140MPH Evo Wreck (pics)
01-25-04 | 01:17 AM
#18
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From: Houston Tx
that looks like a good 80 mph crash, not 140... the tree ain't that strong,... you must calculate the weight of the car as it is factored exponentially with speed, not linearly,... that tree should dead meat if it were that fast,... nevertheless, silly dude, senseless accident.
01-26-04 | 02:47 AM
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From: International
Damn! Thats crazy...
Just the other day my road was blocked off from the main (4-lane) road because some idiot in a Holden Commodore (GS300 sized sedan), took out a wooden power pole on the main road. The Commodore didnt look as bad as that Lancer (the front end was gone), but this power pole (20" diameter) was COMPLETELY split and the top half was still standing - 3 meters from where the base of it was still planted in the ground.
No idea how that tree survived...
Just the other day my road was blocked off from the main (4-lane) road because some idiot in a Holden Commodore (GS300 sized sedan), took out a wooden power pole on the main road. The Commodore didnt look as bad as that Lancer (the front end was gone), but this power pole (20" diameter) was COMPLETELY split and the top half was still standing - 3 meters from where the base of it was still planted in the ground.
No idea how that tree survived...
01-26-04 | 01:41 PM
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From: Texas
Originally posted by jet864
There's a difference between losing control of your car when its wet outside, and then doing that at 140 MPH. That didn't even look like a freeway. There is NO WAy I would ever go anywhere near that speed on surface streets, and on the freeway, I'd still have to be crazy. Come on though, why would you purposefully throw your car out of control like that...twice? The things people do....then do again.
James
There's a difference between losing control of your car when its wet outside, and then doing that at 140 MPH. That didn't even look like a freeway. There is NO WAy I would ever go anywhere near that speed on surface streets, and on the freeway, I'd still have to be crazy. Come on though, why would you purposefully throw your car out of control like that...twice? The things people do....then do again.
James
Last edited by Static911; 01-26-04 at 01:42 PM.
01-27-04 | 07:46 AM
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From: Washington
That is what happens when you have inexperienced drivers get behind a car too powerful for them and tries things they see in the movies. 
I am pretty sure we will see more of this with the upcoming "economy" Lancer Evo RS that is coming out. I have seen a few stupid Sti drivers here in WA state already thinking thier tough ****** weaving in and out of traffic.
They will all learn..............THE HARD WAY!!!!
I am pretty sure we will see more of this with the upcoming "economy" Lancer Evo RS that is coming out. I have seen a few stupid Sti drivers here in WA state already thinking thier tough ****** weaving in and out of traffic.
They will all learn..............THE HARD WAY!!!!
01-27-04 | 02:57 PM
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From: OHIO
This just provided me with another benefit to my MATRIX. It can't even approach speeds near 100 mph forget about 140mph. I guess its a safety improvement.
This is what happens when testosterone and poor reasoning mix.
Truly an awful experience.
This is what happens when testosterone and poor reasoning mix.
Truly an awful experience.
01-27-04 | 03:26 PM
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From: Pennsylvania
its one thing to be doing that when you're by yourself, its a completely different ball park when you risk someone else's life too...
stories like this give me another reason to be careful while driving
stories like this give me another reason to be careful while driving
01-27-04 | 03:31 PM
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That is what happens when you have inexperienced drivers get behind a car too powerful for them and tries things they see in the movies.
Just 10-15 years ago, u needed a Ferrari to match the speeds we can in a GS 430. Nowadays, it's in abundance.
I can't speak for the driver's inexperience, I can speak at going over 140mph on public roads, and it's no joke and not recommended, PERIOD.
01-27-04 | 07:01 PM
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From: California
Darwinism at its best. Same thing happened up the street from my house. Stupid kids think every damn street's a race course. People in the neighborhood called the cops when they saw some kids racing (yes, actual line-em-up-and-run racing) down the residential streets. The cops came, searched the area, and found one of the cars... wrapped around a tree. I've down some stupid things while on the road, but I swear some of these people- it's a surprise they were able to make it this far. What ever happened to common sense?
01-28-04 | 10:22 AM
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From: CA
People are stupid. Period.
I can't stand people who risks lives going way too fast and weaving in and out of traffic to get two cars ahead of you...and people who drive too slow, thus aggrevating the rest of us who are just trying to get from A to B...