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Kevin Hart's car lacked crucial safety features in crash, likely led to severe injuries
Philly Voice ^ | 7 Sept 2019 | ADAM HERMANN

Posted on 09/07/2019 10:07:21 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Hart was driving a souped-up version of a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, a classic two-door muscle car, when the car crashed through a fence on Malibu Hills' Mulholland Highway,

Hart was reportedly trapped under the crushed roof of the vehicle, according to TMZ. If the vehicle was equipped with a roll cage, the roof likely wouldn't have been crushed in such a manner, and Hart would've been better held in place by a five-point harness.

TMZ reached out to Speedkore, but the company had no comment.

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Back in the early 1970s, I was a partner in a motorcycle shop, we had a sideline making and installing roll cages in cars/trucks. Bike frames and rollbars use similar equipment.

One morning I answered the phone, a voice says "IT WORKED GREAT". ???

A roll cage we had installed on his early Bronco did its job!!!

A semi pushed him off the tollway and up the embankment , and it rolled back down. The roof was crushed but they walked away from it.

1 posted on 09/07/2019 10:07:21 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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Dumb author (millennial?)

it was a 1970’s car! of course it did!!

duhhhhhh..........


2 posted on 09/07/2019 10:12:47 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

A lot of folks including myself like classic cars. But it is important to bear in mind that cars from the land of long ago were generally less safe than modern cars. And the older the car, the more that is true. I’ve owned a couple classics, and never used them for every day driving.


3 posted on 09/07/2019 10:13:40 AM PDT by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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To: Mr. K
yup...

Millennial Moron


4 posted on 09/07/2019 10:14:28 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Sounds to me as though Kevin Hart should have limited his motoring activities to a Prius.


5 posted on 09/07/2019 10:16:13 AM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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Rollcages are illegal in street cars in some States because they increase the chance of head injury if you’re not wearing a helmet...


6 posted on 09/07/2019 10:18:01 AM PDT by dinodino
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The faggot generation. I gotta booboo so ban old cars.


7 posted on 09/07/2019 10:18:44 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

banning classic cars is on the Left’s to do list too.

it’s for the children!


8 posted on 09/07/2019 10:18:58 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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I was gonna say that’s not nice and he seems like a good guy from what I know.

but he left the scene of the accident with his security (likely causing more damage to his spine) and someone only contacted 911 90 minutes later when he was obviously incoherent and in bad shape.

Even though he wasn’t driving, that’s a crime and a plain old lousy thing to do.

Screw him.


9 posted on 09/07/2019 10:25:16 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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It LOOKED like a ‘70s car. It was a 700 hp Hellcat drivetrain and modern interior.

Haven’t seen if it had current safety features.


10 posted on 09/07/2019 10:27:02 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Life is dangerous.
We all have to pick our own level of risk. It’s called freedom!


11 posted on 09/07/2019 10:32:10 AM PDT by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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A 1970s car did not have 2019 safety equipment. It probably ran on real gasoline too.

There are reasons these safety features came to be installed for some good reasons.


12 posted on 09/07/2019 10:32:13 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Maybe he didn’t realized that “Nash Bridges” was a cop drama, and not a reality show, and he couldn’t go toolin’ around in a 1970 ‘Cuda like Don Johnson?


13 posted on 09/07/2019 10:35:15 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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If most cars were equipped with roll cages then there might be fewer fatal crashes. Same crashes just fewer fatal. Maybe more crashes because assclowns will do the “Hold my beer while I roll this baby?” routine? Ergo-—govt mandated roll cages. See how easy that was?


14 posted on 09/07/2019 10:36:06 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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It was a 700 hp Hellcat drivetrain
Dang - romp on something with that much power and the steering wheel can become superfluous real quick.
15 posted on 09/07/2019 10:36:11 AM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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I’ve owned a couple classics, and never used them for every day driving.

Oh heck, THAT'S no fun. I used a 2 door hardtop '65 Chrysler 300 in the early 2000s as an everyday driver. Sometimes my wife drove it too.

Everyone around you slows down. Okay, the 9" drums weren't the best, and you aimed the car more than you steered it, but GREAT pickup on the highway. I wish I had the room and resources to do right by it, especially now that I am out of the rust belt.

Used a '66 Dart as a daily driver from '92 to '98. Ball joints were the issue on that one. Handling on the Williamsburg Bridge was rough (metal grille surface). Good times!
16 posted on 09/07/2019 10:41:54 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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“Maybe more crashes because assclowns will do the “Hold my beer while I roll this baby?” routine? Ergo-—govt mandated roll cages. See how easy that was?”

For some reason, human nature I guess, the more safety features on vehicles the less personal responsibility people seem to take when driving.
Mandate roll cages and the mayhem will increase.
It doesn’t help that younger generations have been pampered and not held to account for their actions leading to more irresponsible behavior.
Each generation seems to be less mature, on average, than the previous generation.


17 posted on 09/07/2019 10:44:43 AM PDT by oldvirginian (Winning isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing. TRUMP 2020!!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“crashed through...”

That was the real problem.


18 posted on 09/07/2019 10:46:24 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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I don’t know. I can be pretty childish at times. :-)


19 posted on 09/07/2019 10:46:32 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Ride a bus if you can’t drive properly.


20 posted on 09/07/2019 10:49:40 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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