Street race ends with two dead

Kushina · Feb 27, 2015

He should be charged for murder imo. Needs to get his asshole torn up.

DrPizza · Feb 27, 2015

mmntech said:
Street racing is akin to practising beginners archery in the middle of a crowded park. Only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.

If you can afford $100k in car mods, you can afford to take it to the track. Kid needs to spend some time in jail for that for sure. Though if he can drop that kind of cash at 21, he probably has "affluenza".

Hard to say for sure though. Plenty of idiots in this area whose cars are worth more than the trailers they live in.

touchstone · Feb 27, 2015

what a dick. i wonder if they will charge the guy he raced, he deserves to be charged with something too

smackababy · Feb 27, 2015

z1ggy said:
Sure. Because the car didn't kill two people, some retard driving it did. If I could buy it for cheap and the proceeds helped the families or went to some charity or whatever, why not?

If it's totaled then I guess it will get scrapped.

If the car actually had killed the people, like some kind of haunted car type of stuff, I'd certainly buy it!

DesiPower · Feb 27, 2015

Good riddance? not sure what else to say...

bradly1101 · Feb 27, 2015

These same types shutdown freeways for motorcycle exhibitions.

Blackjack200 · Feb 27, 2015

Kushina said:
He should be charged for murder imo. Needs to get his asshole torn up.

Why?

This was a street race at 2AM. The crowd of people obviously showed up to watch the race. When I was young and stupid (or, at least, stupider) I used to go down and watch street races with my friend who had a riced up Civic. Cars would barrell down this little boulevard behind the airport at 110 MPH. I did think about what I would do if a car veered at me, and my plan was to jump. Yeah, honest to god. I probably would have been killed.

This is a social thing that these kids do, it's dangerous and stupid, and I'm not saying that there should be no punishment at all, but a murder charge is absolutely asinine.

Blackjack200 · Feb 27, 2015

bradly1101 said:
These same types shutdown freeways for motorcycle exhibitions.

There are actually gangs of kids that ride dirt bikes and ATVs up and down Broad Street in Philadelphia, mad max style. The police do nothing to stop them.

twinrider1 · Feb 27, 2015

edro said:
It says they will seek murder charges.
Will his opponent be charged with murder as well?

I think it fits the felony murder description. Someone dies as a result of a criminal act to which you are a party, you get charged just as if it were you that 'pulled the trigger.'

At a minimum, they'll use it as leverage to get him to plead guilty to a lesser charge.

Blackjack200 · Feb 27, 2015

twinrider1 said:
I think it fits the felony murder description. Someone dies as a result of a criminal act to which you are a party, you get charged just as if it were you that 'pulled the trigger.'

At a minimum, they'll use it as leverage to get him to plead guilty to a lesser charge.

I don't know if street racing is typically a felony, but I'll be there's some felony charge they can shoehorn, and thus provide a basis for felony murder.

GagHalfrunt · Feb 27, 2015

Blackjack200 said:
Why?

This was a street race at 2AM. The crowd of people obviously showed up to watch the race. When I was young and stupid (or, at least, stupider) I used to go down and watch street races with my friend who had a riced up Civic. Cars would barrell down this little boulevard behind the airport at 110 MPH. I did think about what I would do if a car veered at me, and my plan was to jump. Yeah, honest to god. I probably would have been killed.

This is a social thing that these kids do, it's dangerous and stupid, and I'm not saying that there should be no punishment at all, but a murder charge is absolutely asinine.

I agree with that 100%. A person who is street racing or driving recklessly and kills an innocent bystander should absolutely be charged with murder. But in this case there were no innocent bystanders. Anyone there watching the race was participating in an illegal activity and willingly accepted the risks. Driver should lose his license forever, but a murder charge is stupid. The victims have the same level of blame as the driver does.

Pantoot · Feb 27, 2015

GagHalfrunt said:
I agree with that 100%. A person who is street racing or driving recklessly and kills an innocent bystander should absolutely be charged with murder. But in this case there were no innocent bystanders. Anyone there watching the race was participating in an illegal activity and willingly accepted the risks. Driver should lose his license forever, but a murder charge is stupid. The victims have the same level of blame as the driver does.

I agree, but being party to the crime doesn't make the murder charge go away.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-burglar-murder-charged-20140725-story.html

TLDR, Two people break into LA home, homeowner shoots and kills one, the other one is charged with murder.

In California a person can be charged with their accomplice’s death if it occurs during the commission of a crime.

Blackjack200 · Feb 27, 2015

Pantoot said:
I agree, but being party to the crime doesn't make the murder charge go away.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-burglar-murder-charged-20140725-story.html

TLDR, Two people break into LA home, homeowner shoots and kills one, the other one is charged with murder.

By that logic everyone that was at the scene that night could be charged with murder, including the dude who is critical at the hospital.

ImpulsE69 · Feb 27, 2015

purbeast0 said:
jesus christ was that video taken with the same camera used to take the pictures of that stupid dress?

I think it is the same one they use to video UFO's and bigfoot.

shortylickens · Feb 27, 2015

I wish loads more people would die in street racing. Its not lethal enough. People keep doing it.

phucheneh · Feb 27, 2015

There is no way you can put '100k of mods' into a Mustang. You could rebuild the engine with forged everything, swap to a different engine, whatever, make as much power as you want, have 100% custom engine controls, 100% brand new suspension, ect; it still would not cost that amount.

Which says to me that the driver was clearly proven a fucking moron before he even got into the car. I have no sympathy for people who associated with him.

Tsavo · Feb 27, 2015

Kushina said:
I wonder what kind of mods he had on there to be over $100k in mods.

He obviously skipped tires and brakes.

Tsavo · Feb 27, 2015

phucheneh said:
There is no way you can put '100k of mods' into a Mustang.

An 1800HP turbo engine is easily $150k.

phucheneh · Feb 27, 2015

Tsavo said:
An 1800HP turbo engine is easily $150k.

Do you have some kind of evidence to back up this '1800hp' engine?

You realize that amount of power in a properly configured car (assuming a ~3500lb curb weight) would be running a quarter mile in the sevens, right?

Half that amount of power would have it running sub-10's.

Hell, the 03-04 Cobras with <$1000 in modifications (i.e. sticky tires and a smaller supercharger pulley) could touch the 11's. And that's faster than you're going to see any fucking car go on the street.

Lay off the Fast and Furious movies.

postmortemIA · Feb 27, 2015

phucheneh said:
There is no way you can put '100k of mods' into a Mustang.

They kept the mustang badge and nothing else...

zinfamous · Feb 27, 2015

purbeast0 said:
jesus christ was that video taken with the same camera used to take the pictures of that stupid dress?

phucheneh · Feb 27, 2015

postmortemIA said:
They kept the mustang badge and nothing else...

I think it was more like-

Mustang driver: "I needs moar horspowers! MOOOOARRRR! *throws piles of his Dad's money at shop*"

Shop: "Uhhhmmm...okay.

"

Tsavo · Feb 27, 2015

phucheneh said:
Do you have some kind of evidence to back up this '1800hp' engine?

You realize that amount of power in a properly configured car (assuming a ~3500lb curb weight) would be running a quarter mile in the sevens, right?

Half that amount of power would have it running sub-10's.

Hell, the 03-04 Cobras with <$1000 in modifications (i.e. sticky tires and a smaller supercharger pulley) could touch the 11's. And that's faster than you're going to see any fucking car go on the street.

Lay off the Fast and Furious movies.

Lay off the crack, peasant.

shortylickens · Feb 27, 2015

phucheneh said:
There is no way you can put '100k of mods' into a Mustang. You could rebuild the engine with forged everything, swap to a different engine, whatever, make as much power as you want, have 100% custom engine controls, 100% brand new suspension, ect; it still would not cost that amount.

Which says to me that the driver was clearly proven a fucking moron before he even got into the car. I have no sympathy for people who associated with him.

Saleen?

madoka · Feb 28, 2015

phucheneh said:
There is no way you can put '100k of mods' into a Mustang.

I'm pretty sure that if you have the money, then you can find the way:

http://www.mustang6g.com/?p=3929

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