Unfortunate Christmas accident

[idrivea4banger]

Footnotes:
Friend got in wreck, all details not concrete, argument over news coverage and names in prayers.

I don't even know what you guys are doing anymore

We don't know what you're talking about anymore.

[Sean88gt]

At this point all I can do is hope he recovers and learns a valuable lesson from this.

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times.

I've never worked a single car fatalaty accident where speed wasn't a contributing factor.

Is that pronounced FAH-TAH-LAAA...LAAA-TEEE?
Speed has nothing to do with it, the deceleration is the problem.

The kid was stupid, if he survives he should be extremely grateful.

[Nash B.]

Speed has nothing to do with it, the deceleration is the problem.

when hitting something that doesn't give, deceleration is a function of velocity.

[03trubluGT]

Speed is always a factor in a crash. Did you mean to say speeding/exceeding the speed limit?

Of course.

Is that pronounced FAH-TAH-LAAA...LAAA-TEEE?
Speed has nothing to do with it, the deceleration is the problem.

The kid was stupid, if he survives he should be extremely grateful.

Fatalaty/Fatality, tom-A-to/tom-ah-to!

[talisman]

Footnotes:

You mean cliffnotes?

[diablo rojo]

He didn't do it on purpose. He did it on ACCIDENT.

Best wishes for a full recovery for those involved.

That being said, unless their was a mechanical flaw that caused them to rocket down the road at 150 mph, he did it on purpose. Whether or not he anticipated that conclusion is irrelevant. If you drive at the posted speed limit and are involved in a crash, that is an unfortunate accident. Being willfully irresponsible with your life and others is neither unfortunate, or an accident.....by definition.

[ceyko]

In true DFWM tradition, I must call BS. I don't believe the '11s can do 150 mph.

In all seriousness though, we can all point out the problems and we all know them. None of them matter at this point to the families of those young adults. I do wish them the best.

[momo]

so my friend had to veer off of the road traveling about 150mph in order to avoid a bad collision.

you should never try to outrun a pterodactyl.

[JFurst]

Sorry, the composition of the story was highly flawed.
No alcohol or death involved, fortunately. Yes, high speed on the street is a very bad decision, but I'm just asking for support here...lessons to be learned from this accident are inevitable.

Support for what? Dumbassery?

[SVT Lurch]

Hopefully your cousin/friend are around to learn from this.

I've never worked a single car fatalaty accident where speed wasn't a contributing factor.

[JFurst]

He didn't do it on purpose. He did it on ACCIDENT.

Leave it to human nature to let us tear each other apart over another person's tragedy.

I'm out

Hope you get well Jon

How does someone do 150mph on accident? Is that a gear near D or N or P i havent seen?

[JFurst]

You mean cliffnotes?

I think he meant header

[Darren M]

Not true, RIP crew of Space Shuttle Columbia.

[03trubluGT]

Hopefully your cousin/friend are around to learn from this.

If it weren't for the speed, there would be no rapid deceleration.

[01vnms4v]

Doing 150mph on a road like that, and on Xmas eve is just plain stupid.

When he recovers I hope he will see this as a very hard lesson