anasazi

some 20 year old lost control and went head on into oncomming traffic on 50 last night. i think his last name was griffin?

he had a green 1993-1996 z28 that aparently had t-tops becuase both rear passengers were ejected, one died.

the lady in the other car died, her two kids survived.

both cars looked like total losses from the video on TV.

they arrested the driver of the z28 for vehicular manslaughter. if he gets a good traffic lawyer he'll prolly get off, but damn ...


i am looking at the local news sites and can't find anything, even though i saw the story last night and this morning.

edit:
http://cfnews13.com/story.aspx?id=50&sid=3029

edit2:
orlando sentinal has at least one pic from what i can see:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...home-headlines

DanBUCF

Saw it on the news last night....the witness said he was driving like an idiot. Lesson learned the hard way. Maybe some people will take notice of this.

MustangEater82

Ouch loos like they will be on he lookout for fast cars again... When I was leaving the fuelslut corner last night, I say abotu 8 cops and looks like they pulled over a ls1 trans am/fomula.

anasazi

one thing that i've observed from being on forums, reading stories about camaro crashes, seeing pics online, is that in a 4th gen F-body, in any sort of frontal impact if the t-tops are off or come off during an accident and the rear passengers are not wearing their seatbelts then they have a damn good chance of hitting the seats in front of them and being pushed up through the top of the car.

i don't quite understand why people don't wear their seatbelts

Todd80Z28

You find that acceptable?

I personally hope they send him up the creek for a long time, and serve up photos of that boy's mother and his passenger every morning with his bread-and-water breakfast. But, hey, that's just me.

anasazi

to be honest, i don't know.

i havn't heard anything on the local news other than he "passed on the right and lost control"

no one on the TV anyways has come out and said "he was driving like mario andretti" ... just that he passed on the right.

i dunno about you, but i've passed on the right thousands of times ... not my fault someone in the left lane is going below the speed limit.


now, if they come out and say "he was flying through traffic, cutting people off and jumping through traffic at excessive speed" ... then yes, i'd agree with you 100%.

TheMT1

Why is it the guy in the Camaro gets vehicular homicide, pulled from the hospital and rolled off to jail in a wheel chair yet the girl at Goldenrod & Bates gets a ticket for running a red light?

MustangEater82

Probably because hers was an accident and its likely the kid was screwing around.

Ever sit in the back seat of an f-body? What kind of force do you think it takes for the rear passengers to be ejected?

anasazi

not much i don't think

i figure a person who doesn't weigh all that much prolly would break the seatback and it'd slide forward, providing a ramp for the person to slide forward and up the top of the seat and out the t-top hole.

sscott

It's a D@mn shame two lives were lost over stupidity, we need to realize how powerful these cars we drive are. Save the racing for a sanctioned venue. My heartfelt condolences go out to the victims families.

anasazi

good point i didn't even think about that one

Caps94ZODG

yes it sucks..and everyone should look at it..a few people that were "bitchin" at me about playing on the street..racing or otherwise..for another thread I wont mention...cough cough..but look at it, the street is not a controled place that has many factors that could get you hurt! or killed...and to you 18-19 yr old kids that think your Mario A. get it through your heads...not saying you dont but some do...look at it every time I see this I think hey it could happen to me every time I get in my car..me being the one or the one getting it..


and off topic..WTF didnt you know sig size is only 5 lines??
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sscott

Chill Out, I fixed it.

Caps94ZODG

I am chilled just following what JasonD's said and let people know before he sees it
some people had a half page of mods, pic links and what not so its an unwritten rule to keep it to 5 lines..and if not you get deleted or something like that..just letting you know


not nit picking but 5 lines...you got a little more than 5... nice mods though (flame suit on)

JimMueller

I don't recall their being a speed minimum on anything except multi-lane throughfares such as some interstates and toll roads. I don't recall SR50 having such minimums in that vicinity.

Also, courtesy of the only "driver improvement course" I took courtesy of Seminole County: if you must speed to pass, then you shouldn't be passing the other vehicle.

IMHO, that chick who ran the red light and this guy should both be charged with manslaughter.