Nadeem Iftekhar
I’m attaching a video here, origin of which is Uttar Pradesh India where, on Nov. 8 countless vehicles ended up smashed into each other; due to heavy fog covering the highly busy Yamuna Expressway. Just put yourself into the situation and try to visualize how frightened you would feel if you or your own family were involved in a scene, which is all real and filmed one of the members of some family, who were already a victim themselves and the person captured it using his cell phone; while everyone yelling on others to run to safety and save their lives.
We can see that a number of vehicles have already been hit rather smashed into each other but the situation is more than dangerous for those; coming from behind on whatever speed, totally unaware of the fact whether what awaits them ahead. Just feel the fear reflected through the faces of every new victims, feel their helplessness as they’ve only seconds to get off their vehicle(s); fearing to be crushed to death by speedy vehicles coming from behind.
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As mentioned in earlier post, these days vast areas of my country have been engulfed by heavy SMOG; especially the entire Punjab Province, whereby several people have lost their precious lives in fatal road accidents. SMOG in fact is the name given to a situation created when Smoke and Fog combine and make the things very, very gloomy; the same is also dubbed as “Ground Level Ozone” layer.
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This particular situation would only be gone when finally we have rains, which have already been late in our region this year and the same is not only causing visibility hazards; it is also resulting in health issues such as eye-infection, lungs and throat infections and dry cough etc.
Hopefully, this situation soon passes and you are always in good condition, my friend.
I wish you the best in this situation. God bless
It really is a very tense situation and needs extra caution. Hopefully, this situation soon passes and you are always in good condition, my friend.
Indeed Albert and you know what, this particular highway in India has already claimed more than 350 lives, in 2000+ fatal accidents; over the past few months alone! And majority of them were caused by over-speeding and careless driving, so FOG is not the only factors to blamed here, unfortunately.
Owh, that’s a big tragedy! It is unfortunate. In a situation that requires full vigilance we should not take the light of every situation, do we?
that is very awsome thing…..
Yes Noor, and very frightening too as it becomes extremely dangerous for those already in trouble; coz on highways, drivers usually don’t slow down.