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Captain Ned wrote:http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/11/30/1130-paul-walker-accident-scene-car-facebook-3.jpg
This is what happens when unqualified drivers play boy racer.
Captain Ned wrote:http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/11/30/1130-paul-walker-accident-scene-car-facebook-3.jpg
This is what happens when unqualified drivers play boy racer.
Captain Ned wrote:http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/11/30/1130-paul-walker-accident-scene-car-facebook-3.jpg
This is what happens when unqualified drivers play boy racer.
NeelyCam wrote:Captain Ned wrote:http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/11/30/1130-paul-walker-accident-scene-car-facebook-3.jpg
This is what happens when unqualified drivers play boy racer.
Maybe you should moderate out your own comment
NeelyCam wrote:Captain Ned wrote:http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/11/30/1130-paul-walker-accident-scene-car-facebook-3.jpg
This is what happens when unqualified drivers play boy racer.
Maybe you should moderate out your own comment
Captain Ned wrote:NeelyCam wrote:Captain Ned wrote:http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/11/30/1130-paul-walker-accident-scene-car-facebook-3.jpg
This is what happens when unqualified drivers play boy racer.
Maybe you should moderate out your own comment
They made the decision to play boy racer in a public area (an office park), putting who knows how many others at risk. A responsible, qualified, professional driver would not have made that decision in that car in that place. The office park was posted for 45 MPH. Given the picture of the wreckage I think one can easily make the terminal velocity well into the triple digits.
Captain Ned wrote:This is what happens when unqualified drivers play boy racer.
Captain Ned wrote:A responsible, qualified, professional driver would not have made that decision in that car in that place
JohnC wrote:Oh look, yet another insight from an armchair "expert of human behavior"...
No "qualification" will provide a 100% guarantee against making a "judgement error". Doesn't matter what type of "certification" you have and how many hours of "experience" you have. Here is one perfect proof of that. And here is the other. And there are 100's more, in almost every professional field.
People make mistakes and they will continue making it and heavily berating them for that (especially the dead ones) won't quite make it easier for their relatives and is not quite a socially acceptable behavior in most civilized societies. In other words, "De mortuis nihil nisi bonum".
JohnC wrote:And people from my links in previous post were not "breaking" the rules? LOLz, you people don't even attempt to read what I meant to write, you only understand what YOU want to understand... Screw this.
If you play with these kinds of toys at high speeds in unapproved areas, these things will happen. If it had been a track accident, it would have been tragic. Since it happened in an office park, it was tragic and stupid. It is hardly disrespectful to the dead to point out that their deaths should be a lesson to the living regarding the "stupid" aspect.
JohnC wrote:'Fast & Furious' star Paul Walker killed in car crash
He and his friend were driving a Porsche Carrera GT - a model which is known for poor stability (and which was involved in lawsuit related to occupant's deaths in the past). His friend lost control, car hit the tree, broke in half and ignited...
clone wrote:many years ago my boss used to give me a hard time for riding the motorcycle so fast.
he was certain I was destined to die on it if I didn't cool it. "I had 2 friends that crashed doing 80mph and the driveshaft (or a part of it) went through one of them." (both died) he then went on to say "you think they would have done that had they known it was going to happen?" ok, of course not. few want to die, my response was "sure but had they gotten away without crashing do you believe they would have slowed down or done it again?" and again the answer is of course they would have done it again.
I don't believe their is a person in this forum or on this planet that hasn't exceeded the speed limit on public roads, that hasn't rolled through a stop sign when you were supposed to come to a complete stop, someone that hasn't had a "close call" due to a moments distraction.....these things happen, mistakes are made, surviving them is a part of how we learn wisdom.
Paul & friend are dead and I'm not endorsing what they did but they died because they were behaving at the time like idiots which doesn't make them idiots. feel free to insult the action but without knowing not so much the individual.these things can happen anywhere and with any kind of toy.... I was at the track when a Kawasaki's throttle cable broke leaving the rider coasting down the back straight, a GSXR hit him at 125mph, it was devastating. one dead the other broken, the rear rim on the Kawasaki was shattered into so many little pieces no more than a foot long. didn't know the riders.If you play with these kinds of toys at high speeds in unapproved areas, these things will happen. If it had been a track accident, it would have been tragic. Since it happened in an office park, it was tragic and stupid. It is hardly disrespectful to the dead to point out that their deaths should be a lesson to the living regarding the "stupid" aspect.
just brew it! wrote:Seems to me the only real difference between this and the typical "Darwin Award" is that these guys were rich and famous.
ludi wrote:Speaking as someone who took a few young adult male risks involving vehicles, and thankfully has (so far) lived to see that some of them were unnecessary and stupid. Based on his posting history, I expect the Cap is speaking from similar perspective.
Captain Ned wrote:The office park was posted for 45 MPH. Given the picture of the wreckage I think one can easily make the terminal velocity well into the triple digits.
astrotech66 wrote:According to this article, the police say they were travelling 40-45 mph when they crashed. Apparently they came to a bend where the speed limit dropped to 15 mph.
http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/paul-walker-was-real-hero-daughter-heart-soul-his-charity-2D11683842
JohnC wrote:
People make mistakes and they WILL continue making it (until all of their tasks will be replaced by robots)
astrotech66 wrote:Captain Ned wrote:The office park was posted for 45 MPH. Given the picture of the wreckage I think one can easily make the terminal velocity well into the triple digits.
According to this article, the police say they were travelling 40-45 mph when they crashed. Apparently they came to a bend where the speed limit dropped to 15 mph.
http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/paul-walker-was-real-hero-daughter-heart-soul-his-charity-2D11683842
slowriot wrote:What do facts matter? Captain Ned's first post clearly indicated he knew nothing about the incident and yet felt it necessary to disparage the dead anyway.
slowriot wrote:Even worse is those backing up that type of behavior. Is it really that crazy to not belittle someone who died in an incident you know virtually nothing about? I don't think it is and frankly I'm disgusted it seems to be encouraged in this thread.
NY Daily News wrote:“If I had to guess, I'd say [Roger] put his foot into it just to feel the power a little bit, and the car did something unnatural,” the race team source said. “It was a nervous, twitchy car, and I really believe Roger's last thought was: 'What just happened?’”