Two dead in illegal drag racing accident (Was: HORRIBLE car accident in Castro Valley
08-13-2008, 10:26 AM
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you'll understand when you get older.
when i was 18, i didn't think anything bad would happen. i didn't think speed is that dangerous. racing friends on the freeway in the rain at 100mph with traffic and such. now, i don't even dare to get near 100. i don't even dare to drive 80mph on the freeway on clear days alone on the road at night!
when i was 18, i didn't think anything bad would happen. i didn't think speed is that dangerous. racing friends on the freeway in the rain at 100mph with traffic and such. now, i don't even dare to get near 100. i don't even dare to drive 80mph on the freeway on clear days alone on the road at night!
08-13-2008, 10:30 AM
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I know its a fact that most, and I stress most, teenagers are **** head drivers, but an ignorant post like stupid teenagers (which seems to be the most used post in this thread) is a blatent stereotype (like saying asians have slanty eyes), I could say stupid elderly (meaning 70's to 80's, which seems to be left off your chart) but I don't because I know that its not one group of drivers that cause all the accidents, yes its usually teenagers, but all ages do it
alright fair enough, I guess all that can be said for sure is teenagers are at least twice as likely to cause accidents but yeah theres plenty of accidents across the board.
08-13-2008, 10:35 AM
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When I was in HS a kid got a vette his senior year. He totaled it within a week. It ejected him through the T-top and crushed him to death.
If I were the parent of the girl I would sue the kid's parents for negligence.
08-13-2008, 10:35 AM
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I understand speed though, and its dangers, my best friend was killed by a speeding driver, and I know kids do stupid ****, the frontal lobe as mentioned earlier doesn't fully develop until the age of 20-21, its both good and bad, most people wouldn't get laid if it was (eg. women thinking about the precautions of prematial sex, 18 year old girls don't), yet car wrecks like this also happen, for those of us who are a little more mature at a younger age are suffering, I pay $130/month for insurance and my record is clean, no speeding tickets or accidents, this is because i'm a teenage male
08-13-2008, 10:46 AM
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I figured it out!
That car has great brakes and has ABS... To leave a 300ft skid mark, he'd HAVE to have pulled the ebrake as a last ditch effort...
Probably boiled the fluid in the run through the canyon and he then hit super sonic speed, hit the brakes, pedal to the floor... and in a last attempt, yanked the ebrake. ABS would've worked to get the car to a stop (or at least slow the car), and not have locked up like that.
That car has great brakes and has ABS... To leave a 300ft skid mark, he'd HAVE to have pulled the ebrake as a last ditch effort...
Probably boiled the fluid in the run through the canyon and he then hit super sonic speed, hit the brakes, pedal to the floor... and in a last attempt, yanked the ebrake. ABS would've worked to get the car to a stop (or at least slow the car), and not have locked up like that.
Naw, there's no way he had boiled brake fluid because he wasn't in a canyon that would require brakes... Its pretty straight with minimal turns... His skid marks had all 4 tires marked on the pavement which means that he was skidding sideways, or almost sideways which explains why there were skidmarks.
It looked like he was turned about 1/4 turn, not completely sideways but not straight either.
Either way he's an f'ing douchebag for doing what he did.
Apparently he was some good kid who apprently went to Mexico on his summer vacation to help orphan kids or something... then he comes home and helps a girl die.
08-13-2008, 11:07 AM
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Naw, there's no way he had boiled brake fluid because he wasn't in a canyon that would require brakes... Its pretty straight with minimal turns... His skid marks had all 4 tires marked on the pavement which means that he was skidding sideways, or almost sideways which explains why there were skidmarks.
It looked like he was turned about 1/4 turn, not completely sideways but not straight either.
Either way he's an f'ing douchebag for doing what he did.
Apparently he was some good kid who apprently went to Mexico on his summer vacation to help orphan kids or something... then he comes home and helps a girl die.
It looked like he was turned about 1/4 turn, not completely sideways but not straight either.
Either way he's an f'ing douchebag for doing what he did.
Apparently he was some good kid who apprently went to Mexico on his summer vacation to help orphan kids or something... then he comes home and helps a girl die.
I know great kids, who've all mad some super poor judgments. I really hate how family members and friends try to make excuses or try to butter up his image. His actions speak 10x more than their words.
08-13-2008, 11:11 AM
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Naw, there's no way he had boiled brake fluid because he wasn't in a canyon that would require brakes... Its pretty straight with minimal turns... His skid marks had all 4 tires marked on the pavement which means that he was skidding sideways, or almost sideways which explains why there were skidmarks.
It looked like he was turned about 1/4 turn, not completely sideways but not straight either.
Either way he's an f'ing douchebag for doing what he did.
Apparently he was some good kid who apprently went to Mexico on his summer vacation to help orphan kids or something... then he comes home and helps a girl die.
It looked like he was turned about 1/4 turn, not completely sideways but not straight either.
Either way he's an f'ing douchebag for doing what he did.
Apparently he was some good kid who apprently went to Mexico on his summer vacation to help orphan kids or something... then he comes home and helps a girl die.
08-13-2008, 11:13 AM
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you'll understand when you get older.
when i was 18, i didn't think anything bad would happen. i didn't think speed is that dangerous. racing friends on the freeway in the rain at 100mph with traffic and such. now, i don't even dare to get near 100. i don't even dare to drive 80mph on the freeway on clear days alone on the road at night!
when i was 18, i didn't think anything bad would happen. i didn't think speed is that dangerous. racing friends on the freeway in the rain at 100mph with traffic and such. now, i don't even dare to get near 100. i don't even dare to drive 80mph on the freeway on clear days alone on the road at night!
RIP the innocent and cute girl.
nothing to say about that guy ...
08-13-2008, 11:28 AM
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x 100000000Man, I'm (and I speak for everyone) sooooooo glad you're okay! It could have been soooooooooo much worse than it was. Good old Subie safety.
And F' that guy... Hope he gets cancer and AIDS
08-13-2008, 11:31 AM
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For the most part, ABS doesn't work at those crazy speeds. I've left plenty of skid marks on roads going to fast and having to hit the brakes in cars with ABS and I still manage a tire smoking skidding stop. Not 300ft, but I also wasn't going over 100mph at the time I had to stop.
08-13-2008, 11:33 AM
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I am not "ok" i am alive though. I will have problems for the rest of my life but i am learning to adjust to my new life.
And yeah after i heard he did a bankruptcy on my lawsuit i said i hoped he got butt raped and his guts fell out his butt. :/ I was the 3rd dui accident he had gotten into and he was 26 yrs old.
And yeah after i heard he did a bankruptcy on my lawsuit i said i hoped he got butt raped and his guts fell out his butt. :/ I was the 3rd dui accident he had gotten into and he was 26 yrs old.
08-13-2008, 11:34 AM
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I am not "ok" i am alive though. I will have problems for the rest of my life but i am learning to adjust to my new life.
And yeah after i heard he did a bankruptcy on my lawsuit i said i hoped he got butt raped and his guts fell out his butt. :/ I was the 3rd dui accident he had gotten into and he was 26 yrs old.
And yeah after i heard he did a bankruptcy on my lawsuit i said i hoped he got butt raped and his guts fell out his butt. :/ I was the 3rd dui accident he had gotten into and he was 26 yrs old.
