Four Vehicle Collision Causes Traffic Delays
[Updated] Some morning commuters are facing delays heading into Hamilton this morning [Jan 23], after a collision involving four vehicles took place on Trimingham Hill in Paget. Traffic was backed up in the area this morning, as emergency personnel attended the scene.
At 9.20am Police Media Manager Dwayne Caines confirmed there are “major traffic delays” on Trimingham Hill as they are waiting for tow trucks to remove the vehicles. We will update as able.
Update: The motorcycle rider, a 30 year old Pembroke woman and the driver of one of the cars, a 38 year old Pembroke man, sustained relatively minor injuries. There were no other injuries reported.
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Take your time or be subject 2 pains that sour like lime!!!
The spped limit is 35k or twenty (20) miles per hour..yes it is a snails pace but we should all try it sometime, whats the rush, lets actually beat the law at its own game and literally all of us do 35k! don’t worry about being late for work at least we will all get there safe..Lives are more important than chasing the dollar bill, it is not as almighty as we think!
Agreed! Another bit of advice is to leave for your destination earlier so there is no need to speed. The island is way too small to have any excuse to speed. If you need to get up at 3am to get to work without having to rush be thankful that you have a job to get up early for & do it.
And what if everyone else has the bright idea to get up and leave early to make work? There would still be traffic genius. It’s unrealistic to get up at 3 a.m. if you’re making 8/9
Oh good grief!!! Another example of the results of Bermuda’s education system.
Lol.
Please explain how you get that I was educated in Bermuda from my post? I would love to here it.
You sound like another idiotic expat that has nothing to do but look down on Bermudians in public forums.
Then they will have 5 hours to make 9 which is plenty of time. What’s unrealistic is having to get up at 3am to make 9 that’s because I was being facetious but I guess some are too dense to get that. HINT! HINT! On that note when I worked abroad in some places I would have to leave close to five hours earlier to get to work so it is realistic just depends how dedicated you are. Here I can make town from the east end within less than an hour doing close to 35k all the so its possible without having to leave more than an hour earlier just some don’t have priorities straight.
I’m sorry if your idiotic pen name lead me to believe that you were being serious. And I don’t care about when you were working abroad. Obviously if your place of employment is 50-100 miles from where you live, it would be reasonable to leave 5 hours early, but in Bermuda it is still not necessary (facetious or not).
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*speed—-oops
Ride like lightning, crash like thunder
It’s four car lengths between folks not right up on someones tail like a san francisco trick. If the bike rider was in front of the opel when this accident happened the opel driver needs to send their licence back to the cracker jacks company. Hope the bike rider is alright.
ACTUALLY tommy chong the law says ’2 seconds’ behind, not 4 car lengths. did you guess that?? that is the problem right there, people don’t even know the rules to begin with. For example, have you ever seen people trying to indicate on a round about?? Let’s poll bernews and see how many people know that correctly….
The one that always gets me is when people are in the right lane of a round about, and then as they enter, they cut over to the left, causing the driver in that lane to jam on their brakes.
My all time favorite is people not knowing which side they are supposed to give way to.
Show me where this law is please. Last time I looked at the driving test manual from TCD it said four car lengths not two seconds which would be right on top of the other driver & seems to be ridiculous time to avoid a collision when having to stop short.
I don’t know what test you took from TCD but it is definitely the 2 second rule.
Are you people serious??!! 2 seconds?? Think about that for ’2 seconds’ and tell me if that makes sense! If that’s the case the law is designed to create fender benders!!
it DOES make sense, next time you are driving count 2 seconds when the car in front of you passes a tepephone pole or a tree or something, and you will see that 2 seconds is fine, you are not too close.
SS you need to take Tommy and both y’all redo your written test!!
The ‘law’ doesn’t say anything about 2 seconds….
No it does not, but the 2 second rule is a well known rule among crash free drivers. No matter the speed, 30mph or 70mph stay 2 seconds behind the vehicle in front. More if you are driving a larger vehicle with poorer braking ability.
From the pics they had a game of ‘road billiards’. One hit the other which hit the other which hit the other. Completely avoidable had there been ample space between them for drivers to react.
There are numerous times when bike riders cut in front of cars and then slow down expecting the car driver to be able to react in time. Don’t be so quick to fault the Opel driver. Hopefully EVERYONE involved is alright.
Hence the reason I typed, “If the bike rider was in front of the opel when this accident happened” if is not a diffinite so I’m not faulting anyone.
Exactly – Probably having a gossip on their cell phone or distracted by children who may or may not have been in their car seat. I also pray that the cycle rider is not seriously injured. UP goes somebody’s insurance!!!
Up goes EVERYONES insurance.
Is the official speed limit 35 kilometers or 20 mph still?
Gradually the norm for driving has crept up until the average speed is 50 k. Rarely are the police seen doing radar checks anymore. I think their radars are likely set for anyone over 50 k when they do. This is not acceptable.
I commute daily to Hamilton from the West End and drive at 50 k maximum and cars and bikes still pass me – on straightways, on blind corners, even with a small gap so they force themselves between me and another car.
It’s a frantic way to live – racing to Town, having to be first and causing undue stress to other motorists.
I feel sorry for the respectable citizens who drive with caution at 35k in this mad dash society Bermuda has become.
@Tommy Chung at al,
I see a BTC van, then an Opel, then a bike, and lastly a light blue Hundai…
How is it that you have determined that it was the Opel’s fault in this FOUR vehicle accident exactly…?
Please quote me on where I typed the opel was at fault for the whole accident? I don’t see where I typed that. I just stated that if the bike was already in front the opel was at fault in the collision with the bike. Why would that be? Because the opel was too close to the bike not giving enough time to stop & avoid it.
Out of all the passengers who would be most likely to get hurt the worst it is the bike rider. People in cars & trucks should keep this in mind before riding up so close on bikes. I’ve seen people even do this to tourist on bikes. What does this say to our visitors?
A lot of conjecture but no one got it right.
The Opel, the bike, and the blue car were all stopped. The telephone truck ran into the back of the Opel and started the mess. Truck into the Opel, Opel into the bike, bike into the blue car. Curious that the article makes no mention of the telephone truck involvement.
Just a note from the bike rider: speeding had nothing to do with this accident. The first three vehicles (including myself) were all stopped. A Telco truck’s brakes failed causing a chain reaction accident (truck hit car, car hit me, I hit car). Thanks to some of you for your concern; I’m fine with the exception of some road rash on my legs and back. While I agree that many people drive way too fast on our roads, that’s just not what happened here.
Thanks for the update, and glad to hear you are not seriously injured…
Just glad you’re ok! Ignore the comments – every time there is an accident conclusions are jumped to!
So glad you are ok. Hope everyone else was ok as well.
Glad to hear your OK, you can always get another bike
Good to know you were not seriously hurt.
Here’s an even better bit of advice for all! Leave your car at home and take public transport if you are going to be the only one driving in the car!
The problem with our traffic is not speed or drinking or poor driving but a combination of these and the fact that there are too many cars on our roads!
If you often drive by yourself in a car – you’re part of the problem as you’re the primary cause of congestion and the reason most motorcycle riders use that third lane!
so am i suppose to catch the bus and ferry every where i go just cause im the only person in my car???? i brought a car to have transportation not for it to sit up in my yard all day everyday just cause its just me by self, i shouldnt have to leave my car home and catch the bus, some darn nerve of you. So your saying that the only people that should have cars are people with two or more in their family??
Yup or buy a bike if you still want some travelling independence/don’t want to take public transport!
What’s that cliched expression again,……if you’re not part of the solution you are part of the problem! Be part of the solution – leave the car at home or buy a bike!
George, your assinine…..
They are actually saying that only people with 2 or more in their family should have the priviledge of travelling on our roads – which is even more insulting. SMH!!
Please read my post completely – I am suggesting no such thing! What I am suggesting is that those who own a car and don’t carry passengers to and from work regularly should be encouraged to use public transport or a motorcycle because they are part of the problem that we have with congestion on our roads!
My intention was to encourage debate/others to come up with other practical suggestions to address our traffic problem as Triangle Drifter and Nobody have done!
What are your suggestions Evie/Pure Madness, besides the predictable knee jerk reactions and name calling??
Owning a car is not a right. It is a privilege. Perhaps those who are childless i.e. don’t NEED a larger car, should be restricted to Class A or B cars.
Perhaps those who show up at the Hamilton carparks before 9:30 with 3 or more in the car should park for FREE. Single occupant cars pay double the going rate to park. Double occupant cars pay half the parking rate. Nice way to encourage carpooling.
How about carpoolers get preferred parking areas?
Public transport does not even come into it. It is unreliable.
Perhaps it’s time for a police crack-down not on speed itself but on illegal overtaking and third lane riding. Every recent accident where I personally know the people involved has been caused by third-lane riding. And many of the deaths in the paper appear to be from drunk riding, even though police won’t say so.
There aren’t enough police on the island to crack down on third lane riders because everyone that rides a bike (especially on east broadway) rides in the center of the two lanes.
Set up random ticket writing partys at places like the Paget lights.
one cop identifies the rider at the lights, another cop at the pharmacy bus stop signals to a third cop at Lovers Lane to divert the offending cyclists into Lovers Lane where a few more cops are waiting, fresh ticket books in hand.
No interference is caused to any other commuters.
The same system could be used elsewhere.
Imagine the revenue that could be collected in a few hours!!!
For the offending riders, if they do not contest, pay $X. If you contest & go to court & found guilty the fine will be $2X.
I agree, the funds that could be generated could clear our country debt (joking) but once people realized that every morning from say 6-9 and every afternoon from about 4-6 bet that 3rd lane BS stops real quick!!!! So glad I have the ability to catch the bus to work and then walk the 5.5 miles home, great exercise
Neither Triangle Drifter or Cali Girl ride a bike into Town in the morning (or at all) I am assuming?
Poor road design and the resulting traffic congestion are the root cause of the increase in bad driving habits and third lane use among motorcyclists.
You may not like the the poor driving habits of 3rd lane motorcyclists but they’re not the primary cause of congestion we have on our roads, too many cars/trucks and the inability of our road system to cope, are!
You can see the proof of this in comparing congestion in traffic entering Hamilton from Harbour Road/South Road (where two main arteries flow into one at Crow Lane) with that entering from almost any other main artery i.e. Middle Road or North Shore. There is little to no third lane driving where there is less congestion i.e. less four wheeled vehicles and better road design.
3rd Lane drivers although inconsiderate and dangerous at times, I agree, actually are making due with a broken system and facilitating less congestion by not following in a single line of traffic.
I ride a bike in the morning through the busy traffic, but I don’t do the third lane. Sometimes that makes me feel lame, but saving a few minutes isn’t worth it.
It’s true that third lane riding reduces congestion, but not hugely. Cars often have to leave more space for the bikers that are on their bumpers.
If everyone rode a bike, I bet there’d be no congestion at all. Or if the roads were straighter and had more connections into town instead of funneling half the island through one road. I’ve often wondered how it would be if a bridge had been built across Hinson’s island, over Two Rock Passage, and into Pembroke.
Bike rider glad you are ok. Thanks for clearing the story up for the average blogger who wants to assume, make judgments and run on for the next hour about speeding. Some of you people really bore me.
It’s hilarious how the last two posters completely ignored what the bike rider stated, just to get on their respective soap boxes. Sometimes accidents just happen, good to hear that the bike rider isn’t too bad off even though road rash sucks.
There’s a delay while comments are moderated. I am quite happy that the rider was OK. The position of the bike didn’t look like a third lane sort of incident anyway.
Where there any injuries?
Fruity- A man in the black car was taken to emergency due to a pre-existing back injury that was exacerbated by the accident. I was on the bike and have road rash and some achiness and bruising, nothing severe. Fortunately, nothing worse occured.
Such an unfortunate accident
I’m glad that the bike riders do the third lane thing. Can you imagine how long the line would be if they didn’t. So all you folks who are complaining about it be careful what you wish for because you may just get it.
Traffic really would be better if 1: we drove much smaller cars, 2: car pooled 3: more people rode bikes 4: showed alot more courtesy to each other on the road.
1: There are street legal vehicles only slightly larger than golf carts that would work very nicely on Bermudas roads.
2: Ever sat at an entranceway into Hamilton & noticed how many cars are single occupant, how very very few have 3 or more occupants
3: 1 car on the road needs the space of 4 bikes.
4: Bermudian motoring thoughtlessness & selfishness on the roads is almost legend.
We used to have a smaller size limit for vehicles & some cars had to be cut to size before being legal on Bermuda’s roads. This all changed when a former plp minister pulled strings at TCD so they could get vehicles on the road that could transport bigger loads for their private environmentally destructive business. After this the car sale company owners said whats good for the goose is good for the gander. Next thing we had loads trucks & cars on the road that were so big their right side tyres were almost over the center line. Then we even had one of the ministers mates driving Hummer H3 to the beat of his drum.
Accidents happens because of the 35k speed limit come on ppl think about majority of the island drives at about 50k than you get stuck behind the deuche doing 35k which causes irritation which leads to rash decisions to overtake and speed pass causing accidents
You must be Dat deuche guy who fly past on the wrong side of the road into on coming traffic just to have to slam breaks when you pull back into your lane because of the many stop lights, stop signs, traffic & sharp corners on this tiny island. I bet you’ve got so many dings on your vehicle it looks like the surface of the moon.