Photo Courtesy: Saket Todi
It all started with the rumors of Arnab Goswami having been caught speeding on the sea-link. The news anchor, who was actually trying to be a Good Samaritan was initially accused of breaking the law. In reality, he was the man who called the police officials to report the antics of the speed junkie creating a nuisance. There, however, is no or little clarity about what happened in the interim or later.
Curious to figure out as to where exactly Goswami spotted the accused, and how the police managed to track down the speeding car so quickly, Motoroids contacted S. Jaykumar, Deputy Commissioner Of Police, Zone-III to get a better view of the entire episode and this is what we learnt.
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The most interesting aspect of the entire episode is that accused didn’t just do a single run of the sea-link. In a bid to quench his hankering for a shot of adrenaline he decided to make several trips up and down the elevated road and sea face in the Lamborghini Huracan. The driver of the Lamborghini, Samvit Ramesh Tara (39), a Juhu based businessman, was intercepted later at the sea face after receiving a complaint call from Goswami. Moreover, according to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Tara was not carrying a driving license at the time of the incident.
The red Lamborghini Huracan seen in the images is the Test Drive Vehicle of Lamborghini Mumbai. There are conflicting views about the driver and the Lamborghini. While some say that the accused, Tara, already owns a Lamborghini Huracan and test car was loaned to him as a substitute for his car which is currently in the workshops. Others say that he took the vehicle out for a test drive as a prospective customer. We were not able to contact Samvit Tara to hear his side of the story.
Jayakumar said that the police has a video footage of the incident as evidence. Police will analyse the video to determine the speed of the vehicle. The prescribed 50km/h speed limit on the sea-link is another debatable topic, and wonder how many drivers would be apprehended every-day if every vehicle’s speed was monitors. We’ll keep that debate for another day though.
Based on the complaint filed by Goswami, Tara was booked for rash and negligent driving. The penalty for the offence (fine or jail or both) will be decided by the court. The car, worth Rs. 3.43 crores (Ex-showroom Delhi), was released on the same day and the driver was also bailed after a few hours.
Much has been made of this incident. While negligent and rash driving can never be endorsed, we think that supercar owners are victimized in some cases because of their car’s visual presence and loudness. We believe that the law should be the same for everyone. The old, negligent man his rickety old 800 should be as accountable for speeding as the aware boy racer who did it deliberately for the kicks. What do you think?
I think, if it is a public place crowded. One should try to maintain a safe speed (not high or just too low) by a people who owns a super car like this. Because to high can lead to danger of accident ( you know after all know roads are not safe in India ). Secondly too low speeds should also be avoided on regular basis on a car like this ‘Lambo’. What happens such cars have mid mounted, high compression and high power engines not very much suitable for low speeds as the engine will tend to get heated up soon, leading to more environment related hazards (pollution) and damage to the engine as whole.
60-70 kph should be fair enough for cars and bike with high power engines.
I too owe a 43 Bhp bike. Which incorporates a short gearing ratio. So definitely acceleration will be little high but speed definitely can be kept at a safer side depending on condition of road and crowd of people around it.
Mumbai Bangalore certainly dont have roads for lambo test drives, any one test driving or driving a lambo will ripp it, if they are driving in city limits they sure have to follow the rules and speed limits etc..be it lambo or 800, this article is unclear, yes rule is the same for everyone..the business man must be caught on the first go instead of a phone call, but glad arnab did call to alert police…what are we debating here, its surly wrong..rash driving in 800 swift of lambo is wrong..
You’re right about it, Amit. But the whole concept of having ridiculously low speed limits in India is something that calls for an exclusive debate. We will soon come up with a post about the issue.
The prescribed 50km/h speed limit on the sea-link is another debatable topic, and wonder how many drivers would be apprehended every-day if every vehicle’s speed was monitors. We’ll keep that debate for another day though.
Why ?
So on any one day the one who gets caught is offender others who don’t are obedient citizens ?
I think any one who breaks the law should be punished and this is to taken care of by the respective authorities.
Absolutely Agree. I think people turn a blind eye if a normal car is being driven recklessly and every good car driven recklessly makes it to front pages. Law should be equal for all. I see a lot more broken down, badly maintained cars driven rashly than I see expensive cars driven rashly.