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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:03 am
by gkoutlis
Guys noticed what looked like a major crash last night on Main Street - just before Amelia Street - Balcatta??? - Crash Car was there - SJA Landcruiser and White 4WD with roof Spotties etc -
Does anyone know what happend?
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:45 am
by gkoutlis
gkoutlis wrote:Guys noticed what looked like a major crash last night on Main Street - just before Amelia Street - Balcatta??? - Crash Car was there - SJA Landcruiser and White 4WD with roof Spotties etc -
Does anyone know what happend?
Answered my own question here;
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx? ... ntID=45128
Teenager killed in horrific car crash
30th October 2007, 7:00 WST
A 17-year old Balcatta teenager has died after a horrific crash last night.
The girl was in the back seat of a Holden sedan travelling along Main Street Balcatta, about 8pm, when the driver of the vehicle lost control of the car, hitting a traffic island and veering into a power pole.
The car then became airborne and landed in the front yard of a house, hitting a palm tree and a fence.
An ambulance spokesman said the girl was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital but died in transit from horrific head and chest injuries.
Two male occupants in the front of the car escaped serious injury and were taken to Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital.
Major crash officers are investigating.
How sad and frustrating must this be...[/quote]
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:20 am
by celestial_insight
Lowering the speed limit by 10 km/h is not going to prevent idiots like this.
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:21 am
by gkoutlis
celestial_insight wrote:Lowering the speed limit by 10 km/h is not going to prevent idiots like this.
I didn't say anything about lowering the limit - but if your refering to the comments on perthnow.com.au - I agree with you
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:20 pm
by spartacus
they will just drive an extra 10km/h over the limit!
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:26 pm
by celestial_insight
gkoutlis wrote:celestial_insight wrote:Lowering the speed limit by 10 km/h is not going to prevent idiots like this.
I didn't say anything about lowering the limit - but if your refering to the comments on perthnow.com.au - I agree with you
I didn't suggest you said anything about lowering the limit. It has been in the news lately. Someone doing 140 km/h is still going to do 140 km/h if they are in a 100 zone, or a 90 zone...
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:32 pm
by phreak
side note... how STUPID do you have to be to be speeding at 140 on main street?! its bad enough going 60 down that road with all those median strips and traffic lights. very unfortunate for this to happen... i feel sad for the girls parents. she was only 15 =(
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:35 pm
by spartacus
There should be a very public new "road toll" System
1) No. of people who have died on WA roads
2) No. of people who have died on WA roads while commiting a criminal offence (speeding, hooning, failure to stop etc.)
3) No. of people that these idiots who were driving dangerously have killed.
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:36 pm
by phreak
spartacus wrote:There should be a very public new "road toll" System
1) No. of people who have died on WA roads
2) No. of people who have died on WA roads while commiting a criminal offence (speeding, hooning, failure to stop etc.)
3) No. of people that these idiots who were driving dangerously have killed.
agreed
Brother will be up for Manslaughter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:40 pm
by Kombi
phreak wrote:side note... how STUPID do you have to be to be speeding at 140 on main street?! its bad enough going 60 down that road with all those median strips and traffic lights. very unfortunate for this to happen... i feel sad for the girls parents. she was only 15 =(
The driver was the Girls Brother, he can face manslaughter and i hope they throw the key away, when will these fools learn. the girl only 15 hasnt even lived live now, so sad..
Re: Brother will be up for Manslaughter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:43 pm
by phreak
Kombi wrote:phreak wrote:side note... how STUPID do you have to be to be speeding at 140 on main street?! its bad enough going 60 down that road with all those median strips and traffic lights. very unfortunate for this to happen... i feel sad for the girls parents. she was only 15 =(
The driver was the Girls Brother, he can face manslaughter and i hope they throw the key away, when will these fools learn. the girl only 15 hasnt even lived live now, so sad..
next question i was gonna ask was 'did the parents of the girl know where she was...'
but there is the answer right there... =(
Re: Brother will be up for Manslaughter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:43 pm
by bomber
[quote="Kombi"][quote="phreak"]side note... how STUPID do you have to be to be speeding at 140 on main street?! its bad enough going 60 down that road with all those median strips and traffic lights. very unfortunate for this to happen... i feel sad for the girls parents. she was only 15 =([/quote]
The driver was the Girls Brother, he can face manslaughter and i hope they throw the key away, when will these fools learn. the girl only 15 hasnt even lived live now, so sad..[/quote]
She was 17, as stated in the news article, though doesnt make it any less senseless
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:59 pm
by Tyranus
Nor did it specify what speed they were travelling 140km/h was used as an example by CI which is fine, but a few members have jumped to conclusions. Infact nowhere in there did it say the loss of control was definately due to speed, he might have hit an oily spot and yes airborn would indicate some speed but I've screeched tires when travelling at 40km/h. I'm going to wait till the final report before I say that it was the brothers fault. I do feel sorry for the family though.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:24 am
by phreak
sorry if i did jump to any conclusions. just going of the articles online. working in the media, i should know not to trust preliminary reports.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:49 am
by celestial_insight
Tyranus wrote:Nor did it specify what speed they were travelling 140km/h was used as an example by CI which is fine, but a few members have jumped to conclusions. Infact nowhere in there did it say the loss of control was definately due to speed, he might have hit an oily spot and yes airborn would indicate some speed but I've screeched tires when travelling at 40km/h. I'm going to wait till the final report before I say that it was the brothers fault. I do feel sorry for the family though.
Yes that's right. I wasn't suggesting they were doing 140 km/h on Main Street, nor was I suggesting that Main Street is a 100 or 90 zone. Unrelated.