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Paul Walker's family blames road bumps for car crash
.upi ^ | Dec. 11, 2013 at 7:03 AM | Justin Salhani

Posted on 12/11/2013 8:10:07 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

20+ years ago a neighbor of mine was and inventor by trade and told me his mentor patented the angular road reflector (not the round ones) and got a penny for everyone sold.

That’s my Facebook quality post for the day.


41 posted on 12/11/2013 10:13:51 AM PST by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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Tee angular reflectors used on California fwys are designed so that at night they reflect white light in one direction and red light in the other.

In other words, if you are ever driving on a freeway there at night and all the reflectors look red - you are going the WRONG way.


42 posted on 12/11/2013 10:17:24 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nine times out of ten, “experts” are the biggest liars in the court system. Bigger liars than even the lawyers.

When the facts are on your side, present the facts. When they aren’t, present experts.


43 posted on 12/11/2013 10:18:38 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Joann37

I thought he was not driving?


44 posted on 12/11/2013 11:50:00 AM PST by JaguarXKE (1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men)
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To: BenLurkin
You are correct, sir. Pay no mind to the fact that the vehicle went full fireball after doing Warp Three in a residential zone. [/sarc]


45 posted on 12/11/2013 11:53:18 AM PST by Viking2002
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Blames "road defect" for accident...

If you read around, the industrial park appears to be a mini F1 track on the weekends. Lets say the accident report comes back to just a loss of control by the driver. Blaming just Bott's dots for hydroplaning seems a little far fetched to me. I would vote the driver ran over a patch of something that caused the loss of control. That something might be marbles from previous racing or something accidentally got spilled on the road like loose gravel or water. Google map shows a major housing subdivision under development just to the northeast of the accident site. If wind blew enough dirt and grime onto the roadway, that might have been enough as well.

46 posted on 12/11/2013 1:13:30 PM PST by EVO X
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What is really lame is that these aren’t punk kids, they were rich guys who could afford track time at any of the awesome California road courses.


47 posted on 12/11/2013 1:21:57 PM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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To: icemaniceman

possibilities that rumble strips cause accidents?


Dumb me, I thought the accidents caused the rumble strips.


48 posted on 12/11/2013 1:28:09 PM PST by PeterPrinciple ( (Lord, save me from some conservatives, they don't understand history any better than liberals.))
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To: BenLurkin

There will be all sorts of factors that that could be brought up in a civil suit because you are dealing with driver perception.

The could argue the width of the road, whether any of the curves were super elevated, the horizontal geometry was to straight, or not enough signs on the road to warn or provide the driver with information to make his decisions. Again it will be all about driver perception...

Here in Washington State the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of a drunk driver who went of the road and hit a power pole because the power pole was too close to the road.


49 posted on 12/11/2013 1:28:35 PM PST by shotgun
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What is really lame is that these aren’t punk kids, they were rich guys who could afford track time at any of the awesome California road courses.

Good point! I suspect attendance at those types facilities will increase for a while..

50 posted on 12/11/2013 1:43:24 PM PST by EVO X
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To: shotgun
in Washington State the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of a drunk driver who went of the road and hit a power pole


51 posted on 12/11/2013 2:08:48 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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