Comments on: Driver Taken To Hospital After Colliding With Wall

By: Anbu

Anbu — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:50:07 +0000

Not really lmao wed only be making left turns!

By: Creamy

Creamy — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 00:42:29 +0000

Really? What if the car overturns without colliding with anything? What if a bike rider comes off the bike but doesn’t collide with anything? Would it be incorrect to call those accidents?
What about the recent “industrial accident”? Should that be called something else?

Isn’t an “accident” just something that is unfortunate and unplanned? The word doesn’t imply no-one is to blame. It just means it was not planned.

By: tom cooke

tom cooke — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:21:32 +0000

Sigh I did get a 6 inch by 6 inch bit of stone I found on a rock fall on south road. ..and as it turned out that was to big…
and yes as a “contractor ” I am very aware of stealing materials. …

By: RTC not RTA

RTC not RTA — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 13:26:01 +0000

They are not called ‘accidents’ any more as that suggests nobody is to blame. They are called ‘collisions’. Pretty much the only reason to slide or skid on a road is excessive speed or excessive braking or steering for the existing conditions. In some circumstances 20mph may be excessive. There is nothing wrong with the road surface for our speed limit.

By: Christopher Notorius

Christopher Notorius — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:57:55 +0000

Definitely the fault of the oppressive Oba government

By: MAKE MY DAY

MAKE MY DAY — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:21:40 +0000

*****BINGO*****…. Everybody must think they are NASCAR drivers in BDA!!

By: MAKE MY DAY

MAKE MY DAY — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:19:58 +0000

LMAO!!!

By: MAKE MY DAY

MAKE MY DAY — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:18:54 +0000

Well… What can I say?? Another one “bites-the-dust”… Averaging at least one a week so far this year!! Speed – recklessness – booze – drugs!! It has to one of them!!

I’d hate to see a lot of “onions” trying to drive in Europe – S. America or the USA!! They would be in big trouble!! And I used to drive a “Big Rig” (18 wheeler) in the USA for a couple of yrs – so I have a lot of experience!!

By: sigh

sigh — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:14:37 +0000

Thats stealing if you not paying for it. Just lime the people that was talking slate

By: sigh

sigh — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:11:07 +0000

I fly on the roads and i have never road off no cars in 20+ year. However i am bless they probly not.

By: idiotpatrol

idiotpatrol — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 01:49:37 +0000

Actually it’s your increasing insurance premiums that will pay for it.

By: tom cooke

tom cooke — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 23:11:08 +0000

And my wife was asking where she cold get some stone for her bonzi trees… I said wait till Sunday cuz there is bound to be a couple of walls taken out by…. well you go figure…

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 23:00:45 +0000

Yes, ‘something’ must be done. Something. The OBA has had over 2 years to stop these walls & utility poles from moving around & colliding with cars, bikes, trucks & buses.

The OBA are miracle workers. They must do ‘something’.

By: Ruby wang

Ruby wang — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 22:02:16 +0000

I think they already have!

By: Ruby wang

Ruby wang — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 22:01:46 +0000

But then the cars would end up colliding with the houses -then they’ll have take the houses down !

By: Ruby wang

Ruby wang — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:59:09 +0000

The wall was speeding!

By: Ruby wang

Ruby wang — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:58:06 +0000

No wait – the walls should be taken to court !

By: Ruby wang

Ruby wang — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:57:14 +0000

Oh wait here’s a thought – build them of rubber!

By: Kangoocar

Kangoocar — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:56:44 +0000

Another idjit, doing their part to keep our auto insurance rates high!!!

By: Ruby wang

Ruby wang — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:55:22 +0000

But why should people have to do that?

By: Res

Res — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:37:38 +0000

I think they have already done that !

By: C James

C James — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:51:15 +0000

Its time somebody put their foot down!

By: C James

C James — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:50:42 +0000

There are far too many of these dangerous walls around. If Government took them all down then accidents like this simply wouldn’t happen.

Its as if Government doesn’t care – I certainly don’t expect them to do anything about it and so these accidents will continue.

By: adrianne

adrianne — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:47:38 +0000

THAT IS A DANGEROUS CORNER, PEOPLE COMING FROM THE END COMING SPEEDING AROUND THAT CORNER WHICH HAS A BLIND AREA AS IT IS, NOT SO MUCH THE ROADS, ITS THE PEOPLE DRIVING ON THEM.

By: Silver lining

Silver lining — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:29:43 +0000

This is a stupid comment. We just need less idiots speeding on the roads and more sensible people who can take their time.

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:20:33 +0000

It appears to me to be “extensive damages”. Now was that car travelling the legal speed limit is the $64000:00 question? “Drive like lightening and crash like thunder”

By: W900Bx3

W900Bx3 — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:55:37 +0000

the average Bermudian is a great parallel parker…..driver, not so much.

By: Davie Kerr

Davie Kerr — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:23:39 +0000

Because, slice it any way you like, the average Bermuda driver is not a good driver. To quote from a UK safe driving campaign poster of many years ago, “Accidents don’t just happen: they are caused”, and I would say that 99% of them are caused by simple human error.
Passing your driving test only allows you to drive unaccompanied on a public road: it does not automatically make you a GOOD driver!

By: Davie Kerr

Davie Kerr — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:15:10 +0000

Wait a minute: we need more traction (by which I assume you mean non-slip surfaces) on roads with a nominal speed limit of 35k? I don’t think so: I think we need more drivers to drive more slowly and pay more attention to what they’re doing, rather than trying to impress their friends by showing off how good they are at breaking the speed limit.
Blaming the road condition for drivers having accidents is to me like blaming the iceberg for sinking the Titanic: the iceberg didn’t move, did it?

By: Purple Koolaid

Purple Koolaid — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:00:40 +0000

Wet roads in “foreign” are designed to offer more traction for speeds higher than 40KPH, snow, ice etc. Our roads , when driven a 40kpm are just fine. Slow down.

Hope the driver is okay.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:57:40 +0000

Why is that there has been at least 1 serious road incident (too frequent to be called accidents) every week this year?

By: Purple Koolaid

Purple Koolaid — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:57:24 +0000

This took place during the day on a corner on a rainy day and we do not know what else was involved or been a contributing factor. I’m going to assume that this was merely an accident until we are told otherwise. I hope all involved get well fast.

I agree with AWAKE about the walls. This one will likely be repaired by the driver or their insurance since it seems to have been on private property. However, you are right. The amount of public walls, structures and railings that are damaged by driver and never rebuilt OR rebuilt and paid for at a cost to the taxpayer is crazy. Why are drivers that do damage not made to be responsible for the damage they do. They or their insurance companies must me made to pay.

Take a drive along NorthShore and count how many walls and railings have been torn down by private vehicles and never repaired. Its disgusting looking , unsafe and those that do the damage should be made to fix it or pay for it to be fixed immediately.

By: Wright IS Wright

Wright IS Wright — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:56:53 +0000

They sure don’t have the corners like our neither…

By: Warwick

Warwick — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:56:18 +0000

Are you kidding? Look closely, sure is stone. And a lovely old one at that with moss and fern on it.

By: somuchless

somuchless — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:43:42 +0000

Wall collides with car

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:40:43 +0000

You can tell explicitly by photo#3 that speed was involved.

You figure it out.
Shalom.

By: Awake

Awake — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:33:31 +0000

WHEN are these people going to PAY to repair the walls THEY damage???!!! It’s PATHETIC that these IDIOTS get away with this – no matter the cause!!!

By: Newly Optomistic Bermudian

Newly Optomistic Bermudian — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:27:07 +0000

Put some steel in the walls so they can bounce off them! Road guards/rails like every other country in the world. Just a thought for some places!

By: W900Bx3

W900Bx3 — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:37:02 +0000

What driving skills??

By: Skink

Skink — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:34:16 +0000

How bout pbs takes notes on dangerous roads and gives it to w&e to fix them. Our roads need more traction idk what it is with Bermy roads but they get more slippery compared to wet roads in foreign

By: Skink

Skink — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:31:58 +0000

At least not Lime stone walls… It’s in short supply

By: Longtail

Longtail — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:31:03 +0000

Got to be careful on these wet roads! For your sakes and others

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:16:00 +0000

Another wall! We aren’t going to have any walls left, when are we going to get serious about peoples driving skills?

By: Observer

Observer — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:02:44 +0000

No comment on this… BUT, a good opportunity to THANK the Bermuda Police who have been policing our roads so much more recently. Keep it up BPS!