BREAKING NEWS Seven Dead as Runaway Bus Slams into Trucks and Bursts into Flames

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, kwilco said:

 

 

Just saying “it’s a hill” is facile in the extreme—it’s not just a hill. It’s a long, winding stretch of engineered road cutting through a steep mountain range, carrying heavy volumes of mixed traffic daily. This isn’t nature—it’s infrastructure. And infrastructure requires intelligent design, proper maintenance, and accountability.

Let’s be honest:

The road surface is disgraceful—polished black, dangerously worn, with little to no grip. That shine you see? That’s where rubber meets no resistance. It’s a skating rink for 40-ton vehicles.

Run-off areas, barriers, signs? Many are there—but badly positioned, poorly maintained, or ineffective by design. Slapping in infrastructure isn’t enough—it has to be done correctly, or it’s worse than nothing. It gives a false sense of security.

The vehicles themselves are a massive part of the problem. Many are poorly built in unregulated local workshops, with little engineering oversight. Maintenance is minimal, safety checks rare, and corners are cut to chase profit. Let’s be clear: most drivers aren’t trained engineers—they’re handed ticking time bombs and told to manage.

A truck with weak brakes, bald tires, and an overloaded trailer on that road isn’t a vehicle—it’s a weapon.

This is not a mystery. It’s a textbook case of systemic failure—from road surface to vehicle standards to enforcement. If “some drivers” are failing, then the system has failed all drivers by making the margin for error so razor thin. The idea that planting a sign will solve thw situation is simply so risible it reflects more on your lack of understanding than anything else

 

All solid points - But poor driving is still a significant factor - you have listed all the engineering that can mitigate the impact of human error...   but still refuse to accept that a human was to blame for the initial (likely) error - of riding the brakes down a hill.