Been alot of teen partying accidents within 20 miles of me lately. 3 deaths in 4 weekends. I dont know if they were drinking or not, sad deal.

 

Prayers to the families involved.

 

This same thing happened at my prom in 1983. Two of my class mates were killed in a corvette going home from the prom. It has impacted me ever since, such a senseless waste of life. I now work in emergency services field which gives me an opportunity to prevent these tragedies from happening. I staged a mock car accident at the local high school and filmed what happens to car accident victims in front of the entire junior and senior class. The film was distributed to all of our high schools in the county, I am pleased to say that we have not had any prom night deaths since then. If you have the ability in your area to do the same I would strongly encourage educating these children in the facts of life.

 

sad

 

My prayers are with all involved.....stories like this break my heart. PLEASE be careful and always, always wear your seat belts

 

Having read the article and seen the news report I am saddened by the news. As was said here, it is easy to say it should never have happened, I however will hold the families and friends in my thoughts and prayers. May the lord bring peace to those that have been impacted by this tragedy.

 

 

Oh My God, what horrible tragedy

I am 57, have 5 children and 4 grandchildren (with one more on the way). This is exactly why NO ONE leaves our home without knowing how much we love them and want them safe. You just never know when the Lord will call you home....

That said,
I guess I just dont understand because I came from a family where my dad or mom wouldnt even move the car before all belts were on. I also get so irritated when im driving down the road and see a kid playing in the back seat without a belt on. What are people thinking?????
I too cannot understand why people refuse to wear seatblets. My children have NEVER been allowed to ride with my brother becaus=ue he refuses to wear them (..too confining...what about a fire...blah, blah )

I bought my first car two weeks after I turned 16 (yes, a lot of years ago) and the FIRST thing I did was take to Sears and have seatbelts installed. My kids all knew if I ever caught them (youngest now 18) without their seatbelt on, I would take their license and car for a minimum of two (2) grading periods. Thank God I never had to do it.

Enough said. Time to pray for these young souls and their families. Just wish I wasn't out on the road travelling tonight - sure would love to hug my wife and kids right now.

God bless.

 

Teens and Vettes ( or any high performance machines ) DON'T mix,

sorry to hear, ,, it's tragic

 

There's a big difference between a Massey Ferguson and a Corvette. That's too young to be on the road. I hope authorities play back the Black Boxes to see what was going on with the two vehicles.

 

This accident happened to the north of where I live in Moorhead, MN. I was advised today that the Corvette driver lost control and went into the oncoming lane. I haven't verified that this is true, but just what was said around the office. A very tragic story indeed. I know the articles I've read in the local press referred several times to the fact that the young man was driving a Corvette. And, this was before there was any reference to the fact that he supposedly lost control. It appeared the inference was that because he was driving a Corvette he was responsible for the accident. Based on what I heard today, I guess that is true. Any way you look at this story, it is very sad and very unfortunate. Dan

 

Interesting that this article came out today.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/200...samongruralmen

 

The Corvette Lover in me would very much love to buy my son a C3 when he's old enough to drive (he loves those best) but the MOM in me instead will hook him up with a nice four door sedan. Prayers going out to the hearts that are breaking tonight over that horrible loss.

 

Why would you make a post like this ???

It's a slam against many of the younger responsable drivers on the streets. First off, I didn't see anything about... misuse of power.

Secondly, people get killed in Chevy Cavilers driving 100mph... just as easily as in a Vette at 100mph.

No seatbelts is just totally stupid... doesn't matter what there driving

 

sorry to hear this. special thoughts to glenn & his comments. bub

 

Actually, the younger of the two boys involved (15 with a farm license) was driving the Jeep. The 16 year old and his girlfriend were in the Vette.

Here in MN, it's legal to drive a farm 'truck' on farm business at 15 Yrs old with the proper license. The reports I've read indicate the 15 year old was coming back from helping another farm family with their livestock. (This accident happened in rural MN - about 4 hours N. of Minneapolis).

In any event -

 

God Bless and watch over them.

 

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and close friends touched by this accident. The adults will hurt for a long time, but the teens will heal much quicker and be on with life.

Just a couple of personal thoughts. First of all I am a retired high school administrator (36 years experience) and I am 62 years old. I do not want to offend those earlier posts, but the youth of today DO NOT need to be driving at age 16. They are very very immature, and they are too easly distracted by the numerous electronic devices on the market today that are in the modern cars. The youth of today are smarter than those of years ago, BUT they are extremely less mature, have much less common sense, and have the typical teen attitude we all did, big risk takers.

There needs to be a graduated teen license. As an example; learners permit for 6 months with only adults as supervisors (21 and older) and no other teens in car; then 6 months of teen license with no teens in car and no driving after say midnight; then if you are accident free and ticket free you get a regular license on probation for 1 year of a clean driving record; then at 18 you have a regular clear drivers license.

The above comments are based on my observations as a high school administrator and not a corvette owner. The following is my opinion as a corvette owner and past owner of numerous muscle cars. There is no justification PERIOD for a 16 year old to be driving a muscle car of any type. They have NO experience in driving, they are BIG risk takers, and they are IMMATURE. Sorry to offend those of you who want to name the one teen who you know who is the exception, but they are the exception not the rule. I feel that the owner of the vette that loaned his/her car to the teen driver has some serious weakness in decision making skills.

As a dad I followed this rule of not driving my muscle cars. They got to drive them with me in the car and NO friends present. My son was in his last year of ER doc residency when he came home and I was working on his car in my garage. We needed another part, so he went to get it. My 97 Z-28 MN6 was the last car in the driveway. I explained to him (he was 29) that he was to watch carefully out the right side because of the GM blindspot. I also hit hard on the power and the rearend coming around and kissing your face. Now, did I not trust my son, NO I trust him totally, BUT he has driven front wheel drive cars with the typical little or no power, therefore he has no experience with a rear wheel drive muscle car. I was protecting him and my car.

 

Jim2003, I agree with you....

 

Very well said.

You guys (gals) with kids all sound like good (smart) parents.