To: NormsRevenge
Think about being alive for that 200 ft drop. That would suck.
To: NormsRevenge
Hmmmm....gene pool cleanup???
3 posted on
01/26/2008 11:40:36 AM PST by
goodnesswins
(Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
To: NormsRevenge
According to the preliminary investigation, the car ran off the 85-foot-high embankment at the end of the runway. When it struck the large tree, the car split in half, scattering wreckage over an area of 200 square feet. ...
"It's too early in the investigation to determine a speed and also to determine whether seat belts were in use at the time of the crash," Burroughs said.
Probably not, and it's a real tragedy since I'm sure seatbelts would have saved them.
To: NormsRevenge
5 posted on
01/26/2008 11:42:42 AM PST by
rabscuttle385
(Admin Moderator for President.)
To: NormsRevenge
The same thing happened in New Mexico a few years ago. Some kids driving around at night happened upon a farmer’s private runway, and raced down it at high speed, not realizing that it was on a mesa. The car flew over 300 ft before impact, and no-one survived. Seat belts are superfluous in these situations, IMHO. It’s like saying “he hit a tree on his motorcycle while traveling at 145 mph. He was not wearing a helmet.” As if it would have made any difference!
To: NormsRevenge
Hold mah beer and watch THIS!
7 posted on
01/26/2008 11:44:18 AM PST by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: NormsRevenge
Did they find Dukes of Hazzard videos on any of their iPods?
8 posted on
01/26/2008 11:45:50 AM PST by
Fresh Wind
(Scrape the bottom, vote for Rodham!)
To: NormsRevenge
I wonder if there’s a video camera among the wreckage.
To: NormsRevenge
These you fellers should be praised for killing themselves somewhere other than a public highway where they could have killed others.
10 posted on
01/26/2008 11:46:25 AM PST by
umgud
To: NormsRevenge
I'll refrain from mentioning the "follies of youth", since we were all that age at one time. It's sad, however, to read of stuff like this.
Did the passengers urge the driver on, or did the driver get out of control despite his passenger's admonitions? In any event... a tragedy.
11 posted on
01/26/2008 11:47:30 AM PST by
ken in texas
(come fold with us - team #36120... and vote for Fred.)
To: NormsRevenge
You think the NTSB is searching for the black box yet?
12 posted on
01/26/2008 11:56:53 AM PST by
mkjessup
(GOP + FOX + National Review = The NEW "Axis of RINOs")
To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
“ages 18 to 20”
What a waste. They really think they know how to drive after just a couple years behind the wheel.
To: NormsRevenge
In the 1950’s a famous journalist Dennis Jenkinson, who navigated for Stirling Moss in the 1955 Mille Miglia said never drive at 10/10ths ( full speed, flat out) with passengers in the car. You don’t have the right to endanger their lives if you make a mistake.
One idiot killed himself and 4 friends. Pull over and let em out if you want to do something stupid.
20 posted on
01/26/2008 1:20:59 PM PST by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
To: NormsRevenge
Three of the five occupants were ejected, said Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Mike Burroughs.BMWs have ejection seats?
Mark
28 posted on
01/26/2008 4:40:32 PM PST by
MarkL
To: NormsRevenge
I’m not trying to downplay the tragedy, but I think there seems to be some confusion. Nowhere in the article does is say the car fell 200 feet—it was airborne for 200 feet. The other article says it was an 85ft drop, which the car did not achieve as it crashed into the tree above the ground. Awful nonetheless.
30 posted on
01/27/2008 10:24:47 AM PST by
Womp Rat
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