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BajaTed
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San Felipe 250 tragedy
What will the repercussions be????
Feel for the driver
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-califor...
Es Todo Bueno
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David K
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Thanks for the link!
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This has happened before where the race drivers involved were taken away and flown back to the U.S. I don't remember if any were charged or convicted
of a crime. It is a race accident and they should have stayed put and waited for the police and SCORE officials got there.
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thebajarunner
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One of the reasons that I finally hung up my helmet.
Seeing those little kids "play macho" and saunter across in front of our truck, seeing the idiots hanging from scrub over a turn reaching for the side
panels. It was sickening.
And then our team had a fatal accident very close to this one in a long ago SF 250 (I was supposed to be in the nav seat, he was killed in my place)
Hard to talk about it.
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Wow, that is a bummer with a lot of mixed feelings.
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I have list of banned businesses. I now add score, terrible herbst and monster energy, firms that aid and abet hit and runs and homocide,... so sad to
see score allow racers to flee instead of manning up to life.
Never buy gasoline from a terrible herbst station!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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TMW
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I think they sold all of their gas stations.
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mtgoat666
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Cant murderers be extradited to mexico?
Or perhaps arrest those who aided the flight?
Do contract helos really fly the drivers out pdq to avoid law?
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“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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thebajarunner
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You have no idea!!
But, I would never advocate stopping the racing
Just need some better controls
(Hard to imagine folks going out on a race course and then wondering why 2 tons of 100 mph metal might be hazardous to your health)
And yeah, it hurts still, and it was all the way back in 1984.
Our driver got airlifted out quickly by chopper to UCSD hospital,
if he had not been quickly taken there he too would have died.
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motoged
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The lack of response from the Herbst outfit is cowardly...pity for the driver and team is very misplaced here...the victims were not hanging from a
limb trying to grab a panel...
Don't believe everything you think....
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del mar
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Quote: Originally posted by motoged  | The lack of response from the Herbst outfit is cowardly...pity for the driver and team is very misplaced here...the victims were not hanging from a
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no...but they were clearly on the race course! want to really lose your mind, a san diego news station did a piece and they brought in MONSTER MIKE
as a BAJA RACING EXPERT!
lets just all hope for a safe 500 this year!
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No matter what the promoter or the Mexican officials do you can't fix stupid. Some people just will not use common sense. We have dozens of warning
signs posted along the Kern river yet people still go in it and every year a dozen or so drown.
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Bajazly
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Ed driving, that explains everything!
Believing is religion - Knowing is science
Harald Pietschmann
"Get off the beaten path and memories, friends and new techniques are developed"
Bajazly, August 2019
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BajaTed
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Big tragedy recently on Lake Havasu AZ with the "Lickety Split" boat crash, driver, wife and best buddy died.
Happened right after Desert Storm event, one last run and a rogue wave @ 150 mph.
Same result at high level, multiple people dead. One bunch were rich, the others poor. They all loved racing and speed.
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bajatrailrider
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | Cant murderers be extradited to mexico?
Or perhaps arrest those who aided the flight?
Do contract helos really fly the drivers out pdq to avoid law? |
Are you just a stupid or brainless Yes that's it both.
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mtgoat666
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It figures that you would support gringo racers fleeing the scene of accidents where spectators are killed. You are real piece of chit!
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 |
It figures that you would support gringo racers fleeing the scene of accidents where spectators are killed. You are real piece of chit!
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Listen up chit head tourist this is Mexico. The drivers where correct to leave seen with no police
present. Since your just a old useless turd with zero knowledge of Mexico. Your brainless nature N-zi brain just needs cleaning . Don't like Mexico
stay in your chit hole, MAKE AMERICA GREAT THROW OUT MT666 TRASH OHH and Mexico also.
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Getting out of there is exactly what I would do. I've seen what Mexico law looks like. There is no "fleeing the scene" addition to what could, but
probably wasn't a crime in this case. However, once the Mexican officials get a hold of you, they'll soak you for whatever brides they can get away
with. They would confiscate the truck, the tools, the person and whatever else they can get, sell, or hold for money/ransom. That's just how it is.
The guys that were killed were on the race course, where they shouldn't be. But that doesn't matter if you're a US citizen involved in an accident
in Mexico, you are always at fault. Always flee and let your insurance company negotiate in your behalf. It's not the US, it's not how it should
be, but it is, get over it.
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thebajarunner
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Sad but true
| Quote: Originally posted by Timinator | | Getting out of there is exactly what I would do. I've seen what Mexico law looks like. There is no "fleeing the scene" addition to what could, but
probably wasn't a crime in this case. However, once the Mexican officials get a hold of you, they'll soak you for whatever brides they can get away
with. They would confiscate the truck, the tools, the person and whatever else they can get, sell, or hold for money/ransom. That's just how it is.
The guys that were killed were on the race course, where they shouldn't be. But that doesn't matter if you're a US citizen involved in an accident
in Mexico, you are always at fault. Always flee and let your insurance company negotiate in your behalf. It's not the US, it's not how it should
be, but it is, get over it. |
"Justice" on the spot would have been ugly
Bad deal all around,
but they did what I would have done in a similar situation
Had the victims been injured, I would have stayed
When they were obviously deceased it served no purpose to stay and subject yourself to further abuse.
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Wow. True colors. Unbeeffinglievable.
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