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Old 26-11-2011, 07:20 AM   #1
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Default Baby escapes dad's high speed "Racing" crash

http://www.news.com.au/national/baby...-1226206589514
Have a look how old the parent and his mate were.

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What an absolute ****wit.
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Old 26-11-2011, 08:43 AM   #3
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And still these idiots breed.... I feel sorry for the child who will no doubt grow up in a loving environment.
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Show's just how easily these things can occur.
I am sure that when he lined up, against two other drivers he considered as his friends, the last thing on his mind would have been the fact that he may well kill one of his mates. Not to mention the fact the had his girlfriend, and 3month old daughter in the back of his own car.
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street racing is bad enough but with a baby in the car I have 2 words to describe him. Oxygen theif
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Show's just how easily these things can occur.
I am sure that when he lined up, against two other drivers he considered as his friends, the last thing on his mind would have been the fact that he may well kill one of his mates. Not to mention the fact the had his girlfriend, and 3month old daughter in the back of his own car.
agree - he should have the book thrown at him, but the real tragedy is that no one realises just how easy these incidents can happen
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Old 26-11-2011, 11:44 AM   #7
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Look at what make the cars are too, its interesting that it tends to be them more than us, even though you still see morons getting around flying the blue flag.
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Old 26-11-2011, 11:52 AM   #8
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Big Damo - stupidity is NOT determined by what type of car someone drives, NOR the colour of their skin, OR whatever sexual preference they may / may not have.
Never seen someone in a Blue Oval line up against someone on the street? Time to open your eyes and take notice of the world around you.
Stupidity lies in the poor choices that every single one of us are capable of making. And yes, that includes both me AND you...
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Look at what make the cars are too, its interesting that it tends to be them more than us, even though you still see morons getting around flying the blue flag.
law of averages, there is about three trillion more holdens on the roads, only natural they will feature more in stats.
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Old 26-11-2011, 12:16 PM   #10
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I am a new father of a one month old girl. When she is in the car and im driving, you could consider me a granny.
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Old 26-11-2011, 12:25 PM   #11
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I know it's not a main contributing factor to the cause of this or any other crash and regardless of statistics on numbers of vehicles produced, whenever I hear an idiot screaching around the neighbourhood 9 times out 10 they're driving a Commodore
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I hope he loses custody of the child.

Sounds like these people have a lot of growing up to do...
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I know it's not a main contributing factor to the cause of this or any other crash and regardless of statistics on numbers of vehicles produced, whenever I hear an idiot screaching around the neighbourhood 9 times out 10 they're driving a Commodore
Once again - the make of vehicle has ZERO to do with the stupidity of the driver in charge of it.
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its things like that just confirm my thoughts on a license to have kids.
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I wouldn't object to him being housed in one of his states fair prisons for such boneheaded behaviour. It's one thing to be a moron on the street and race at 3am in the morning, it's another to have your missus and a baby in the back while you do it. Quite possibly the driver of the other car is going to pay the ultimate price for what would amount to 15 seconds worth of jollies.
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It really annoys me to think there are people out there stupid enough to do things like this and have kids at the same time. It makes me wonder what the kids with parents like this are going to grow up to be if they stay in their custody.
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Once again - the make of vehicle has ZERO to do with the stupidity of the driver in charge of it.
Well, these 'types' of people do seem to drive the same brand of car a lot. I am not saying this because I am on the blue side, the majority of my mates drive Holdens and even they admit, it is seen as a bogan(ish) car. I know that because of the large number of these cars there is a higher chance of being in am incident. I didn't think it would be that much higher though.

Or, it could just be a massive coincidence...
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what speed were they doing - does anyone actually know

street racing is a general term like hooning - just because the judge says they were street racing, doesn't mean they were

how many here can honestly say, they have never driven at a dangerous speed; with or without your child in the car. just because your child is not in the car, doesn't mean someone else's child will not be in the car your pass

the self righteousness here, shows me why these accidents will keep happening. if someone here is speeding it is just giving it a squirt. someone crashes above the speed limit and they are oxygen thieves. the problem isn't what you are doing at the time of the accident. it is the bad choices you make before the said accident - and because most people cannot see that, they are potential oxygen thiefs everytime they go out and drive their car
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what speed were they doing - does anyone actually know

street racing is a general term like hooning - just because the judge says they were street racing, doesn't mean they were

how many here can honestly say, they have never driven at a dangerous speed; with or without your child in the car. just because your child is not in the car, doesn't mean someone else's child will not be in the car your pass

the self righteousness here, shows me why these accidents will keep happening. if someone here is speeding it is just giving it a squirt. someone crashes above the speed limit and they are oxygen thieves. the problem isn't what you are doing at the time of the accident. it is the bad choices you make before the said accident - and because most people cannot see that, they are potential oxygen thiefs everytime they go out and drive their car
110 in a 70 zone . I'm not saying I have never broken the speed limit but this was wreckless and was compounded by having a baby in the car.
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Once again - the make of vehicle has ZERO to do with the stupidity of the driver in charge of it.
I'm not arguing that fact and couldn't agree more, I'm just saying what I see and hear in my area on a regular basis, unfortunately I live in a one horse town where by the time the police get here the morons have disappeared, but I'm sure their day will come soon, where they too will become another statistic of constant hoons stupidity
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110 in a 70 zone . I'm not saying I have never broken the speed limit but this was wreckless and was compounded by having a baby in the car.
it is a 3 lane road from what i have seen - most here, do not think 110 in a 70 zone on a 3 lane road is that bad (when they do it of course). why should a baby in the back change your driving style. does that mean it is okay to be a moron providing it is someone's baby from another car you are endangering, and not your own


the driver's involved should all have the book thrown at them, but they were probably not doing anything more stupid than most on here and throughout the world would do themselves. the only difference is, they weren't as lucky on the night
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the only difference is, they weren't as lucky on the night
True, I've been lucky on many occasions when I was younger but by the age of this driver (37) I had grown up
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True, I've been lucky on many occasions when I was younger but by the age of this driver (37) I had grown up
i believe the injured driver is 37. the driver with the baby is 28
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Baby or not, I don't understand how these guys can reach the ages they are and still find this kind of thing entertaining.
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He's locked up, refused bail, will probably lose his job if he had one, and may go into depression. The other guy isn't as lucky.
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Keep it on topic and civil.

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I'm not a farther but if i was i would be never even consider street racing or hooning with my own child in the car or anyone else for that matter, as i a young adult have had many friends taken away from stupid acts from driving, so am restrained from doing it myself (especially in suburban streets where everything can go wrong..just go's to show that in the end your driving a weapon and everything can be taken away in a few seconds
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what speed were they doing - does anyone actually know
It seems like you didn't read the article.

The driver of the car that had his missus and child in the rear was already on a court imposed curfew (which he breached at the time of the incident)

He was said to be travelling at 110kph in a 70 zone.

Road workers had to take evasive action as the pair raced past.

The driver of the other car is not expected to survive his injuries.

...but we'll just mark it up as a media beatup, shall we?
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experience is a hard task master, and this young bloke is gonna feel this for the rest of his life if his mate does`nt make it.
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It seems like you didn't read the article.

The driver of the car that had his missus and child in the rear was already on a court imposed curfew (which he breached at the time of the incident)

He was said to be travelling at 110kph in a 70 zone.

Road workers had to take evasive action as the pair raced past.

The driver of the other car is not expected to survive his injuries.

...but we'll just mark it up as a media beatup, shall we?

no sympathy from me for the other guy. or this guy.

at. all.

good to see the kid was'nt injured. thats the only person in all of this i'm worried about, as she is innocent in all this.
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