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Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - pRICE cUBE - 03-12-2009
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2009/03/12/topstory/dpt-crash031209.txt
“Skid marks at the scene indicate they were traveling at a high rate of speed,” Lt. Craig Fox said, adding an officer traveling the opposite way saw the Ferrari, a car worth $150,000 with a V8 engine and top speed of nearly 200 mph, out of control next to the Porsche when it jumped onto the curb and slammed into a light pole, splitting in half and killing the driver.
Re: Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - davester - 03-12-2009
I don't think there are any safety features that exist that will protect you when you broadside a light pole at Ferrari/Porsche racing speeds.
Re: Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - Grumpyguy - 03-12-2009
You think just the fact that the Ferrari cost more than the Porsche, the guy would have said, hey I've won already.
Re: Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - GGD - 03-12-2009
Well there was a similar crash 3 years ago where they guy walked away.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ferrari23feb23,1,1761627,full.story
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Ferrari-Enzo-wrecks-on-i_27734.htm
Re: Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - Filliam H. Muffman - 03-12-2009
Without seeing comprehensive crash test results, the two cars I would rate highest for 120 MPH crashes are Porsche and Ferrari, in that order. Any car today has a good chance at disintegrating in a crash over 100 MPH, especially when hit sideways like it looks that one was.
The passenger survived even though being thrown from the car. I wonder if she had seat belts on.
Re: Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - Harbourmaster - 03-12-2009
"License never replace eye, ear and brain" - Mr Miyagi
Re: Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - jdc - 03-12-2009
why dont the make light poles more crash worthy?
i mean with a "crumple" zone like cars? why do they have to be so damn strong?
its in freakin orange county no less -- only an earthquake could take it down -- and thats really rare
Re: Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - OWC Jamie - 03-12-2009
At 200 mph one needs NASCAR safety features.
any dummy can go fast.
Re: Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - Lee3 - 03-13-2009
Light poles fault.
Re: Captain Obvious: People don't buy Ferraris for the safety features - kj - 03-13-2009
billb wrote:
At 200 mph one needs NASCAR safety features.
any dummy can go fast.
I don't know why, but just the mention of NASCAR in a thread about ferrari's bothers me. Could you change that to F1? kj.