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Nov 6, 2004 | 05:51 PM

retrodrive

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Best car accident ever

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/japancrash.html

Nov 6, 2004 | 06:02 PM

jet864

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I was gonna say "so what?" Then, BAM! Crazy stuff, good thing he ended up OK.

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Nov 6, 2004 | 06:15 PM

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Originally posted by jet864
I was gonna say "so what?" Then, BAM! Crazy stuff, good thing he ended up OK.

James

Nah, the dude wasn't ok, his limbs are permanently disabled from the crash. Attila posted this before, the Tokyo Court ordered 90 million yen in damages to the driver.

http://www.japantoday.com/gidx/news277270.html

Nov 6, 2004 | 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by Technics
Nah, the dude wasn't ok, his limbs are permanently disabled from the crash. Attila posted this before, the Tokyo Court ordered 90 million yen in damages to the driver.

http://www.japantoday.com/gidx/news277270.html

I wasn't sure if I posted it on these forums or not - thanks for reminding me

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hreadid=138950

Definitely the craziest race crash I've seen..

Nov 6, 2004 | 06:43 PM

jet864

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Oh my bad, the guy on the link said he was fine. I was pretty suprised when i read it.

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Nov 6, 2004 | 07:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by jet864
I was gonna say "so what?" Then, BAM! Crazy stuff, good thing he ended up OK.

James

I'm pretty sure that helmet was pretty much partially melted to his face. I don't know why the hell that course worker did not get him to be still. He probably did even more damage moving and writhing about.

Nov 6, 2004 | 08:04 PM

mmarshall

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Some of the super-high-speed accidents on the German Autobahns, where you've got people doing maybe 150 MPH or more and lose it and flip over or go end-over-end sometimes literally dozens of times can be pretty spectacular, too.

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Nov 7, 2004 | 05:48 AM

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Nov 7, 2004 | 07:44 AM

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The dude in the red car surely died. How come no one came out quickly to put the fire out in the Farrari?
The video ends, and still no rescue attempt.

Pretty sick explosion!

Nov 7, 2004 | 09:09 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by JLSC4
The dude in the red car surely died. How come no one came out quickly to put the fire out in the Farrari?
The video ends, and still no rescue attempt.

Pretty sick explosion!

"On May 3, 1998 Japanese racing star Tetsuya Ota was involved in a chain reaction collision during a GT championship race. Ota was trapped in his car for more than 50 seconds while exposed to 800-degree temperatures. There was no safety crew coming to the rescue as fellow drivers frantically extinguished the flames. The result ended with serious burns to Ota and a lawsuit against track promoters and sponsors. Agreed upon event requirements called for safety crews to rescue a driver and extinguish any fire within 30 seconds or less. Ota signed papers claiming he would not seek damages from event organizers as is typical in some venue use agreements. In a District Court ruling, the hold harmless paperwork was thrown out and Ota was awarded 90 million ($809,352) Yen. Changes in the sport now include a “doctor car” and some fire engines standing by for such an emergency. The court also ruled that Ota could have slowed his vehicle quicker thus a reduction from the originally requested 300 million ($2,697,841) Yen. Some suggest that if it were not for TV coverage of the fire, Ota could not have proved his case of the 50 second time lapse. TV Tokyo Corp. was held partially responsible in the case."

Yes, he survived. That was a horrendous accident.

Nov 7, 2004 | 02:31 PM

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The Comments

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Originally posted by purdrifter
video was crazy but it was more amusing to read all the comments under the movie

"The car that hit that Porsche looks to be a Red RX7 or 350Z"

"Common only a moron would beleive thats real im not saying its fake"

"this is fake cuz theres 2 much fire"

Nov 7, 2004 | 04:29 PM

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OMG!!!

Nov 7, 2004 | 06:51 PM

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Jujharoo

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Originally posted by wantAnewLex
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Yes, he survived. That was a horrendous accident.

Man Im glad to hear that he did survived

Nov 7, 2004 | 10:37 PM

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holy crap!!!!! same here too, i was like ok.... and BAM, the sound!!!!!! thank god my speakers were on so i could hear it..... it's just amazing man....

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