userws6

street race and a kill story
its a camaro ss, not sure if he was from around here.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BAC418MCND.DTL

oChristiano

iTrader: (6)

Holy ****. How in the hell did he hit the pole that way?

Feel sorry for his family.

w3s1c0a5t

iTrader: (3)

Man thats gotta be ruff.

+1 on how he managed to do that.

Steiner

Damn. So I guess it's not just 16 year old punks that street race?

CarsandWomen

iTrader: (19)

what a shame. thing is, thats a calculated risk we all take every single time we give her the goose..... we risk ourselves, the people we race, and the other people on or near the road. sometimes the we bet and lose.

speedshifterNC

iTrader: (1)

must have been sliding sideways and the pole caught the car and swung it around

JayplaySS

iTrader: (15)

That's terrible. This is why nobody "should" street race. Atleast nobody else was injured. Here is a pic I ran across from Kuwait ( I think ) and it is nearly identical though the Ford must have been traveling at a higher speed.

DAVESS02

iTrader: (30)

**** like this happens. I'm not one to go into "hand wringing" mode over it though.

ItsNotStock

iTrader: (24)

Some people are comfortable driving 65 mph, some 150 mph. Inexperienced drivers don't know the limits to their abilities and end up causing an accident. Unfortunately it took a life in this situation. I'm not one to judge how other people drive unless they risk hurting anyone else other than themselves-Which is why I have come to street race, if I do, on backroads. Shame..

billyb

iTrader: (15)

sad , but it seems like there is always a pole or a tree to stop them !!!!!!!!

nevrlift13

iTrader: (7)

**** that thing was horseshoe shaped

Zac_Speed

iTrader: (4)

Cops are people just like all of us. They make mistakes and cheat on their families and break the law. It's just when they're at work they've got all the power. Sucks to be him. All's we can do is hope nothing like this ever happens to anyone.

OUTLAWZ RACING

iTrader: (9)

Did anybody see skid marks because I didnot but I feel for his family.

gregsss

me either, my heart goes out to the family.

adanieljohnson1

iTrader: (1)

Thats sad news! I feel for his famiily! I wonder if he was a member on here?

hurley_21_07

iTrader: (1)

Um. You can be very experienced and still lose it at high speeds. Especially on the street. Not to mention as a police officer he more than likely had high speed training as well.

Don't make comments on things you know nothing about. You have no idea what kind of experience he had. And don't play the age game either. There are probably 20yr olds that could out drive seasoned veterans. Not that I am one of them but I am sure they are out there somewhere.

Dan

Newskool Mach

He may have taken driving courses but he was a detention deputy that worked in a hospital guarding prisoners. At 23 doubt he had alot of high speed driving experience under his belt. Big difference between an SS Camaro and a 180 RWHP Crown vic that ways 4500 lbs. If all Cops drove SS's and GT's there would be alot more wrecks. God bless him and his family.

userws6

i dont care how good of a driver you are a good pothole can kill you when your carving corners, and we got a ton of em here in the bay. unfortunately its more about money than safety and there's no money in fixing the streets.

Docrocket1967

iTrader: (1)

damn that is rough

Fatbum

iTrader: (1)

More people die in their own bathtubs a year then by streetracing. So I guess no one "should" take baths.