Passing on right...leads to a 911 splat.

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Nov 4, 2006 | 06:05 PM

RA40

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Passing on right...leads to a 911 splat.

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister...le_1341086.php

18-year-old Ladera Ranch woman killed on toll road
CHP says Nicole Catsouras was trying to pass another car on right at more than 100 mph.
By KIMBERLY EDDS
The Orange County Register

LAKE FOREST– Nicole Catsouras, 18, of Ladera Ranch was killed Tuesday afternoon when her black Porsche 911 Carrera clipped a Honda she was trying to pass on the right at more than 100 mph on the Eastern (241) Toll Road, the California Highway Patrol said.

Catsouras was driving southbound near Alton Parkway when she suddenly switched lanes and lost control of the Porsche, CHP officials said, and then cut across the center median, careened across several lanes of traffic and crashed into a tollbooth.

The 20-year-old driver of the Honda was taken to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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Nov 4, 2006 | 06:48 PM

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I have a feeling with the laws in the states the person in the honda going to be sued for some stupid reason LOL

God Bless America

Nov 4, 2006 | 07:45 PM

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Sounds right
1. Honda involved
2. 18 year old in a 911

Yup, recipe for disaster......

Nov 4, 2006 | 09:05 PM

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Darwin award.

Nov 4, 2006 | 09:09 PM

Gojirra99

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That wreckage looks real bad

but damage to the pillar at the toll booth seems slight in comparison

Nov 4, 2006 | 09:19 PM

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Hmmmm 18 year old. She's probably daddies little girl, gets whatever she wants.....and she got a 911....

Nov 4, 2006 | 10:55 PM

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Some of you are really mean.

RIP Nicole Catsouras.

Nov 5, 2006 | 06:06 AM

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one less idiot on the road

Nov 5, 2006 | 06:20 AM

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everyone has done stupid stuff at one time or another.

that's someone's 18 year old daughter guys, come on.

Nov 5, 2006 | 09:16 AM

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Passing on the right should be illegal. It is in most European countries and it's a major part of why their highways flow so much better than ours.

And ya, sucks to be her. It's a shame she died - but her parents should have known better then to let her run around at 100mph in a 911.

Nov 5, 2006 | 09:21 AM

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one less idiot on the road

amen too that.

Nov 5, 2006 | 09:42 AM

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does that image look flipped to anyone else??

here's the reverse... this image looks like it makes more sense...

Nov 5, 2006 | 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by cliffud

does that image look flipped to anyone else??

here's the reverse... this image looks like it makes more sense...

Why ? She should be driving towards the right in the original picture below, on the right hand side of the median, then cut across the center median, careened across several lanes of traffic and crashed into a tollbooth, there is nothing wrong with the picture . . . :

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Originally Posted by RA40

Catsouras was driving southbound near Alton Parkway when she suddenly switched lanes and lost control of the Porsche, CHP officials said, and then cut across the center median, careened across several lanes of traffic and crashed into a tollbooth.

. . .The 2 parked cars are parked in the opposite direction to the traffic flow in the right side of the median though, maybe that looks a little confusing ?