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http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,99165,00.html
"All-Star hockey player Dany Heatley (search) was charged with vehicular homicide (search) Monday after teammate Dan Snyder (search) died of head injuries suffered last week in the crash of Heatley's Ferrari."

I was in a media class last week and the prof played a tape of Fox news that included this amongst the stories for our analysis. More than one student lamented the loss of the Ferrari more than the people.

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I know that it is not possible to include all of the modified cars that exist, but a common one about 20 or so ago was the V-8 Vega. I'd seen the one's with the 454s in the magazines, but got to ride in the backseat of one with an LT-1 350.

[Having been a teen in the '70s near Manassas Va (even a few girls had Cobra Jet Torinos and Dodge SuperBees), I didn't think that it was possible for a car to be too fast/powerful until that little ride.]

While we were being subject to G-forces most astronauts couldn't withstand, the driver nonchalantly mentioned that he was on his third body. One had the frame twisted by the torque of the engine. He wouldn't tell us what happened to body #2. I kissed the ground when we got back.

Damn, I've driven a Viper before and I can say with certainty that they are frighteningly fast. It totally blew me away. Luckily I was in the controlled environment of the racing pad at Laguna Seca, meaning it didn't matter that I took a turn while totally flooring it (only in second gear too), totally scorched the tires, nearly went into a spin, and took out like 5 cones (we were doing an autocross course).

But such is the nature of a beast like that. That car is pure testosterone. Maybe I'll own one some day :0).

Some large fraction of Vipers are totaled within 2 years. I believe the insurance for one is far and away more expensive than a vette for that reason.

My corvette (96 LT4 convertible) is the easiest to control car I have ever driven. You can screw up and wind up shiny side down, but you really have to be doing something stupid.

Some idiot kid in a viper is definitely going to make for a short drive.

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.