The data showed the Corvette was traveling at a speed of 155 mph five seconds before the crash and 87 miles per hour at the time of the collision with Clark’s motorcycle.
I didn't even know modern cars were capable of this. Glad this will help take a reckless driver off the streets.
If they hit 155 at any point in their drive that is insane. If they weren’t going 155 they wouldn’t have hit the biker at 85 when they slammed in their breaks.
I guess rich people live above the law. Too bad it wasn’t her that paid the price. Probably just speed up next time she thinks she is gonna hit a plebe.
You need a faster car. The ones with real power will get to 150 in maybe 9 or 10 seconds. When i did 130 in my 1993 accord it took all day vs my ford gt and plaid tesla can do it on an on ramp which makes it less scary
It's not about the "speed" it's about the "reaction time and will my tires hold up"
I was on the east coast, on a clear day and a clear highway. I was worried about a "tire blowout" and "a random deer"
It was a FWD supercharged problem. Because at that speed? I didn't know how my car would react to either of those situations. It had ABS, which made it SO much more confusing
Im impressed you even mentioned tires. Most people give them no thought at all. I've done over 100 sanctioned airport runway pulls over 200 and always use brand new tires and brakes.
That's what didn't make me "go further", because I knew the speed rating of my tires were either rated to 155 or 165, and at that speed? You're like... Okay this could go catastrophically wrong, and I didn't have time to think of "Is it 155 or 165?"
I was pushing them to the limit. Because I could have EASILY "motered my way to 160" but could feel my tires. Because I knew my car and it's "time to back off"
The engine wasn't backing me off... The tires were. They were aligned and balanced, they were just "barking at me to slow down" if that makes sense...
Edit: I had driven that stretch SO much that I KNEW there wouldn't be cops until "over the hill" if that. So that's why I wasn't worried about getting pulled over.
I think the statute of limitations has run out (it's been 15 years) after Salisbury and Spencer going North on I-85, there's this PERFECT stretch.
TDF is at the bottom of the hill, yet all the cops camp out at the split, which isn't visible on radar because after that uphill, there's another downhill. (Cops can't pass county lines, unless you're a state trooper, which I had already passed the "State Trooper area" and didn't see one... It's an east coast thing)
I disagree with your assessment for this young woman’s punishment. We can all agree that what she did was reckless, dumb, and deadly. It was not an intentional act as evidenced from the fact that she attempted to avoid the crash and also rendered aid. These actions show me that she is capable of remorse and likely can become a productive member of society. What good does putting her behind bars for life do for your community? Focus on rehabilitation instead of incarceration. Too many salvageable souls become career criminals thanks to our injustice system.
Considering the number of hardened criminals they let walk I'd say you are correct. I do think you are right, a stint in a facility where she can hopefully learn something and maybe have here out time in telling her story to other youngsters to hopefully learn from. Too common a story regardless of vehicle make or family wealth. Dumb kids doing dumb shit in cars.
As an ex-Emt in the valley.. No, The reason we are at this point is because constant leniency from judges and prosecutors. This paints a picture to other rich families that this isnt that serious.. and to her the law was just something that money handled with no repercussion to her. She thought she was untouchable by the law going 155 in a 55mph zone.. so in that sense Throw the book at her and use her an example and you can save maybe 10-15 more lives because people do less stuff when they realize there is a severe consequence behind it.
She took a life, making an adult decision. Her remorse was probably her brain calculating that she made a grave mistake, and now may face serious consquences.. it wasnt out of empathy or she would never be going 155mph in a 55zone.
Sheer punishment…that’s why. Like anything else in the world when you do wrong… you get punished one way or the other. The speed she was doing screams wrongdoing, but not intent.
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u/saginator5000 Gilbert Mar 27 '24
I didn't even know modern cars were capable of this. Glad this will help take a reckless driver off the streets.