997 GT3 Fatal Accident
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Originally Posted by ard
I recall an MB did the same thing a year or so ago. Imbedded under the back of a truck, in the right lane, autobahn... sheared the roof clear back to the rear seats.
I don't think suicide... to many solid walls you can aim for, a moving truck isn't a likely target. JMHO
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I don't think suicide... to many solid walls you can aim for, a moving truck isn't a likely target. JMHO
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Found it:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...57198&q=55+amg
http://www.osthessen-news.de/beitrag_C.php?id=1129007
Sobering.
It seems so absurd that a driver could end up like this- but who among us hasn't had a moment at high speed when the chassis unweights over a slight rise and the car seems to just hang for a moment before the turn initiates... at 300k/h there isn't much room for error.
The better the car the more seductive the speed. Be careful.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...57198&q=55+amg
http://www.osthessen-news.de/beitrag_C.php?id=1129007
Sobering.
It seems so absurd that a driver could end up like this- but who among us hasn't had a moment at high speed when the chassis unweights over a slight rise and the car seems to just hang for a moment before the turn initiates... at 300k/h there isn't much room for error.
The better the car the more seductive the speed. Be careful.
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Originally Posted by ard
Found it:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...57198&q=55+amg
http://www.osthessen-news.de/beitrag_C.php?id=1129007
Sobering.
It seems so absurd that a driver could end up like this- but who among us hasn't had a moment at high speed when the chassis unweights over a slight rise and the car seems to just hang for a moment before the turn initiates... at 300k/h there isn't much room for error.
The better the car the more seductive the speed. Be careful.
A
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...57198&q=55+amg
http://www.osthessen-news.de/beitrag_C.php?id=1129007
Sobering.
It seems so absurd that a driver could end up like this- but who among us hasn't had a moment at high speed when the chassis unweights over a slight rise and the car seems to just hang for a moment before the turn initiates... at 300k/h there isn't much room for error.
The better the car the more seductive the speed. Be careful.
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Originally Posted by master_jcp
Thanks. Very bad story, too. Amazing that that guy wasn`t direct died.
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Originally Posted by heavychevy
That's aweful, slow down in bad weather, and just slow down period, take it to the track where there arent any fuel tankers on the side of the road.
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Looks like yet another wanna be race car driver ****ed up and killed himself. He should get a Darwin award for that one. Witnesses said he was going near 200 km/hr? Didn't brake at all? What an idiot. Luckily the only person he killed that day was himself. Really makes me sick to see this kind of stuff. On a different day, different road that might have been one of your family members that fool could have smashed in to.
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Originally Posted by Spidermonkey
Witnesses said he was going near 200 km/hr? Didn't brake at all? What an idiot.
With all respect, I wouldn't call someone an idiot just for the fact that he was going "near" 200km/h, specialy if this guy died in an accident in a car like yours.
If you read the Autobahnrichtgeschwindigkeitsverordnung (directive on reference speed on motorways in Germany) you will see what I mean.
And it is not uncommon in some sections of the Autobahn some cars doing more than 300 km/h.
Richtgeschwindigkeit is a legal term in Germany describing a recommended speed for roads without a speed limit that should not be exceeded even with fine road, traffic, view and weather conditions. Exceeding the target speed is neither a felony nor a misdemeanour concerning the German Law.
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did the e55 guy survive?
I drove the autobahn and I can say in parts of it I would drive 200 no problem, its safe for the most part. But parts of it I would be careful although it says no limit...
I drove the autobahn and I can say in parts of it I would drive 200 no problem, its safe for the most part. But parts of it I would be careful although it says no limit...