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http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/police-appeal-to-fugitive-driver-after-innocent-dad-dies-in-drag-crash-20110315-1bw4d.html

Some more idiots out there f**k it for the rest of us. At least on the news they showed Bob Jane making some comment about there not being enough legal drag strips available.

so im just gonna put it out there the little i have read/seen about it

didnt the guy who died (sad) not give way? i mean ok they were speeding but aside from that he failed to give way

if im wrong apologies like i said havent looked into it deeply.

so im just gonna put it out there the little i have read/seen about it

didnt the guy who died (sad) not give way? i mean ok they were speeding but aside from that he failed to give way

if im wrong apologies like i said havent looked into it deeply.

I know what you mean, but they were apparently doing 120+ in a 60 zone. Sometimes I just glance, see enough distance (it they were doing the limit) and pull out. I wouldn't have noticed the higher speed.

so im just gonna put it out there the little i have read/seen about it

didnt the guy who died (sad) not give way? i mean ok they were speeding but aside from that he failed to give way

if im wrong apologies like i said havent looked into it deeply.

These guys are doing almost twice the legal speed limit. So he could have (& can only guess, most likely did) looked, saw they were a fair distance away, (not realising the speed they're travelling at) pulled out, then next thing they're on top of him...

Edit: Beat me to it Kieran

Edited by wlspn

My deepest sympathies to the victim and his family. This could have been prevented.

so im just gonna put it out there the little i have read/seen about it

didnt the guy who died (sad) not give way? i mean ok they were speeding but aside from that he failed to give way

if im wrong apologies like i said havent looked into it deeply.

As for Alex, the news did say he (the victim) underestimated the speed of the oncoming cars. So maybe he thought he could make the turn before they crossed the intersection.

Edited by Victor.T

Possible he might not have given way...but that can't be proved, where as the speeding can...so that's all that matters really. The idea of the speed limit is so that they have time to react to someone pulling out on them or walking off the curb, even if that person is doing something illegal.

Yeah its melbourne man who the f**k gives way in melbourne anymore, everybody just pulls out and not hitting them is your problem..

I had a truck pull out of a driveway across both lanes today right in front of me despite having a clear view of me coming. I locked up skids heading for the gutter just pulled it up in time not to hit anything and the kuntface asian driving it was just having a giggle..

have you seen the signs on the western ring road around pascoe vale

"PLEASE DONT TAILGATE IT MAY CAUSE MAYHEM"

The fact that people need to be told this is ridiculous, and i watch people there pull out of traffic onto freeway on ramps just to merge back in 2 car spaces ahead, seriously the stu[pidity of these people amazes me..

Anyway little off topic but yeah, Drag racing is bad mmk ,if you drag race you are bad mmmk.. seriously how many more dopey bastards stepping or driving out in front of speeding cars have to die before speeding and drag racing is made illegal

:rant:

That spot is such a shit spot to turn, because when you look left, you can't see that far because there's a little hill, so if there's a car coming at 130km, you wouldn't see it coming at all.

How ironic, there was a Supra in the background and then a silver Skyline driving pass lol

my condolences go out to the family involved.

but really how can the "states top cop" blatantly dismiss the need for legal drag strips and then says "theres some evidence it may make the problem worse"... care to elaborate mister top cop?

lol @ evidence it may make the problem worse...love to hear what evidence that is. That's the problem with our state government and the whole hoons thing...they would not be willing to try a solution if it means working with, no matter how effective the solution may be. It's an "us and them", and the authorities instigate that relationship more than the hoons do.

I work opposite where this happened, that intersection has a blind spot from oncoming traffic as there is a small hill before the intersection.

Anyone driving in any car would of got hit if they pulled out with cars coming down the hwy at that speed....you would have 2-3 seconds tops before seeing someone!

The next day in the same spot I see people going 80 to 90k over that hill....no one gives a shit about speed limits in Dandenong!

Edited by 180JDM

That spot is such a shit spot to turn, because when you look left, you can't see that far because there's a little hill, so if there's a car coming at 130km, you wouldn't see it coming at all.

How ironic, there was a Supra in the background and then a silver Skyline driving pass lol

I work opposite where this happened, that intersection has a blind spot from oncoming traffic as there is a small hill before the intersection.

Anyone driving in any car would of got hit if they pulled out with cars coming down the hwy at that speed....you would have 2-3 seconds tops before seeing someone!

The next day in the same spot I see people going 80 to 90k over that hill....no one gives a shit about speed limits in Dandenong!

Looks like a very dangerous intersection!

Please tell me there's a speed camera there. :rant:

Edited by Victor.T

‘‘You certainly hear a lot of hoons hooning their engines around,’’ he told radio 3AW.

im not sure if its me or what, but i find this statement really funny.

"At the time of the crash, police estimate the Honda driver was speeding at 104km/h in an area where the speed limit drops from 80km/h to 60km/h."

The speeding doesnt sound that severe. If its only just changed down from 80km/h then the driver is only doing 24km/h over. I am not saying its acceptable I am just saying that to have an accident on the front corner of the turning car there really mustnt be a lot of time there, even at the speed limit.

And from all the other reports the intersection sounds dangerous. When do the authorities actually acknowledge and say yes this intersection needs to be improved.

Possible he might not have given way...but that can't be proved, where as the speeding can...so that's all that matters really. The idea of the speed limit is so that they have time to react to someone pulling out on them or walking off the curb, even if that person is doing something illegal.

of course it can if he was slammed into in the middle of the road then he has failed to give way if i pulled out across traffic that wasnt speeding and got hit its still my fault.

so they 100% can prove if he failed to give why by where the initial impact happened.

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