Joy ride turns nearly fatal (Stolen Viper goes airborne after only 4 blocks)

Effingham (IL) Daily News ^ | 10.8.03 | KIM WIEDMAN

[truthandjustice1]

You bet: SSN-607...now providing some of the cleanest shaves in the land

[laotzu]

"give us real "stunt" drivers a bad name"

Amen, brother!

[Blest84]

You should be very careful because what goes around comes around. Does anybody stop to think about the condition of this Joshua S. Clasby. Maybe the fact that he might have two children at home named Dana who is 3 and Audrey who is 18 months, and maybe that he is fightiung for his life to have the chance to let these two little girls be able to be with their daddy again. Or how about the fact that Joshua S. Clasby maybe the son of a wonderful mother who is now having tho raise these two children, or that he may have a wonderful sister out there waiting on him to fight for his life, who goes by the screen name Blest84?

[lewislynn]

back when Jimmy Carter lowered the speed limit to 55...)

Actually it was (R) Richard Nixon who imposed a national speed limit of 55 mph, not Jimmy Carter.

[fso301]

the driver of the car, Joshua S. Clasby, 25, of Greenup remains in critical condition at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana

Sad, really sad. I always hate stories with sad endings. Now I need to cheer myself up by re-reading that happy FR thread about the lady who shot once at two robbers killing both of them. Now that was a story with a happy ending.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Is he your brother?

Welcome to Freerepublic.

[GirlShortstop]

re: "Clasby could face criminal and traffic charges."

COULD???

YOU MEAN MIGHT???

Purely speculation here, but maybe the driver was an employed technician from the dealership?  Frankly, that was my presumption until your comment prompted me to take another look.  FReegards.

....parked in the shop area of the dealership where her owners had intended for her to stay until the next day when they planned to take her out and show her off a little.

Her next trip, however, would come just a few hours later, when a driver she was unfamiliar with took her out for a spin.

[PLMerite]

A 2004 Maybach? The thing with recliners for rear seats? A 13.4 second quarter-mile? Damn, I'd like to see that!!!

[GirlShortstop]

or that he may have a wonderful sister out there waiting on him to fight for his life, who goes by the screen name Blest84?

You are absolutely in the right to remind the readers that Joshua is a life... and he does matter.

Prayers for him and his family are certainly warranted.  FReegards.

[knews_hound]

I drive a supercharged Audi A4 2.8L Quattro.

I'd smoke you all!!

Dont bet on it.

I have a little Pony I could introduce you to.

6.9 Liters of Fuel Injected V8 Horsepower.

Cheers,

knews hound

[xp38]

The Shelby Cobra was basically an english sports car with a big block Ford 289 or 427 dropped into it. The proper name was the AC Shelby Cobra. AC was the english sports car. The AC also drew a lot of inspiration from the early Ferraris of the 1950s. The Ford GT 40 had a very strong english involvement in its development too.

[Bikers4Bush]

I should be careful? I'm not the thief stealing the cars that belong to other people to take them for a joy ride and ultimately wrecking them.

If what you stated is true then it sounds to me like the kids will be better off with the grandmother.

If he is your brother maybe you should stop coddling him and tell him that he probably got less than what he deserved.

[Bikers4Bush]

The thief is a cancer to society and his family.