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Dash Camera Captures Moment Ferrari Hits Taxi at High Speed Killing Three
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| May 21, 2012
| GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
Posted on 05/21/2012 1:11:56 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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Warning; Horrifying car accident. Not visually gruesome but perhaps difficult to watch; A video all drivers should see though, especially the younger crowd. It illustrates that cars can be lethal weapons and that speed limits, street signs, traffic signals and keeping your eyes on the road at all times is crucial.
Here's a direct link to the video at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JfAaOABk4g&feature=player_embedded
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:17:54 PM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
Interesting that the motorcycle didn't pull out first.
ML/NJ
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:18:11 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: Da Bilge Troll
Cars don't kill people.
Transmissions do.
/sarc
To: ml/nj
The motorcyclist was on the side of the Ferrari’s approach - he may have literally seen it coming. Reminds me of those old driver’s education films like “Signal 30”.
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:22:33 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Da Bilge Troll
Just like with dogs. A more powerful dog may or may not be more likely to bite - but if they DO bite - it is much more serious. A more powerful car may or may not be more likely to crash - but if they ARE in a crash - it is much more likely to be a serious high speed crash.
Also there is self selection bias. A particular type of person is drawn to a “muscle car” or a “muscle dog” - and it seems that they are more likely to not keep good control of their dog and/or their car.
I imagine there are less people who buy a Ferrari and don’t (at least once) take it up to ‘ludicrous speed’ than those that do.
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:23:01 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to DC to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
To: allmendream
Unfortunately its always the Ferrari that gets a headline. ‘Affordable’ cars with bad drivers kill people all the time.
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:25:27 PM PDT
by
Theoria
(Rush Limbaugh: Ron Paul sounds like an Islamic terrorist)
To: Da Bilge Troll
I guess I inadvertently placed my name where the author’s name should’ve gone? I didn’t write the opener.. That’s the article at the link! I didn’t blame the car. I emphasized the importance of obeying rules of the road and think this video would definitely make an impression on a younger or new driver.
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
Thanks for posting this. I just sent it to some younger friends of mine who like to race on the streets.
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:27:49 PM PDT
by
South40
To: Theoria
Sure - and as they are much more common on the road I am sure that the majority of fatal crashes are between mediocre cars.
But proportionality is always key to any analysis.
What % of Ferrari's make it to the end of their lifespan without a crash that totals them compared to, say, a Honda Accord?
What is the likelihood of a fatal crash per mile driven of the Honda Accord vs the Ferrari?
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:28:07 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to DC to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
To: allmendream
Also there is self selection bias. A particular type of person is drawn to a muscle car or a muscle dog - and it seems that they are more likely to not keep good control of their dog and/or their car.
Just yesterday I was thinking about how odd it is to see people on motorcycles without helmets in Michigan. Then one blew by at about 30 mph over the limit and I realized how easy it is to spot the dumb ones now.
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:28:24 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
Remember that when you have the green it does not mean it is safe to enter and cross the intersection. Always clear it visually before proceeding.
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:28:24 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: allmendream
>>I imagine there are less people who buy a Ferrari and dont (at least once) take it up to ludicrous speed than those that do.<<
When I was in college, I briefly had a ‘69 Buick Wildcat with the BIG 430 engine (no, it wasn’t new). One night, I was driving on a flat straight highway with no place for Smokey to hide. I floored it and got that sucker up to 195+ MPH. My heart was ALSO going 195, so I slowed down but my heart didn’t.
It was a great rush, but also something 1) you should only do when a college kid on a straight open highway; 2) you should only do once (see 1).
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:28:56 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
To: cripplecreek
I LOVE motorcycles. A dirt bike was my first vehicle. I called it my “rototiller” because of the amount of dirt I tore through.
But then I drove on the roads and noticed that drivers are, byinlarge, ignorant distracted vicious morons.
Driving a motorcycle on the street with soccer-moms in 2 ton SUV’s on their cellphone while screaming at their bratty kids doesn't have the same appeal to me as being out on a dirt road hauling buttocks!
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:31:49 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to DC to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
To: cripplecreek
This is why I live at the end of a dirt road.
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:31:58 PM PDT
by
South40
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:32:38 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Jack Hydrazine
"Always clear it visually before proceeding." At that speed the at fault driver would have been a block away and appeared to have been at a safe distance.
To: Eaker; LongElegantLegs; wardaddy
You’ll love this obsessive-compulsive non-sequitir
“A particular type of person is drawn to a muscle car or a muscle dog - and it seems that they are more likely to not keep good control of their dog and/or their car.”
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:34:50 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Holy muscle of love.....I got a muscle of love.)
To: Theoria
An affordable car there would have had to run several stoplights to gain that much speed.
To: Charles Martel
The motorcyclist was on the side of the Ferraris approach - he may have literally seen it coming. Reminds me of those old drivers education films like Signal 30.Looking both ways before entering an intersection is always prudent. You have to believe the guy on the bike looked and that is why he is alive today.
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posted on
05/21/2012 1:39:30 PM PDT
by
South40
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