We need to drive safely out there.
Sad!
Two Lives changed forever.
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Instructor
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From: Tierra Verde FL
Two Lives changed forever.
Too close to home, I and people I love go through here everyday.
http://tbo.com/news/crime/one-dead-a...yway-20150604/
http://tbo.com/news/crime/one-dead-a...yway-20150604/
Drifting
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From: Mesquite, Nv
The roads and highways are full of drivers making poor decisions every second. The Corvette may have been a contributing factor, but I'm fairly certain the driver was the one mashing the pedal.
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Too close to home, I and people I love go through here everyday.
http://tbo.com/news/crime/one-dead-a...yway-20150604/
http://tbo.com/news/crime/one-dead-a...yway-20150604/
Race Director
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There's a reason young drivers cost so much more to insure.....Not saying older people don't do stupid stuff too, but age probably had a lot to do with this one.
Drifting
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From: Hollister CA
The occasional reminder of what can happen if we fail to perform the "Driver Mod" is absolutely appropriate here, IMO, and hopefully sobering as well. No disrespect from me either.
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Drifting
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This may not get me father of the year award, however I harp on my kids who are old enough to drive about the cause & effect of one's actions behinds the wheel.
i take it one step farther too however, I actually have a good buddy who does 75% of the accident recovery/towing for the local PD / Sherrif & Highway patrol and he calls me all the time when there is a bad accident so I can take my kids to his lot to physically show them the destroyed vehicles and what I mean about cause and effect.
A lot of the cars are pretty graphic but I'm not naive and I know my kids don't physically hear the words that come out of my mouth most of the time but I do know they sure as heck cannot ignore the images these see of what stupidity and carelessness behind the wheel causes.
In fact we just looked at one last Saturday night where my 17 year old said you can tell there is a lot of moisture these days since there is little mushrooms growing inside the car only for his mouth to drop open once I told him that was the driver's brain matter.
Again, some may disagree with this tactic but I do know my kids get this better than me saying do not screw around behind the wheel.
i take it one step farther too however, I actually have a good buddy who does 75% of the accident recovery/towing for the local PD / Sherrif & Highway patrol and he calls me all the time when there is a bad accident so I can take my kids to his lot to physically show them the destroyed vehicles and what I mean about cause and effect.
A lot of the cars are pretty graphic but I'm not naive and I know my kids don't physically hear the words that come out of my mouth most of the time but I do know they sure as heck cannot ignore the images these see of what stupidity and carelessness behind the wheel causes.
In fact we just looked at one last Saturday night where my 17 year old said you can tell there is a lot of moisture these days since there is little mushrooms growing inside the car only for his mouth to drop open once I told him that was the driver's brain matter.
Again, some may disagree with this tactic but I do know my kids get this better than me saying do not screw around behind the wheel.
Drifting
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From: Rocheport Missouri
I tend to agree. There is no reason to hide consequences of poor decisions with a Vette. Reading that may save someone elses life.
Burning Brakes
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From: SWFL 🇺🇸
So this is why I kept hearing about traffic delays on the radio yesterday. Pretty sad. Strange how the guy not wearing a seatbelt gets ejected and lives but the passenger who was wearing a belt is dead.
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From: Tierra Verde FL
Drifting
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From: Tampa Florida
Drove by it last night. They were coming over a bridge. The car took down a 50' steel street light and continued on another 150 plus feet. If I would have left whenbi originally planning from the job I was at I probably would have witnessed it. There was debris everywhere, part of the bumper was hanging from the power line 30' up in the air.
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From: Sublimity OR
In my opinion, the tragedy/wreck is heightened by the killing of an innocent (probably)passenger; it's OK with me if they or you want to kill yourself--do not take innocents with you--I think that is murder.
Drifting
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From: Tampa Florida
I agree partially with that statement. But a lot of the time the passenger is wanting to ho just as fast... Especially testosterone filled kids with the invincible mindset.
Either way the driver is now going to live the rest of his life, if he survives, knowing he killed his friend.
Either way the driver is now going to live the rest of his life, if he survives, knowing he killed his friend.
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St. Jude Donor '14-'15
I must disagree with you on this one, all stories about Corvettes belong here, what good would it do to put it on a Honda forum?
The guy without the seat belt lived. I never liked being strapped to anything.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Disagreement on that one ... my car never moves unless I and all my passengers are belted in. Can you imagine flying through a windshield and impacting the asphalt or concrete at whatever speed the car was going when it stopped? The article said the guy lived, but was seriously injured.
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St. Jude Donor '15
"In honor of jpee"
This IS very sad to see, and even sadder to think how it's wrecked two young lives. Altho I do feel it is a reminder to, and for all of us. I don't know if words alone can sufficiently influence young people re IDRS's method, but the visual of seeing a crashed car up close can only have a large effect on anyone. I've seen enough to know that words and even pics don't have the same impact, on me.
And, in almost every case, ejecting out of a car will kill you at some rate of speed, but in this case it didn't---he was some kind of lucky. Then again, being in a car and stopping suddenly from a high rate of speed/high g force and nothing can keep the brain from bouncing inside the skull, or the neck snapping forward. Thus, in racing the invention of the tether and head-and-neck-restraint system and even better seatbelts.
Part of the bumper thirty feet up, flying in the air for fifty yards, this car was going very fast. It is amazing that one is alive, and thankfully no one else was involved.
And, in almost every case, ejecting out of a car will kill you at some rate of speed, but in this case it didn't---he was some kind of lucky. Then again, being in a car and stopping suddenly from a high rate of speed/high g force and nothing can keep the brain from bouncing inside the skull, or the neck snapping forward. Thus, in racing the invention of the tether and head-and-neck-restraint system and even better seatbelts.
Part of the bumper thirty feet up, flying in the air for fifty yards, this car was going very fast. It is amazing that one is alive, and thankfully no one else was involved.