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"The car in which three teen-aged boys were killed Sunday evening was going an estimated 129 mph five seconds before it crashed on a rural Wake County road, according to an accident reconstruction team for the N.C. Highway Patrol. "

Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/06/09/1261049/troopers-car-going-129-mph-before.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1OrwZ4GU3

Teenagers driving a dodge challenger?

6/10/2011 6:50:42 AM

Bad parenting huh?

6/10/2011 8:35:01 AM

Were they trying to play Ship's Mast?

6/10/2011 8:36:38 AM

The kid driving had a 4.0 gpa

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6/10/2011 8:38:19 AM

^Must have been all that bad parenting.

Bottom line. Get multiple teens together in a car and they do stupid and dangerous things to show off in front of their peers. "Watch this."

I'm guessing that it's the reasoning behind the laws in some states where a driver under a certain age isn't allowed to have more than one passenger. Either that or they are just trying to reduce the number of people injured when teens have accidents.

6/10/2011 8:49:42 AM

^

Truth. With all the stupid shit I did as a high school kid, I should probably not be alive now. People who don't seem to get this were probably stay-at-home nerds in high school.

6/10/2011 8:52:21 AM

LANE MEYER?????

"Listen Lane, now that you're dead...would you mind if I take Beth out?"

6/10/2011 8:57:28 AM

^

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

thread won.

6/10/2011 8:58:28 AM

I had a four cylinder jeep.

My father explained to me that it rolled over easily, and that if I wrecked it would have to start riding the bus to school again..forever, liability only policy.

I did not drive like a dumbass in High School.

No I would not get my kid a Challenger, that begs for them to do stupid shit.

6/10/2011 9:19:08 AM

I also had a 4 cylinder jeep, went 80 tops. That is still fast enough to kill someone.

NC should have similar laws limiting the amount of passengers in the cars of people under 18.

6/10/2011 9:45:20 AM

I had an '82 plymouth reliant K.

it took about 10 minutes to warm up before you could put it in drive without killing the engine, and it would sputter for a few minutes after you killed the ignition.

shenanigans were physically impossible in this vehicle.

probably saved my life based on the shit i got into when i was in other people's cars.

6/10/2011 9:51:17 AM

HOW ABOUT WE DON'T JUST HAND LICENSES OUT LIKE FUCKING HALLOWEEN CANDY

HOW ABOUT WE TAKE THEM AWAY WHEN YOU DO STUPID SHIT

I even remember thinking as a kid that, as much as I wanted it, it was idiotic to license all these 17-year-old HS kids. And sure enough a handful of them eliminated themselves from the gene pool. Some people just wait a little while longer to do so, and take innocent people with them.

6/10/2011 9:52:19 AM

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"I had an '82 plymouth reliant K. it took about 10 minutes to warm up before you could put it in drive without killing the engine, and it would sputter for a few minutes after you killed the ignition. shenanigans were physically impossible in this vehicle. probably saved my life based on the shit i got into when i was in other people's cars."

That's probably how it should be. I don't understand parents who give their kids sports cars.

6/10/2011 10:27:27 AM

yeah, when my daughter turns 16 or whatever the driving age is at the time she's getting a used [whatever is the most underpowered vechicle I can find].

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 10:30 AM. Reason : a]

6/10/2011 10:30:03 AM

^

6/10/2011 10:32:11 AM

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"With all the stupid shit I did as a high school kid, I should probably not be alive now."

6/10/2011 10:32:15 AM

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"yeah, when my daughter turns 16 or whatever the driving age is at the time she's getting a used [whatever is the most underpowered vechicle I can find]."

Good plan.

I am of a similar mindset.

6/10/2011 10:34:00 AM

Must have been an early graduation present, as I think I heard the news report that their graduation was the NEXT day.


I just don't get what would make a person drive 129 MPH with your friends. Yes, peer pressure, but damnnnn. I never drove crazy in HS or did stuff I wasn't supposed to. Sooo sad to hear ALL the car accidents from just Wake & Johnston Co. lately. It seems like EVERY day I watch the news, they are saying there's some teen killed in a car wreck from Smithfield, Clayton, Wilson, Four Oaks, etc.

6/10/2011 10:42:53 AM

I also had a 4 cylinder jeep, weird

I still got into plenty of trouble with it though

6/10/2011 11:20:47 AM

I had a 1987 Plymouth Horizon, 4 cyl.

I got more tickets in that vehicle than any other vehicle I have owned since.

New drivers are going to speed, regardless of what kind of vehicle they are in.

6/10/2011 11:24:43 AM

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"I never...did stuff I wasn't supposed to."

o rly?

6/10/2011 11:25:50 AM

I'm gonna get my kid an electric car

He can floor it all he wants and still won't get over 60

6/10/2011 11:30:45 AM

you people are fucking nerds

I had a 1972 chevy nova, and I did tons of stupid shit in that car. racing, speeding, burnouts, tons of shit like that.


car took a beating, but its all good.

6/10/2011 11:45:04 AM

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"I had an '82 plymouth reliant K. it took about 10 minutes to warm up before you could put it in drive without killing the engine, and it would sputter for a few minutes after you killed the ignition. shenanigans were physically impossible in this vehicle. probably saved my life based on the shit i got into when i was in other people's cars."

I had a similar situation. 1980 Mazda B-2000 truck that also had to warm up for 10 minutes before you could drive it. Had a nasty oil leak that would bellow black smoke when you turned it off. I don't believe I ever got it above 70 on the highway and that was downhill...if you started up a hill, even at full speed, it would start losing speed quickly. Total piece of shit truck, it broke down at least twice a month.

6/10/2011 11:58:33 AM

I rocked that 4 cylinder volvo station wagon

Sucker was a TANK. All iron engine block, all metal body. You could probably hit a bear with it and still drive it home. Burned oil and tranny fluid just slightly slower than it burned gas

6/10/2011 12:03:43 PM

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"paerabol All American 13885 Posts user info edit post HOW ABOUT WE DON'T JUST HAND LICENSES OUT LIKE FUCKING HALLOWEEN CANDY HOW ABOUT WE TAKE THEM AWAY WHEN YOU DO STUPID SHIT I even remember thinking as a kid that, as much as I wanted it, it was idiotic to license all these 17-year-old HS kids. And sure enough a handful of them eliminated themselves from the gene pool. Some people just wait a little while longer to do so, and take innocent people with them. 6/10/2011 9:52:19 AM "

This.

When Germans come here they literally laugh at how easy it is to get a liscense.

6/10/2011 12:10:54 PM

I had an 89 toyota tercel. Thing started shaking if i got it up past 70. It too would continue running after turning it off. (it usually went on for 30ish seconds)... one time it happened when i ran home for lunch and i figured it would just turn off and didn't think twice about it. well i came back outside and it was still chugging and the interior cabin was on fire (between the two front seats, under the emergency brake.)

i took the garden hose to it, put it out, turned it back on, and drove back to school for weightlifting class.

6/10/2011 12:45:22 PM

I didn't have a car until I was in my 20's. TOP THAT.

6/10/2011 12:46:33 PM

I didn't get my license until 2 months before high school ended and even then I didn't get my first car till second semester of freshman year. Although it was a sports car, but the eclipse wasn't a fast car and a pos fwd at that.

Although, I got my motorcycle about the same time as the car and basically have driven about the same amount of miles in my first 5 years of driving on two wheels. Just this past year I've ridden 15k and I only take leisure trips.

Since I've been doing track days, I leave all the speed demon and stupid shit off public roads. We need to support racing and proper vehicle handling in safe environments such as race tracks. There's that american believe that we are all good drivers... americans are sadly mistaken when they get their first glimpse after the first turn on the track.

6/10/2011 12:52:39 PM

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"The kid driving had a 4.0 gpa"

Your high school gpa don't mean jack shit in NC. I too went to high school in this state. I know for a fact that white kids and some certain black kids get preferential treatment and grades they shouldn't. This kid was a certified dumbass. I had a lt1 camaro. I didn't wrap it around a tree and my gpa damn sure wasn't a 4.0.

While we're on GPA's my class valedictorian had a 4.5 or some crazy weighted gpa. His college GPA (same school and major) is lower than mine. End of discussion

6/10/2011 1:51:30 PM

^ also to note, book smarts doesn't equal street smarts. It's one thing to know physics, but to feel it and control it is another issue. I know plenty of book smart people who think they know how to drive and get egg on their face (top gear style) when they can't handle a simple curve.

HS is incredibly easy. You really have to try to get a shitty gpa. I'm not a model student, skipped class, did my homework 5 mins before class and didnt give a shit about anything, but my gpa was a 4.2. I'm sure its 2x easier now days with the standards lowered.

6/10/2011 1:58:04 PM

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"yeah, when my daughter turns 16 or whatever the driving age is at the time she's getting a used [whatever is the most underpowered vechicle I can find]."

idk, when my sister was first driving she pulled out in front of someone with her underpowered Ford Taurus - if she had a quicker car maybe she wouldn't have totaled it

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM. Reason : ...]

6/10/2011 2:08:50 PM

^and then wheel spun the shit out of it, do a 270 and it would have been a head on... she'd be dead.

we need kids to learn better car control and gain more experience in traffic situations with simulators or something. At least devote a whole summer program for kids to learn how to do a ebrake 180 maneuver in case they ever need to make a quick turn around and run from raptors...

6/10/2011 2:13:47 PM

I don't get how people can wreck a car. Its like walking, this should be second nature. Up the driving age to 21 and down the drinking age to 16. Problem solved.

6/10/2011 2:15:59 PM

fuck giving my kids a dangerously under-powered car, I'm just gonna put gps on whatever they purchase. let that shit send me a text message every time they are doing above 80 on a primary and 60 on a secondary.

6/10/2011 2:18:53 PM

^Its not about the car. You gotta use "good parenting" and teach your kids to respect the car. A prius will kill em just as fast as a challenger. My whole point in making this thread is that no parent should buy a teenager a muscle car and not expect them to go apeshit on the gas.

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 2:21 PM. Reason : ]

6/10/2011 2:21:05 PM

^sorry, all prius' are only allocated to the stuck up rich folks in Cali who think highly of themselves as ecofriendly people when in fact they are worse than a challenger.

6/10/2011 2:23:41 PM

My first car was an '86 Chrysler LeBaron... Grade A certified piece of shit car. And I loved that damn thing. My son may not get a total POS like I did, but he sure as shit ain't getting a new one or a sports car.

6/10/2011 2:24:29 PM

I like shitty cars. why? cause you don't have to give a shit about them. leave the doors and windows open. no one will touch them.

6/10/2011 2:25:19 PM

they have some allotted for Cary people too.


and for some reason they MUST drive 10mph under the fucking speed limit on the interstate in the left hand lane AND be oblivious to everything going on around them.



and they must have an Obama sticker. (I've yet to see a prius without one, other than at the dealership).

6/10/2011 2:26:21 PM

JBAZ, Dodge Challenger costs about double what a Prius does....who's the rich arrogant fuck?

6/10/2011 2:27:37 PM

^^ This is true. I always get nervous when I see a prius on the highway. You know its the worse driver in the world. Well next to a adolescent blond white chick, God they are scary

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 2:28 PM. Reason : ^]

6/10/2011 2:28:23 PM

give me a working order turbo diesel volvo and I'd be happy as a people carrier.

6/10/2011 2:28:25 PM

If you do decide to get your child a death machine....get em a crotch rocket so they kill themselves and not another persons child.

6/10/2011 2:29:48 PM

I didn't get my first car until I was 25.

6/10/2011 2:30:28 PM

you should have sued your parents for not providing you one.

6/10/2011 2:31:29 PM

Thats cruel and unusual punishment. How did you give up high school nookie with no car? or did you give any up

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM. Reason : female]

6/10/2011 2:36:00 PM

My first car was an $800 88 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra. The AC didnt work, the radio didnt work, it was slow, but it was a tank. It was a certified POS but I fucking loved that car, I may buy another one just for shits n giggles. My parents couldnt afford, but also had the sense enough not to get a souped up muscle car for a 16 year old who just learned to drive.

6/10/2011 2:37:11 PM

I got my motorcycle at 18... and I haven't died yet...

6/10/2011 2:53:46 PM

I want one....for all the wrong reasons tho.

I wanna go fast. As long as I feel this way I'll pass on a crotch rocket.

6/10/2011 2:59:31 PM