Comments on: Photos: Truck & Jeep Collision In Southampton

By: Charlly X

Charlly X — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:56:26 +0000

That little piece of road should have been repaved long ago ! Its very sorry to see it not been done before this happened ! As for the nae sayers again I ask you ” are you smarter than a fifth grader ” with those unfounded accusations ???

By: PANGAEA

PANGAEA — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:10:57 +0000

The Police and the law can not have it both ways.

If a past conviction goes against a defendant.

Therefore it necessarily follows.

That the preceding actions of drivers prior to a vehicle collision should also be taken into consideration.

It would appear that one of both drivers may have been in breach of the law prior to the collision.

Check mate !

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 23:29:08 +0000

Must be a friend of yours Carlton Smith? My relatives have been dealing in car / trucks for countless years. Just ask someone who knows

By: Gerry

Gerry — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:02:55 +0000

Fool.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:50:17 +0000

Rofl. No cars available on the current market have auto-pilot..Auto-pilot would mean the car would self steer, cruise control would allow the car to keep a constant speed unless altered by the driver( been available on cars for years)..

Perhaps you check your facts before you speculate..

By: Onion Seed

Onion Seed — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:28:29 +0000

And sympathies to the truck driver. Maybe the TCD tests need to be on a hill with a winding course, gravel, oil, etc. A beginners licence first, then insurance discount for experience. Learn how SUV-jeep react vs sedan. Show gory videos before obtaining bike and all subsequent licenses.

By: Carlton Smith

Carlton Smith — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 14:51:45 +0000

When you get a little more experience Raymond Ray, you will learn that a small car colliding into an 8 -10 ton truck at 20 m.p.h. will literally fold and buckle from impact with dead weight.

Ask somebody that knows okay?

By: Raw Onion

Raw Onion — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 14:37:33 +0000

Just so some of you couch critics know, the Suzuki Jimny is an unstable car when being driven on wet roads. There were two roll over crashes last year involving the same make and model on Harrington Sound RD in the Tucker’s Point area. Not all cars are built the same and the Jimny is built on the old chassis from back in the day when SUV roll overs were common. Modifications have been made to this model but small rear wheel drive SUVs are prone to wheel skid. I’m sure the driver of the car was abiding by the rules of the road but simply lost control.

Be informed before you make silly accusations.

By: Um Just Sayin'

Um Just Sayin' — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:33:21 +0000

In all of the above comments no one has mentioned the well-being of the driver. I hope that they are ok and are on the road to recovery.

By: Banana Boy

Banana Boy — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:26:21 +0000

All these corners are dangerous. If Government built all our roads straight then accidents like this would be eliminated.

All these dangerous walls too! If they took all the walls down then there would never ever be an accident where a car hits a wall.

And BELCO poles. If we took all the BELCO poles down – well you get the idea.

Or we could just drive carefully.

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:58:19 +0000

You can run that by someone else. (whoever you may be) No-one can cause that much damage to any car doing the required speed limit… No-one!

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:41:14 +0000

If it was indeed a mechanical malfunction, that is a very rare cause of crashes.

Steering malfunction? Linkage broke? No warning rattle over time that something was wrong? Don’t blame the wet road. That makes it a driver error for not driving to suit road conditions. Just because the speed limit is X doesn’t mean that it is safe to drive at that speed no matter what.

Short of a sudden medical failure on the drivers part, it still comes back to the driver.

By: Creamy

Creamy — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:35:07 +0000

The car skidded because the road was wet?
That’s why it’s called a speed LIMIT. You’re supposed to drive slower than the LIMIT if road conditions make the LIMIT unsafe.
The car lost control because it was going too fast.

By: Jack straw

Jack straw — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 05:53:25 +0000

Pathetic bunch they are. But why? Smh

By: C.B.

C.B. — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 03:18:03 +0000

That’s my cousins car

By: Facts do much Better than speculation

Facts do much Better than speculation — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 03:13:43 +0000

Funny thing those of you who felt the need to post all negative comments are wrong. It’s sad you were all so quick pointing a finger at the driver and start with accusations without one keyword called facts.

First off the driver was obeying the speed limit. As witnesses behind attested to as the road was slippery due to rain and saw the car lose control. SECOND as you can clearly see from the pictures this is not a new model car equipped with auto pilot. So yah wrong again. THIRD no need for cell phone records check since you want to want to call the person a distracted driver. As the phone was placed into my hands personally from the paramedic who had to search pockets to find I. D. For the driver who kept it inside the wallet slot of guess what his phone case.

Not one of above thought hmmm car malfunction which is exactly what happened. And I won’t even say how after all that above. I hope you treat others better in future on here using facts and not rumours. Pretty sad.

By: Tricks are For Kids

Tricks are For Kids — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:13:59 +0000

Radar is there at certain times…..Not like it isn’t there at all…..

By: Boarders

Boarders — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:48:12 +0000

Sorry but that looks like it happen on corners. No stretch there, but there is a stretch about 100 meters up. Just an observation.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:40:16 +0000

Yup, you have it right. It was the cars fault. Autopilot failure while the driver was probably distracted.

Check the cellphone records.

Those pics need some explaining. Do we drive on the right now?

By: Hurricane

Hurricane — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:14:04 +0000

Wreck

By: Hurricane

Hurricane — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:09:27 +0000

I’d like to have seen this car before the accident. Looks like it started out a reck

By: We Are Not Amused!

We Are Not Amused! — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:16:29 +0000

“The car was reported to have lost control”

Auto Pilot failure.

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:58:06 +0000

Radar on this stretch of road please. First the lady getting knocked down and now this. Drivers think this stretch of road is a racetrack. Police…RADAR PLEASE!!!!!!!!

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:52:35 +0000

Yeah right, he/she were doing 20 M.P.H.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:43:38 +0000

Gives a new meaning to Stork.