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Dad forces son to skip beach trip w/ friends. All beach-bound friends die in crash.
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tonkatsu_ramen
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The car seats 5 people so chances are he wouldn't have been able to go on the trip even if he wanted to.
"whatever dad. that won't happen to me."
that explains it.
Yeah, he was about 2-3 miles north of this. I drive this road every day to work too (albeit in a Honda Fit! not a Ferrari or Infiniti).
youngwerther
Banned
haha.
Teenagers have the constant ability to squeeze into vehicles like they're clown cars at a moment's notice.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Man hes lucky but geez at the 100mph what the hell..
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Jamboree road is one of the easiest roads to drive on. It has long, dedicated turn lanes, slow curves, and wide lanes. It was basically designed to be like a freeway with traffic lights. It usually has pretty low traffic as well. This far south, you will get beach traffic on the weekends.
That said, driving any road at 100 mph is obviously an accident waiting to happen. If I had to drive a car at 100 though, this would have probably been the easiest.
Jamboree road is one of the easiest roads to drive on. It has long, dedicated turn lanes, slow curves, and wide lanes. It was basically designed to be like a freeway with traffic lights. It usually has pretty low traffic as well. This far south, you will get beach traffic on the weekends.
That said, driving any road at 100 mph is obviously an accident waiting to happen. If I had to drive a car at 100 though, this would have probably been the easiest.
Black Door
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I'm guessing drag racing down the street (probably to impress those admittedly cute girls pictured) and the driver either couldn't handle it or hit an imperfection in the road
blitzcloud
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i know the opposite case too:
Girl wants to go skiing. Mother thinks it's too dangerous and she could get hurt.
And she died because the horse she used to ride got scared and she had one unlucky fall.
Girl wants to go skiing. Mother thinks it's too dangerous and she could get hurt.
And she died because the horse she used to ride got scared and she had one unlucky fall.
CornBurrito
Member
But then there aren't enough seatbelts for everyone. Not that seatbelt would have saved anyone at 100mph
Monocle
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And: raise your kid not to take stupid risks with other people's lives. A 100 mph crash with no other automobiles involved and the driver doesn't even have a permit. That's nuts.
RIP to all those kids.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Pretty sad. The driver didn't have a license? The car split in two. I driven on Jamboree a bunch of times, but not going at 100 mph. That is nuts.
I don't know if the parents of the passengers can legally seek compensation, but they have just as much blame in the accident. All parents involved needed to inform themselves of the people their kids were traveling with, figure out who the driver was, and see with their own eyes that the kid had a license. Not one of the four pair of parents put forth the effort to make sure their kids were going to be safe.
RustyNails
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I guess the trick is to know your kid's friends better than them. If anyone of them is a speed demon, and they want to go on a ride, make it a red line that they never are in the same car together. It's normal parenting. You wouldn't want your kids around friends who are into meth or cocaine.
chickdigger802
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Even if the guy had a learner's permit or something... are you allow to have passengers that aren't parents in CA?
zerokoolpsx
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I don't think he was supposed to drive with that many passengers on a learner's permit.
Even if he had a license.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffdl19.htm
JustHadToJoin
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Not a single pun in this thread at all. It's a new age on Gaf
Valkyr Junkie
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Yup. The similar case I mentioned previously involved 9 people in a 5 seat Explorer.
http://m.jacksonville.com/news/metr...final_moments_before_fatal_jacksonville_crash
Alligatorjandro
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Shit I remember that.
That's some freaky Final Destination plot waiting to happen.
Also did none of the kids have a permit or license? If so, father should've and could've stopped them all from going simply because of that. If the kids switched drivers, well...
Also did none of the kids have a permit or license? If so, father should've and could've stopped them all from going simply because of that. If the kids switched drivers, well...
Reminds me of a road here where i live where teenagers love to just haul ass down it.
Stupid amounts of people wreck/die on this road here from texting, speeding, drinking and driving or just straight up accidents.
i'd say arab men are prone to reckless driving. We have some kind of self-destructive gene, as evidenced by this and the middle east
negreenfield
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Holy crap, this is the third Final Destination type death situation in as many days. First the lady in China with the elevator. Second the trailer that broke off the truck and killed the people on the higway, and now this. Eerie.
At least they hit a tree, rather than another car. I know it's harsh to say, but it is fortunate that no other vehicles were involved.
Also, the father in this story made the right call and his son was smart/lucky to listen. There's no way having a sixth teenager in the car could have improved on the situation.
Also, the father in this story made the right call and his son was smart/lucky to listen. There's no way having a sixth teenager in the car could have improved on the situation.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
I mean by that logic any interaction they had that day could've resulted in a difference. Maybe if they stopped by a gas station on the way there and the attendant took 3 seconds longer to scan a package of gum things would've played out differently through some intricate chain of events. It's a silly thing to think about so while I don't think the father saved a life necessarily he most certainly didn't kill others either.
RIP
chickdigger802
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If we are talking theoreticals, would they have lived if they were Hagwalahing?
At least they wouldn't have split the car.
This is why I hate having passengers in the car. So easy to be distracted and what not.
1, i'm cool, 5? fuck no.
I'm so gonna get a miata or a coupe as my next car >.<
At least they wouldn't have split the car.
This is why I hate having passengers in the car. So easy to be distracted and what not.
1, i'm cool, 5? fuck no.
I'm so gonna get a miata or a coupe as my next car >.<
jamesinclair
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Lock the parents up in jail NOW. He didnt buy that car with his own cash.
At the very elast, take their passports before they flee to Saudi.
Also, no one mentioned the fact that they were willing to put 6 kids into a car built for 4+1.
These are the same people you see blow past you on the freeway, zipping in and out in between cars-putting everyone's life in danger from their stupid wrecklessness. It's hard for me to feel sympathy. I do feel for the parents of the other kids-but the drivers family seems like a whole line of shit heads.
Exactly. Came to post the same thing.
The Abominable Snowman
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What if the kid was supposed to be the one driving?
Or if he were in the car he would've forced the guy to slow down and drive normally?
Too many what-ifs.
JustHadToJoin
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maybe if the girls were alive now he'd be missing out
That means the skinny dude get to sit with all three hot girls in the back seat!
Mammoth Jones
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I'm fairly confident this is the case. Was in a similar situation in high school. In an SUV with a young buck showing off for the ladies and the car spun out in the middle of the road. Thankfully no cars were nearby and nothing was damaged besides dudes pride.
It's not entirely impossible. Depending on how fast the car was going, and what angle it hit the tree, it can happen.
You can spend all day guessing, but it's highly unlikely that having a sixth teenager stuffed into the car would have suddenly inspired the driver to drive safely. This crash happened because he was driving at 100 mph and lost control. More likely than not, if this kid had gotten into the car, the same accident would have happened, just a minute or two later and with a sixth casualty.
Alcotholic
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This is really saddening, I would be a wreck if I heard news like that about any of my friends. I think I would also have a newfound appreciation for my dad.
The Abominable Snowman
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Like I said, if the guy who was banned from going was supposed to be the driver, then the likelihood of this having similar circumstances is lower.
You never know.
A friend of mine had 6 accidents, the last one wrecked his 3rd car and shattered his hip. One year later he still averages 100 mph on the highway.
Dem Arabs.
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