I test drove drove a Porsche Taycan, the electric Porsche, and had the same experience. Zero to 60 in 2.6 seconds. And there’s no engine sound at all which was just bizarre.
Former Raiders WR Ruggs charged in fatal crash, released from Las Vegas Raiders
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Doesnt even need to be a fast car. I drive a 2011 Highlander I've had for 10 years. I work from home so much, it only has 120K miles on it, so I dont care about getting a new car.
Spent about 6 hours on the highway the last few days. I'd wager 75% of it was going 85-100mph. Didnt feel close to out of control, majority was just cruising the fast lane.
That poor woman (and dog) trapped in an inferno. The bystanders who tried but were unable to assist her have their own trauma from this.
The force of the impact was so great it pushed the rear roofline of the RAV4 way downward. It looks more like a Prius in the photos. I'm no structural engineer, but Ruggs and his girlfriend may owe their survival to the fact that there's no engine in the front of that Corvette.
The force of the impact was so great it pushed the rear roofline of the RAV4 way downward. It looks more like a Prius in the photos. I'm no structural engineer, but Ruggs and his girlfriend may owe their survival to the fact that there's no engine in the front of that Corvette.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32562812/henry-ruggs-facing-2-more-felony-counts-gun-charge-connection-fatal-crash
The DA has tacked on more charges, 2 felonies related to injuries of his passenger and possessing a gun under the influence (he had a loaded gun somewhere in the car)
The DA has tacked on more charges, 2 felonies related to injuries of his passenger and possessing a gun under the influence (he had a loaded gun somewhere in the car)
My thoughts as well. I can't imagine having your loved one get tortured and dying in such a brutal painful way, because of a selfish arrogant rich kid.
I sincerely hope Ruggs gets prison for life. Him being away from his daughter for the rest of his life is the minimum that can happen that would make me feel better about this entire scenario; considering he took someone's daughter away from them through his own actions.
That’s dark, dude. Why should his young daughter’s suffering be part of the equation? You’re all Hammurabi up in here.
Yes, let's spread the misery and ruin more lives! That will make everything better.
If that one year old didn’t want to grow up without a father, maybe she should’ve been cuter and cried less so her parents were home instead of out partying!
Most of the auto makers have a gentleman’s agreement among them to rev limit their vehicles so that the top speed is capped at 155 mph. Some of the high-end exotics (Ferrari, Aston-Martin, etc.) are allowed to exceed that for marketing purposes, however beginning in 2022, all new cars sold in Europe must be fitted with speed limiters. In theory, the technology uses a combination of GPS and traffic-sign recognition to alert the the driver that he/she is exceeding the speed limit and essentially annoy the driver until they slow down. So far I haven’t seen any proposals like this for the US but I wouldn’t be surprised to see this in the future. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see the gear heads come up with a way to disable the electronics (they do already with the rev limiters).
This article and video help explain the European laws.
https://www.carscoops.com/2021/07/mandatory-speed-limiters-are-coming-and-theyll-be-even-worse-than-we-thought/
I know I'm late to the party here, but thinking back to some of your comments in the Kobe Bryant crash thread, seriously, what the fuck?
I don't understand how you come up with this ridicoulous posts and being consistent in your posting style when bad shit happens needs to be called out in the thread, because you haven't learned
Or if you had a worthwhile response to the questions I posed you could have simply done that as a precious poster did. Nice post otherwise.
It anyone has a problem with another poster, take it to PM. I'm pulling a Corrente and deleted the last 2 posts.
Regarding the bolded, the auto manufacturers are required to meet the Federal motor vehicles safety standards (FMVSS) with respect to fuel system integrity. The testing is rather complex and outlined at the link below, but basically for new cars the fuel tank must remain integral when a stationary vehicle is impacted by a barrier traveling at 80 km/h (50 mph). There have been law suits against the automakers regarding the fuel tank locations and fires caused by collisions but they can be difficult to win if the auto meets the federal safety standards and whether or not the crash was foreseeable. Now I’m not a lawyer so take this with a grain of salt but I really can’t see how you can hold any manufacture responsible for not foreseeing another car traveling approximately 160 mph (roughly three times the speed at which it was tested) impacting the rear of their vehicle.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.301
Foreseeability is not as narrow as you suggest. Sure, plaintiffs want it construed broadly—“It was foreseeable that some shit could happen”—and defendants narrowly—“It was not foreseeable that a person would drive this car recklessly on a Tuesday while wearing a brown shirt.” But you’re looking mostly at reasonably broad categories.
One thing I’d be asking a reconstructionist is how much force was imparted by this sports car doing 160 versus if it were, say, a semi doing 70.
Regardless, the proximate cause of the girl’s death was Ruggs driving while intoxicated, traveling at speeds far in excess of the speed limit, and crashing into her vehicle. From what I understand, he has been charged with DUI causing death, DUI causing substantial bodily harm, two counts of reckless driving resulting in death or substantial bodily harm, and possession of a gun while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. If his defense claims that Ruggs should somehow get off because Toyota didn’t foresee that a Rav4 could burst into flames if a mindless jerk driving sports car traveling at 156 mph would smash into its rear, well then I don’t see how that will fly.
Agreed that wouldn’t be a valid criminal defense. In a civil case, you can have more than one proximate cause.
Just speculating here, but I’d guess that criminal liability for hurting animals would be limited to abuse/neglect situations like intentional torture, leaving in a hot car, starving, etc., and not accidental injury in a car crash (however senseless and horrifying). Again, I am only speculating.
According to this article there’s no law on the books that allows the DA to prosecute him for the death of the dog.
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/heres-why-ex-raider-henry-ruggs-iii-is-not-charged-with-dogs-death-in-fiery-crash/
Since some people added mph and cars here. Merrit parkway 140+ headed south, Rx7 vs a Porsche. It took literally a mile to slow down. I felt everything that you could in the groove of the highway but when i wanted to stop it took a mile, a literal mile, to slow down. But he was drunk, and not on 15. And on a semi city street.
Maybe addressed in a civil suit under “property”? IANAL, so that’s just a guess. Makes me feel dirty just typing “property.” In a just world, Ruggs would face criminal penalties for the loss of the dog’s life, as well.
In my state (not Nevada), and I believe in most others, animals are considered property, and emotional distress damages are not available for destruction of property. If the animal involved was, for example, a racehorse, you could likely recover for loss of earnings and such. But as much as it turns my stomach, and with the caveat that Idk Nevada law, I would guess that nothing could be recovered for the loss of a beloved pet.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32598694/ex-raiders-player-attorneys-launch-medical-records-fight
DA confirms that the min would be 2 years. And Ruggs lawyers are trying to keep his medical records from the DA, although I suspect this is just a stalling tactic.
DA confirms that the min would be 2 years. And Ruggs lawyers are trying to keep his medical records from the DA, although I suspect this is just a stalling tactic.
I think they had a warrant for the blood tests, so that’s different. I imagine this is about his own injuries as further evidence of the insanity of the speed. A small part of the case, obviously, but prosecutors like to be as comprehensive as possible. Especially in a spotlight case.
Some lawyers are absolute scum.
So let's blame EVERYONE besides Ruggs for the deaths. Fuck them with a rusty sword.
It's an ugly job, but that's their job. Everyone deserves zealous representation.
But yeah, it's not a job I could do.
If that's the angle they're going with, they know their client is in big, big trouble.
I don't even know where they're getting even a tiny kernel of truth from for this defense. I've seen 2 home videos of the car already engulfed in flames with firemen nowhere near the incident. They had no chance.
View: https://twitter.com/ktnv/status/1458892368149573644?s=21
It’s the least we could do, but Raider fans have donated over $100K to the GoFundme the family put together for funeral expenses. The original objective was $7K
https://gofund.me/e194e6ae
It’s the least we could do, but Raider fans have donated over $100K to the GoFundme the family put together for funeral expenses. The original objective was $7K
https://gofund.me/e194e6ae
Thank you for sharing this. Faith renewed in humanity for at least one more day.
So what would you do instead? I don't see any better ideas. And no, pleading guilty is not an option, at least not yet.
Exactly this. I’m not saying that anything always goes, but representing clients, like most anything else, is a lot more ethically complicated than the digital pitchforks give it credit for.