If I won a lottery ...would buy a vintage Bentley Continental
Or maybe a vintage Jaguar
Posted on 05/04/2025 10:12:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A driver wrecked a 2023 Lamborghini by flipping the sports car on Highway 9 in the Santa Cruz area Sunday.
The California Highway Patrol responded to the crash at 12:14 p.m. Occupants of the car suffered minor injuries in the crash.
CHP was unable to provide KRON4 with additional information about the crash. However, CHP’s social media post suggests that speed may have been a factor.
“CHP officers used a patrol vehicle to push the Lambo off the roadway, preventing further crashes,” the CHP’s Santa Cruz office shared on social media. “This crash was preventable. Please slow down! Highway 9 is not a racetrack.”
CHP did not provide the model of the Lamborghini. However, based on photos of the crash, the car appears to be a Huracán STO. Edmunds values the car at roughly $400,000.
If I had that car I would never drive it. I would just sit in my driveway revving the engine to upset my neighbors.
What are you talking about? 35 mph??? Are you 80 yo??
If I won a lottery ...would buy a vintage Bentley Continental
Or maybe a vintage Jaguar
SH 130 in Texas. Toll Road, but it's woth the $12.00 to bypass Austin.
It's an easy road to do 120 if your car can handle that speed. Trust me, I know.
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Exactly what I was thinking when I saw this.
,,, let me just change into my sack cloth and ashes. Do we want to risk the lives of emergency vehicle operators at 35mph? They're valuable people so they need to make the shift to unicycles now. There's only one way I look at the Lamborghini issue... when they're not being crashed it may very well be that running a Cessna is cheaper. The cost of changing a cambelt is all part and parcel of making the best two days of ownership the day you buy one and the day you sell one - thank God for my Benz.
35 mph is perfectly adequate for all regular, everyday needs. Exceptions would be made for emergency vehicles.
I am 65 years old - but have never bothered to obtain a driver's license.
Instead, I use public transportation systems (municipal buses, light rail, etc.), bicycles, or my own two feet. I have always chosen workplaces near where I live (or, conversely, I would relocate to be near my job). There's a bakery 3 minutes away by foot, a butcher shop, barbershop, etc. - because I wisely chose a place of residence with access to such services.
Hardly anyone needs a car. And the tiny minority who do could certainly tolerate being restricted to vehicles mechanically incapable of exceeding a max. speed of 35 mph.
Regards,
I am 85 and routinely drive for 3 hours at 67 mph to visit girl friend.
They need to make a 35mph speed limit for airplanes too. It would eliminate accidents. Also set up some speed traps and write out some tickets. Make sure you pull safely off the....uh...whatever and don’t leave the engine running while the officer cites you. It causes global war... , er, global co.. Global Change. Please use your turn signals. I hate it when another airplane pulls right in front of me without using a turn signal. It’s inconsiderate. Also slow down for school zones. It’s the law!
Ever hear a bunch of car horns going off as they pass you ? And people giving you the “YOU NUMBER ONE GUY” signal ?
Speaking on a more serious note, one doesn’t have to go fast most of the time. Most of the average person’s driving is street traffic and not highway.
I used to drive like most everyone else. I always saw it as getting ‘there’ as fast as possible and why are these idiots getting in my way.
Now I see that I was an idiot. I was one of those whose driving could lead to accidents for others.
I read a story that told how to deal with road rage. That was step one. Step two was proving to myself that I could drive slower than everyone else and yet arrive faster than others.
Also, wear and tear on tires, engine reduced.
More reaction time in case others have to brake or jump to another lane to avoid something.
I arrive in a relaxed state.
I get to laugh as I roll past the Mario Andretti types at the stoplight because they went faster.
I use the same technique on the highway , especially during backups. I’ve learned to keep my cool while I watch the Lane hoppers. They see the lane next to them open a little and boom, they switch over to it (often without even signalling). Then that lane starts backing up and they watch for the lane they were in before to open up and they hop back over. They never get it that the reason the ‘open’ lane ‘closes’ back up is because of THEM and the other drivers doing the same. It’s a shame that Driver’s Ed can’t teach young drivers what is important. Even if they had I’m sure I wouldn’t have listened.
I’ve also noticed, being older, the competition factor at stop lights. If you react quickly on green and take off ahead of cars next to you, they will speed up enough to pass you and then set their speed based on where (how far) they are going before they have to turn or stop. It’s a psychological thing which we are basically PROGRAMMED to do. Maybe that’s why they call it the human RACE.
“If all motor vehicles on the roads came from the factory with a built-in device that limited their maximum speed to 35 mph, this sort of accident wouldn’t happen as often.”
You ARE blowing smoke up our asses, right? Imagine not having the ability to “speed up” in order to pass safely and to avoid accidents, objects, etc.
That is bee-YOU-ti-ful!!
I've never had a problem with "road rage" because I'm usually too engrossed in the book I am reading to look out of the bus window and take note of the traffic.
In one case, I was so enmeshed in the book I was reading that I hadn't noticed that the train I was riding had already reached the final station, let off all the other passengers, and then proceeded to the maintenance yards!
Stay safe, FRiend!
Regards,
I’ve used public transportation when it existed where I lived, and was do-able for work commuting. I wish it existed everywhere, but it doesn’t; it can’t.
I hate driving and I hate long road trips. Sadly, that’s life. If self-driving cars reached a point where they were safe, I’d be on board (no pun) with that option.
At some point after age 65, walking and bicycling won’t be possible.
I know of a few people who collect cars. Aircraft ownership
and leasing to your company is a good side business.
Gorilla tape...
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