Mishap with Drag car at a Parade

[njsteve]

The 75th annual 24 hours of LeMans ended this morning. BTW isnt this the anniversary of the horrific 1955 Mercedes crash at Lemans when the Mercedes team car went airborne and cartwheeled through the crowd, killing 80 spectators?

[tom406]

Death toll now at 7 people, including some kids. We can rail on lawyers all we want, but this shows you can't always count on "common sense" prevailing, even among thoughtful, well intentioned people.

That said, I don't believe you can legislate around human stupidity and save everyone from themselves, either. Hopefully our system results in a reasonable balance, even if some individual cases seem unfair.

[BBIGG BLOCK 396]

Very sad situation!Very sad for the families of the loved ones that have been lost.The Driver of the car and whoever authorized the little show of HP certainly were not thinking very well!Way to easy for something to GO WRONG and it certainly did GO WRONG!My condolences to all the Families that lost loved ones and had loved ones injured in this terrible accident!

[JQ]

I don't see how someone in there right mind would even consider doing such a burnout with families lining the street. Absolutely pointless

[Fast67VelleN2O]

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The 75th annual 24 hours of LeMans ended this morning. BTW isnt this the anniversary of the horrific 1955 Mercedes crash at Lemans when the Mercedes team car went airborne and cartwheeled through the crowd, killing 80 spectators?

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http://www.mike-hawthorn.org.uk/55stills.php

[SOM2001SS]

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I don't see how someone in there right mind would even consider doing such a burnout with families lining the street. Absolutely pointless

[/ QUOTE ]Very very sad indeed I can't believe anyone would do something like that...especially a professional. Just a few revs of the engine (in neutral of course) should have been enough to entertain the crowd. My condolences to everyone involved in this tragedy.

[Chevy454]

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..any time you click second gear stuff can happen..

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EXACTLY...that's like a replay of the Z at SCR9 last year...if he spins out the other direction he hits a Yenko Deuce head on instead of *only* doing a 180 up onto the curb. Which is precisely why, IMO, we've seen the last exiting burnouts at a Supercar Reunion...

[ORIGLS6]

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..any time you click second gear stuff can happen..

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EXACTLY...that's like a replay of the Z at SCR9 last year...if he spins out the other direction he hits a Yenko Deuce head on instead of *only* doing a 180 up onto the curb. Which is precisely why, IMO, we've seen the last exiting burnouts at a Supercar Reunion...

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I support that fully. Fun is fun, but let's remember what CAN happen. These are old cars. Brakes can fail; throttles can stick, too many things can go wrong. Everything has its proper time and place. We can play on Friday; let's use our heads Saturday.

[Supergas990]

What a shame... An event for kids that ends up taking the lives of several young people.

There's more than enough blame to go around, but you can never be safe enough around any type of racecar or racing event.

Condolences to all the families involved. A healthy respect is the best way to protect yourself.

Blair

[agtw31]

depending on how much of a hardass the local prosecutor is,and because this was a race car,and should have never been even started except on a drag strip,dont be surprised at some vehicular homicide indictments popping out of this incident.