Yet another reason to drive safely on the street...

[Chiketkd]

A teenager made this video after driving recklessly and crashing his SRT-4. Some images are graphic, but all are 'work safe'.

http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p...edium=text_url

Be safe out there!

-Chike

[Ricochet]

boo freaking hoo. Drive like an idiot and you end up like that, I don't feel sorry for him at all. I'm just glad he didn't run into somebody else with a family.

[Wikedjuggalo]

I mean wth did he think was going to happen?

[crazyhorse]

Drive like an idiot, and dumb sh*t happens. Thank god he didn't wipe out anyone else. From the looks of the marks he was going more than "a little fast" With an SRT/4 he was probably running around 120-130mph. Not that I haven't ever done that, I was young & dumb once myself. Just lucky enough to escape (somewhat) intact.

[Manarius]

I feel bad for the guy that he got injured that badly. I don't think anyone deserves that kind of pain and what not for an accident. However, that doesn't nullify the fact that drove poorly and nearly killed himself and possibly others.

[Sean486]

Anyone know what song that was?

[TomsSVX]

hard not to comment on something that has HUGE personal opinions. to keep this clean and simple, When I drive I take myself and people around me into account. He is lucky he was alone in the car and that he didn't hurt others.

On another note. You need to start asking car companies why they are making such powerful cars that CAN reach high speeds so quickly? More importantly why would you make a NEON that can do this? They are unsafe with 80hp and deadly w/ 300. Sorry that kind of power is reserved for cars that are able to handle it well at high speeds. The wrx falls in this same category. its not just the driver's fault... the company making these tin cans need to be held liable for their rolling garbage cans that reach the 150mph club

Tom

[crazyhorse]

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

the company making these tin cans need to be held liable for their rolling garbage cans that reach the 150mph club

Tom

Bites lip.....
I disagree, but respect your opinion.

[TomsSVX]

Originally Posted by crazyhorse

Bites lip.....
I disagree, but respect your opinion.

Please voice your opinion as I really want to hear what others have to say. I am open minded and am not trying to start an argument but merely want to hear what you have to say.

Furthermore I am not saying the companies should be legally held liable for poor decision making of the boy in this topic. I am saying that maybe someone should pick up on this and impliment a speed limiter on models that may cause this mayhem. Just a thought

Tom,

[crazyhorse]

Automakers are constantly "bashed" for not building an exciting product. Granted the standard Neon is a crapbox, but the SRT/4 is an EXCITING car. As is the WRX STI. Automakers have no more responsibility in how their products are used than weapons MFG's.

IMHO I believe there needs to be a better driver's education system in place in the USA. Here in the us, a person can literally get their license with ZERO experience behind the wheel, except for the driving test. A lot of the wrecks involving teens & Hi-Po cars are a lack of experience, and parents with more money than brains. Who gives their teenager, no matter how responsible, a top line performance car as their first car? The SRT/4 is a competent car in all respects, in the right hands it COULD hand a stock SVX it's hat. As could a stock WRX STI.

We can't jump up & blame the product for misuse. A Geo Metro, capable of 90 MPH is just as deadly as a Lamborghini Murcealago capable of 200. Unless a wheel falls of a car less than a few hours old, most every other accident can be attributed to driver error.

My opinion, I stand behind it, but I won't try to make anyone else believe it.

Product liability is a sore spot with me.

[Tim]

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

Please voice your opinion as I really want to hear what others have to say. I am open minded and am not trying to start an argument but merely want to hear what you have to say.

Furthermore I am not saying the companies should be legally held liable for poor decision making of the boy in this topic. I am saying that maybe someone should pick up on this and impliment a speed limiter on models that may cause this mayhem. Just a thought

Tom,

I definitely agree with both of you. I think Chrysler knows who they're marketing these cars out to, and they're not people over the age of 30. If anything they should put a limiter switch on it like a "track mode" that lets you go over 90 or something and then disables when it detects you're not going on a straightaway anymore.

But then again I think that companies are just looking to profit off the street racing/drifting/fast and the furious scene and it is now a part of our generation's culture.

Maybe another solution would be to create a more rigorous road test or licensing in order to drive these high performance cars.

I think the issue really is people don't know their limits nor the vehicle's limits. As much as my father wasn't particularly happy hearing that I was going to local parking lots to do donuts and mess around in freshly powdered snow it really taught me the limits of the SVX and the behavior.

I guess my real point is that mixing very powerful machinery with little or no experience is another problem at hand here, and that's what should be fixed as well.

[crazyhorse]

Originally Posted by TE1221

I guess my real point is that mixing very powerful machinery with little or no experience is another problem at hand here, and that's what should be fixed as well.

Thank you, you boiled my post down to it's bare esentials with this one line.

[TomsSVX]

the driver registration for Hi performance cars is a very legitimate argument. Many people have heard me say that my driving changed drastically after just one day at Pocono with an open mind. I learned a lot and I definitely had a lot of bad habits that I learned about and learned to correct. Maybe a track day or two should be required before a special license needs to be issued. Either way it is not financially feasible through a state so it would have to be a federal requirement which is funded by the federal gov't. Such is unlikely so expect to see more idiots out there

Tom

[Tim]

Although I like the thought of my "track mode" inhibitor switch the best

[NikFu S.]

You know what they say about hindsight. I have no sympathy here. I have done many dangerous things that I may or may not regret, and I have learned not to do dangerous things (as much), but if you can't see an accident coming you have no business being behind a wheel.

Today I was in a rather interesting position, driving my work truck along a winding 2 lane backroad, in heavy rain. A HUGE semi pulling a trailer was speeding (for the conditions, as was I) around a bend, veering widely into my lane. Had I been 3 seconds earlier I believe there would be a high potential for me to be crushed in a crumply white tin box in a ditch right now. I understand the semi needs a great deal of space so my reaction was to pull right just slightly to near-miss him by about 3 or 4 feet, about 3 or 4 feet away from woody ditch on my right. A hard brake could have caused me to lose control completely. My point is, some people are cut out to make split-second life-altering decisions at high speed, some people are not.
It is important to find out if you are before you attempt to operate a vehicle at any one of it's many limits.

Later on down that very road I was not surprised to find a small car nose first and crumpled in that winding ditch, and now the season of ice is soon upon us. Accidents are on the rise, and my life as a driver is on the line yet again. How exciting.