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From: Purple sky
Originally Posted by i_heart_my_DB8,Sep 9 2005, 02:10 PM
Yet another tragic death by a youth trying to replicate a Fast and Furious movie stunt. YOU FOOL! You can only drive under a semi from side to side, not back to front!
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From: Toronto
Originally Posted by switchcars,Sep 9 2005, 07:51 AM
It's tough on a car as light as the S2k. But, ABS systems are by no means foolproof. you break really really hard very abruptly on a heavy car....lock! Also can be done by pumping the brakes.
regarding the guy, I wonder if he had a stroke or heart attack or something like that? He was pretty old.
oof, that was an anniversary Vette too.....
regarding the guy, I wonder if he had a stroke or heart attack or something like that? He was pretty old.
oof, that was an anniversary Vette too.....
Wait until you get a few more years on you sonny......
58 don't seem all that old to me anymore.
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how is there blood that far up? did he jump at the last second?!? WHERES HIS HEAD 
i drive on 287 all the time cause its one of the most major highways through nj, and ill admit there are always at least a dozen trucks sitting near weigh in stations during the night. idk what happened here, but isnt it like the most dangerous thing being pulled over on the side of the road because i guess people cant see that your in the other lane? like ive seen videos of people on the shoulder fixing a flat or w/e and they just get HIT cause people cant perceive them as being in the shoulder and not moving
i drive on 287 all the time cause its one of the most major highways through nj, and ill admit there are always at least a dozen trucks sitting near weigh in stations during the night. idk what happened here, but isnt it like the most dangerous thing being pulled over on the side of the road because i guess people cant see that your in the other lane? like ive seen videos of people on the shoulder fixing a flat or w/e and they just get HIT cause people cant perceive them as being in the shoulder and not moving
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Man, that is horrible. RIP to the driver of the Vette.
I think he's still in the car in that pic. Look to the left of the trailer's license plate. I think that is the vette drivers's left arm from about the elbow down. Yuck.
I think he's still in the car in that pic. Look to the left of the trailer's license plate. I think that is the vette drivers's left arm from about the elbow down. Yuck.
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When I clicked on the linik to this thread, I was expecting a Corvette trailer movie only to see that horrific pic. UGH
I also wonder how the dude hit the trailer. The trailer is parked, and he must've hit that thing pretty fast (meaning, he must've been driving fast on the parking lanes).
I also wonder how the dude hit the trailer. The trailer is parked, and he must've hit that thing pretty fast (meaning, he must've been driving fast on the parking lanes).
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Maybe his throttle cable snapped and he lost control? He could have had car failures. Or maybe a sniper shot him and he died and ran off the road and into the back of the car.
Ok maybe not.
Ok maybe not.
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From: Covina, Covina
what a horrible accident, he must hae hit hard enough to actualy lift the back of the trailer up... i dont see how the rear whels could have gone under the back partion of the trailer when the rear guard is lower than the highest point of the rim. as for where his head is, theres a black 'screen' on the right side of the picture behind the patrol car.. im guessing there more wreckage over there.
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From: Collingwood
About ten years ago we had a player in the AFL go out and get tanked. He ended up driving drunk and had a similar crash to this guy (his head/upper torso was pulped). His death was partially responsible for the introduction of bars that hang down from the tray to about a foot off the ground. Their purpose is to stop cars going under the back and the windscreen copping the full force of the impact (instead of the front bumpers/crumple zones).
Even though an 80kmh(?) full frontal impact is what some engineers say the drivers of most modern cars can expect to survive I don't think this would've helped in this case. It HAS saved lives on Victorian roads.
Even though an 80kmh(?) full frontal impact is what some engineers say the drivers of most modern cars can expect to survive I don't think this would've helped in this case. It HAS saved lives on Victorian roads.
