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Swallowtail
23-07-2009, 01:44 PM
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25823655-421,00.html

Fatal accident in Brisbane today.

All the airbags in the world can't protect idiots from themselves...
madglf3
23-07-2009, 01:48 PM
I saw that on the news, what a horrible thing to happen. How fast would they have been going to split a car like that in half though, crazy people. :(

Horrible for the people at the house too.
Rocket36
23-07-2009, 02:44 PM
Isn't this just another case of natural selection? lol

Seriously, sucks to be a passenger in this sort of thing. I have no problem with moronic drivers taking themselves out but not innocent passengers or bi-standers.
Arctra
23-07-2009, 02:52 PM
Ouch! Yeah, Darin Award candidate or not, it's a horrible thing to happen. I'm just trying to imaging the forces necessary to carve a car up like that!
Manaz
23-07-2009, 04:06 PM
What amazes me is that ANYONE survived that (two of the three occupants did)...
Swallowtail
23-07-2009, 04:09 PM
Pics:

http://www.news.com.au/gallery/0,23816,5058953-17382,00.html

Apparently it was an A8 not an A6.
Manaz
23-07-2009, 04:10 PM
Pics:

http://www.news.com.au/gallery/0,23816,5058953-17382,00.html

Apparently it was an A8 not an A6.

There's some confusion - newspaper says A8, but a lot of others saying A6...
Mrk_Mickey
23-07-2009, 05:12 PM
I wasn't going to view this until madglf3 said it was chopped in half..

That's just ridiculous. I offer sincere condolences to the family but I pray that the idiot driving gets more than what they deserve.
Swallowtail
23-07-2009, 05:53 PM
I wasn't going to view this until madglf3 said it was chopped in half..

That's just ridiculous. I offer sincere condolences to the family but I pray that the idiot driving gets more than what they deserve.

The "idiot driving" I believe was killed, so pretty sure did get what they deserved...
Manaz
23-07-2009, 08:04 PM
The "idiot driving" I believe was killed, so pretty sure did get what they deserved...

I read somewhere that it was a passenger who died, not the driver...
Swallowtail
24-07-2009, 09:52 AM
Ah yes, my mistake, misread the article.
Golf Houso
24-07-2009, 10:21 AM
According to the news report it was a female Korean student that was driving. If you recall a few weeks back there were also two Chinese exchange students racing on the M4(?) who both totaled their cars at speed in excess of 150. These weren't "locals" interestingly enough.
Greg Roles
24-07-2009, 05:47 PM
Sad to see passengers hurt, whilst the guilty driver survives, but at least this loony didn't take another innocent car with them.

She deserves to be banned from driving period!
Golf Houso
24-07-2009, 06:06 PM
Sad to see passengers hurt, whilst the guilty driver survives, but at least this loony didn't take another innocent car with them.

She deserves to be banned from driving period!

A manslaughter charge would be better...
Mrk_Mickey
24-07-2009, 06:31 PM
A manslaughter charge would be better...

Both of the above? :)
gregozedobe
24-07-2009, 07:59 PM
I just feel sorry for the survivors and families of all involved - there are no winners in crashes like this.
JustCruisn
24-07-2009, 09:22 PM
The really interesting bit is how they were 'clocked' at 166km/h only minutes earlier.
I get the feeling 'clocked' means police radar not speed camera, which usually leads to the cops trying to pull the car over to issue a ticket.
There are reports of the police misconduct attending the site too, hmm.


I'm willing to bet there was some sort of police chase here
Greg Roles
25-07-2009, 03:49 PM
So what, the cops should turn a blind eye?
Manaz
25-07-2009, 04:44 PM
The really interesting bit is how they were 'clocked' at 166km/h only minutes earlier.
I get the feeling 'clocked' means police radar not speed camera, which usually leads to the cops trying to pull the car over to issue a ticket.
There are reports of the police misconduct attending the site too, hmm.


I'm willing to bet there was some sort of police chase here

My guess is that they were detected but not chased - the car that detected them could have been heading in the other direction, or already responding to another reported incident. The issue could have been noted for attention later (166km/h on the M1 is crazy, but there are crazier things that go on).

It is standard practice for the misconduct unit to get involved when an incident occurs a short time after contact with police.