Paul Walker Died Within Seconds of Crash, Coroner Rules [going at least 90 mph where limit was 45]

yahoo.com ^ | December 4, 2013 | MICHAEL ROTHMAN

[grundle]

Sheriff's detective Jeff Maag told People magazine the driver "was doing well over 45 [mph] – [it's] fair to say at least twice that."

That means Maag believes Rodas was going at least 90 mph on a street where the limit was just 45.

[dragnet2]

Yes it does matter. Ya see a professional driver which the media said the driver was, would never operate on public streets like this driver did, while endangering the innocent on the road, including his passenger.

No?

[Iscool]

Now THAT’S news...

[Doctor 2Brains]

Yep, that’s who I mean, the Bullitt bad guy.

[devolve]

- I have driven ma\ucho faster

- no passengers

- Never on an urban city street

-

some wonderful pro racer - he is toast

- no excuses for any mechanical failures

- James Dean was warned

- “Superman” was also warned

- I know cars & horses - I alive and fairly healthy

- It’s just an damned car -

- Use your brain if you have one

[halo66]

Paul Walker wasn’t even driving...jeesh

[devolve]

- “A man’s got to know his limitations…..”

[devolve]

- i don’t ride shotgun

- and I’m not to sure about myself at times when the gauges go over to “R” -

- I must have a pretty good co-pilot up there

[halo66]

I don’t know...when it’s your time to go...it’s your time to go. Be it in a speeding car...or in your sleep. All I know is that Paul Walker was a great guy and he will be missed...

[dfwgator]

At 90 MPH, any malfunction is potentially fatal.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

Love all the FReepers here jumping to wrong conclusions and making insulting comments. Paul Walker WASN’T DRIVING. He was a passenger!

[dragnet2]

Absolutely...

Driving that speed in a 45, on a roadway lined with killer car eating obstacles like trees and street lights, is something you’d expect from an inexperienced drunk teen.

[Josa]

My husband was at a wreck of two semis. One driver was trapped. They were working to get him out but when it became clear it wasn’t going to happen the driver started begging the police officer to shoot him and not let him burn. The police officer couldn’t do it. To this day my husband still wishes he had grabbed the gun and shot the trapped driver.

[llmc1]

Seemed like a genuinely nice gentleman.

From the Inquisitor:
“...As Walker checked out the jewelry, a soldier who had just returned from his first tour of duty in Iraq was also there looking at engagement rings with his fiancee.

“She saw something that she really, really liked, but he said, ‘Honey, I can’t afford that,’” King recalled.

What the woman looked at was a $10,000 engagement set, King noted.

Paul Walker also heard the couple, and quietly got the attention of a store manager.

“He called the manager and he said, ‘Umm, the ring that those people are looking at – put it on my tab,’” King remembered. “Soon after that, he just left.”

[halo66]

He was always a genuinely nice guy...I had several classes with him in school and we played on the same Jr. High football team. Even back in the late 80’s he was so gracious and always had a smile...

[atc23]

surfer, scuba diver, race car driver - southern california born and bred. very nice fellow - while everyone chimes in on how stupid he was for going at least 90 mph in a 45 - who here hasn’t done the same thing. as well, nobody knows if the throttle jammed up or what. let him RIP.

[dr_lew]

I thought lower than that, but I just did an estimate assuming 1 g lateral acceleration around the curve and came up with 87 mph:

... The radius of the blue circle is about 128 meters, to scale. v²/R = g = 9.8 gives me 39 m/s or 87 mph.

The red x marks the spot of the crash, a little way up the road ( and it is uphill ) from the exit of the turn.

Rodas's car business is on Constellation Road just out of the picture at bottom, on the inside the loop. They all heard the crash and saw the smoke and went running to it. The TMZ phone video made by an early arriver is rather affecting. They don't say who made it, but it seemed like someone who knew them. His voiced cracked on the word "dead" at the end of the video.

[atc23]

Paul Walker wasn’t driving - maybe the throttle jammed - who knows. We’ve all done the same thing. We ain’t no angels

[halo66]

NorthPark Community Church shown on your map is the church that I attend...This upcoming Sunday NorthPark is opening its doors and inviting mourners who will be attending a memorial at the crash site between the hours of 12:00 and 5:00 pm.

[dragnet2]

Uh, he wasn’t driving ace.

[logitech]

Thank you.