Uncle Doug Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 That would imply that the roads and drivers are better in Panama, which defies common sense. Maybe if I could figure out how many vehicles per capita are on the roads... The population of Panama is about the same as Houston, Texas. How many vehicle accidents per day there? I dunno. A bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 vehicles per miles of roads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 1, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 1, 2018 Quote Overturned bus sends 15 to hospital Posted on February 28, 2018 in Panama Post Views: 166 AT LEAST 15 people were injured and taken to hospital following the latest public transit accident on Wednesday, afternoon, February 28. A bus on the Santiago-Chitré route overturned on the bridge over the Conaca river on the Divisa-Santiago. section of the Trans -America Highway Firefighters were called in to free the passengers and reported that eight of the injured were in stable condition, but some of the others were seriously hurt. The accident caused a major traffic jam as firefighters and paramedics attended to the injured. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/overturned-bus-sends-15-to-hospital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bondoux Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 What would interest me most in the way of comparative statistics is the number of accidents vs. number of drivers, and at a secondary level the number of accidents per vehicle-mile. There are issues in comparing accuracy of the various numbers, and then there is the question of the severity of accidents, i.e. injuries/fatalities vs. fender-benders. It is my sense, gathered from motoring around Chiriqui, that Panamanian drivers would benefit from more education in defensive driving, and would enhance their safety by improving their situational awareness instinct. Perhaps both will happen over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 There was an accident in front of my house last Monday. Would anybody be surprised if I said it involved a taxi that was going way too fast and attempted to pass another car on the right? Of course 10 taxi drivers stopped to help and I'm sure most of them were solicited to be witnesses. Very lucky that nobody was hurt. There were a mom and baby passengers in the taxi and it's a miracle they didn't go through the windshield. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 A rollover on a narrow street in Panama this morning. How does this even happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSailors Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Just curious. Does Panama have driver's education in the high schools? Learners permit? By law, what are the instructional requirements to pass in order to get your drivers license for the first time? I know the eye, a hearing test is required but what drivers training is needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelyn Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 7 hours ago, Keith Woolford said: A rollover on a narrow street in Panama this morning. How does this even happen? Careful on the road to David near the Chopsticks Restaurant! Friends tell me about accident between a bus and pick-up earlier this afternoon. (Monday) Serious; no information regarding injuries/fatalities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Keith Woolford said: Castillo said that to date there have been reported 7 deaths from traffic accidents in the province of Chiriquí. Two more fatal victims of 'atropellos', or pedestrians thrown by a vehicle, have been reported,, one last evening by Bugaba and another this morning near Club David. Edited March 6, 2018 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 12, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 12, 2018 Quote Ten police injured in Colon bus crash Posted on March 11, 2018 in Panama Post Views: 90 TEN NATIONAL Police (PN) officers were injured, one critically, when the coaster-type bus carrying them hit a security railing on the Panama-Colón highway. They were returning from “, a major anti gang operation labeled. “Armagedón. The accident occurred at of kilometer 19, on Sunday, March 11. The Benemérito Fire Department attended the emergency reports El Siglo. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/ten-police-injured-in-colon-bus-crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 A horrible crash on Sunday evening between two cars at Paso Ancho in Volcan left an 11-year old indigenous pedestrian dead and 4 people injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelyn Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 36 minutes ago, Keith Woolford said: A horrible crash on Sunday evening between two cars at Paso Ancho in Volcan left an 11-year old indigenous pedestrian dead and 4 people injured. Who pays the hospital, medical, and funeral costs associated with these horrible car crashes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 13, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 13, 2018 Moderator comment: the highlighted bold text formatting was added by the Moderator. Quote Speeding “Loco” driver hits bus, demolishes car Posted on March 12, 2018 in Panama SPEEDING driver survived Post Views: 227 A Sedan car traveling at high speed on the Transistmica highway was demolished after hitting a parked Metro bus and sending the car’s two occupants to hospital, one in critical condition, at 12.45 a.m. on Sunday, March 11. Numerous witnesses in other vehicles described the passage of the car, heading towards the city as “loco” (crazy) as it weaved through traffic and overtook other vehicles on Avenida 12 de Octubre, and on the Simón Bolívar highway before the driver lost control and hit the bus parked at the school stop Artes y Oficios, Units of the Fire Department and Paramedic Corps freed the trapped driver and the passenger who were taken to Santo Tomas Hospital (HST). The bus driver received only minor injuries. A source told El Siglo that the driver of the sedan was apparently under the influence of alcohol. Panama records over 120 traffic accidents each day. 55 people have been killed and hundreds injured so far this year http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/speeding-loco-driver-hits-bus-demolishes-car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 14, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 14, 2018 Quote Two traffic deaths raise total to 69 Posted on March 13, 2018 in Panama Post Views: 191 A taxi driver and an 11-year-old boy died in Panama traffic accidents on Monday, Mar 12, bringing the total of highway deaths so far this year to 69. The 41-year old taxista died instantly in a head-on collision with a double-cab truck on Avenida Roosevelt, opposite Bar Pedasieño, in Chilibre. Four occupants of the truck were injured and taken to hospital Benigno Antonio García, aged 11 was hit and killed by truck near his home in Paso Ancho Chiriqui, while in David a collision between a van and a sedan left four injured: three adults and a minor student, who were in the sedan. The three adults were transferred to the emergency room of the Regional Hospital Rafael Hernández de David and the minor to the emergency room of the Maternal and Child Hospital José Domingo de Obaldía. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/two-traffic-deaths-raise-total-to-69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelyn Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 4 hours ago, Moderator_02 said: http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/two-traffic-deaths-raise-total-to-69 Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, March 13) we were headed to David when Police suddenly appeared near the Federal Mall construction site and directed all traffic to turn around. No alternate route was indicated. No explanation given. Just a lot of hand waving for urgency to quickly leave the area. Some drivers tried to ask reason or new route, but no opportunity for conversation. We wondered if there was a protest in David. Maybe the traffic accident listed in the above article was the reason? No problem on the return to Boquete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Moderator comment: There is a topic related to Guillermo Ferrufino (mentioned in this reply and a few subsequent postings, and his alleged corrupt practices. For additional details see http://www.chiriqui.life/topic/7445-guillermo-ferrufino-former-minister-of-social-development-charged-with-unjustified-personal-enrichment.[Comment added 28 February 2019.] Fairgoers take note. Police at the Caldera checkpoint are looking for folks returning from David who've had a few too many. Busted for drinking and driving on the way home last night was former Social Development Minister Guillermo Ferrufino. He was also driving with an expired license. He is still facing money laundering charges from acts of corruption committed during the previous government. He was the one of the guys who cried when he was busted, not from guilt or remorse, but because he got caught and knew he was going to jail. https://www.prensa.com/judiciales/Tribunal-casacion-exministro-Guillermo-Ferrufino_0_4974252540.html Edited 1 minute ago by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 19, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 19, 2018 Quote Facing money laundering rap, ex-Minster booked for drunk driving Posted on March 18, 2018 in Panama FERRUFINO'S impounded vehicle Post Views: 167 Ex Social Development Minister Guillermo Ferrufino under country arrest while awaiting trial for alleged money laundering was booked for impaired driving and driving with an expired rove drunk and with an expired license at dawn on Sunday, the March 18 in Caldera, at the entrance to the Boquete district in Chiriqui, Ferrufino became tearful at an earlier hearing Ferrufino had to stop at a checkpoint Where the agents of the National Police verified that he was driving with an expired license. A breathalyzer test showed that he was driving with 65 micrograms per deciliter when the maximum allowed is 28. According to the level of drunkenness reports La Prensa from 5-24 (micrograms per deciliter) a warning is given; 25-40 gets a $150; ticket: 41 or more is proven drunkenness, with a $ 150 fine, and car towed and retained. Ferrufino’s vehicle was confiscated and he had to leave with relatives. Ferrufino, who once had presidential ambitions but was told by then-president Ricardo Martinelli to lower his sights to the Panama mayoralty, has the precautionary measure of country jail after spending time in preventive detention On February 27 the Second Superior Court of Justice did not grant an appeal filed by the defense of Ferrufino and Marta Herrera, against the decision of the Second Court, which maintained the Money Laundering process against Ferrufino and Herrera for money laundering. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/facing-money-laundering-rap-ex-minster-booked-for-drunk-driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 19, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 19, 2018 19 hours ago, Moderator_02 said: http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/facing-money-laundering-rap-ex-minster-booked-for-drunk-driving For more postings about Guillermo Ferrufino, but on a different subject, please see: http://www.chiriqui.life/topic/7445-guillermo-ferrufino-former-minister-of-social-development-charged-with-unjustified-personal-enrichment/?tab=comments&_fromLogin=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 More vehicular gymnastics down the highway this afternoon by the Rio Majagua. I’m not sure how this could have happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelyn Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Keith, the position of car resting on a concrete road divider is almost too silly.I hope no one was seriously hurt, but don’t understand how this kind of accident happens. Seems we need to give a special watch for “flying” cars. Throw these small — often white— vehicles into the mix with “yellow screamers” and we hope no one is color blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 This morning near Boqueron. It appears obvious that someone ignored the STOP sign. Hard to believe anyone in the Taxi survived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Doug Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 My personal observations suggest that ALTO means "stop if you want to." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 When I was [much] younger and growing up in Texas, we had an expression: A “STOP” sign means Slight Tap On Pedal. Maybe “ALTO” means A Little Tap Only. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelyn Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Today I stayed in our car with Anouk while Bud was inside the store. During a short period of time I counted 26 cars approaching a stop sign leading to the major downtown street. Busy Saturday I guess; 22 of the vehicles did not stop and some of the drivers only looked in one direction before crossing or turning into the roadway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) Expecting the unexpected can only prepare a person for so many circumstances. This insane crash occurred down the highway this afternoon in front of the basketball court in El Frances. It appears that another Bomberos vehicle was responsible. Edited March 26, 2018 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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