rs ? Even the food delivery has a min amount of 200rs to deliver 😅

[@RakeshPR-bm4nl]

Toll theves are joining n exiting highway wherver they need,

[@hs_random7384]

Give money, get license. Here’s the result. And also the reason why people in India drive and cause traffic. If people are tested, more then half would loose their licenses.

[@youtcomment]

License License License....should be revamped throughout India. Build 1000 expressways, add anti collision systems to cars and they all of no use without disciplined driving.

[@NNA-r5d]

Road is good. Blame foolish drivers who don't know about their car stopping capabilities.. if you check the accident vehicles 95% are small cars who are racing like idiots and bcoz of poor breaking they collide or flip to the other side. Of course there are some unsettled parts in road soon they may settle with new patch works. A BMW can touch 220km speed ie it can drive at 60% power easily all day. (140km) where as a maruthi or hundai can touch 160km and should be driven below 100km speeds .. premium cars have power weight and good breaking compared to our skinny cars.

[@rsn3475]

Speed kills

[@dreamwalker1739]

first of all educate the citizen how drive in highways. How to follow the lane discipline before spending crores. This is just small thing to reduce the accidents in roads.

[@avi34669]

Stick to the point. We are here to know about the causes and measures for the accident. Stop repeating the same thing three times. 3 hours to 75 mins, 8000 crores. Prepare better.

[@padmanabhanr4242]

Ban motorists who violate traffic rules...

[@PradeepFromDVG]

First of all it is not expressway. It's just highway. Expressway means 120kmph is the speed limit. Here it is 100kmph so it's Highway.

[@shobhit623]

लिख लिया भाई, लिख लिया। 8480 करोड़। शायद यूपीएससी में आ जाए। 😂😂😂

[@SuryaAshte]

RTOs should teach truck drivers that they're driving in india and not America and stop taking bribes to let trucks on the road without even basic necessary things like rear lights and indicators and serious problems like drunk driving. Installing speed camera isn't going to solve overspeeding, but instead of collecting bribes and fines from private owners, RTOs should impose jail time and social service duty to repeat offenders and road rage maniacs.

[@suryaprakash2303]

First teach people how to drive in express way

[@wholedamshow005]

now govt will put 688 crores of bumps🤣 prob solved

[@naveraphael7055]

Everything will be safe if people aren't stupid...!

[@adilmajeed6852]

It’s only because of dumb drivers… all accidents are caused by carelessness and not following rules.

[@Deepushettyg]

The FC of the vehicle need to reconsider and the break system and of the Indian suv need to reconsider the speed as German vehicle go 250kmph no problem may be 3lane is not sufficient require 6 lanes as the HGV take the major 2 lane the last lane is the fast moving vehicle that is the reason need to upgrade for 6lane with 220 kmph needed dashcam compulsory for all vehicles will come to know the thing and insurance claim

[@RakeshKumbhashi]

Video has nothing new content

[@madhubabuongole622]

DBL poor quality works

[@CallmeSJK]

When the data points to larger concentrations of smaller SUV’s in these accidents, this could be eye opener to the car buyers interested in buying the jacked up hatchbacks. With India set to improve road infrastructure, the buyers should seriously start considering sedans again over unsafe micro,mini suvs. Real SUVs are for off-road travel and not for city/highway usage. Ofcourse, the road conditions are one reason for the buyers choosing these pseudo SUV, but still a large segment considers these a matter of esteem since SUV commands road presence and this attitude needs to change !

[@speer458]

It was built ina hurry, road was only inagurated by Modi to influence voters for Karnataka elections.

[@happyboy2830]

because it was inaugurated by modi in a haste without proper planning for karnataka election eyewash last year

[@jayanthlaxman9188]

I love my India. You can do any shit here. I can drive my lorry on any lane I want.

[@dvlogs6965]

The main reasons for accidents are locals who come in wrong way. No lane discipline no control in speed. Coming in one way. All types of violations can be found in this expressway

[@aneeshbabus2251]

Now Indian roads are wow.. 78% improved. But driving on the roads are most of idiotic drivers, those who have gotten driving licence from bribery. Don't know how to drive on the expressway. Extream left only for heavy vehicles and slow moving vehicles, center line for others and the right lane only for overtaking and its a fast track too.. Must impliment hefty fine for the violators and also impliment minimum speed also on the track. Any media is not giving any awareness in regards this.. All the media need news about fatality, death etc.. Shame on u news media channels..