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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:16 p.m. racerfink Reader

  Somebody needs to tell this kid that the Dukes of Hazaard was only a tv show.

  http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/video:-i-675-crash-caught-on-tape

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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:24 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director

  Ouch.

  Yes, we now have signatures.

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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:28 p.m. Kia_racer HalfDork

  OMG!

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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:30 p.m. fastEddie Dork

  And he survived. It shut down I-675 in both directions though and caused many people in our office to be late to work.

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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:32 p.m. JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director

  3rd Gen F body. Who'da thunk?

  jg

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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:37 p.m. Drewsifer HalfDork

  Good lord! To give credit where credit is due, he did almost make it over the bridge.

  Better to be a racer for a moment than spectator for a life time.

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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:39 p.m. monark192 Reader

  Unbelievable that anyone survived that. WOW

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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:46 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

  (Waylon Jennings voice) " Right about now, the Duke boys are thinkin' 'We sure didn't need that 5th Bed Bull!'"

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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:52 p.m. PubBurgers Dork

  Saw that on the news today. I guess he wasn't even being chased, just driving like a jackass and happened to crash in front of a cop. I'm amazed by the number of people going WAY over the limit every time I drive 675.

  Jacques

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  Aug. 23, 2010 5:53 p.m. John Brown SuperDork

  I would like to wrastle with Meghan O'Roarke from the update video ;)

  Internationally known as The Brown Stig

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  Aug. 23, 2010 6:17 p.m. oldsaw SuperDork

  The report notes the driver was "alert and conscious" after the wreck.

  Too bad he wasn't before the impact.

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  Aug. 23, 2010 6:23 p.m. TJ SuperDork

  "The force of the crash broke the car into three pieces"

  I saw a lot more than 3 pieces. That is one lucky dude. Hopefully he'll make a full recovery and learn his lesson from this.

  "Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms just like NASCAR drivers so we could identify their corporate sponsors."

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  Aug. 23, 2010 6:48 p.m. Wally SuperDork

  K.I.T.T. said: Micheal, you forgot to depress the Turbo Boost button, I'm afraid we're not goi...

  "You should never point a loaded gun at anyone. This is not a hard and fast rule, however. A hard and fast rule is that you should never, ever, point an unloaded gun at anyone." P.J. O'Rourke

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  Aug. 23, 2010 6:58 p.m. DrBoost Dork

  "They are now investigating what role if any speed played in the crash"
  

  Huh?

  You know you are deep in boost territory when you get tire pressures and boost pressures confused

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  Aug. 23, 2010 6:59 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork

  Wow. Passing cars at over 100 MPH on the left median. Musta been late for work. Doesn't say much for his car control skills either.

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  Aug. 23, 2010 7:03 p.m. racerfink Reader

  Wally wrote:

  K.I.T.T. said: Micheal, you forgot to depress the Turbo Boost button, I'm afraid we're not goi...

  Wally just ended the caption contest!

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  Aug. 23, 2010 7:56 p.m. mtn SuperDork

  DrBoost wrote: "They are now investigating what role if any speed played in the crash" Huh?

  Looking at it, I don't think that there would have been any difference if he were going 30 or (what looked like) about 120. Only thing that would have "helped" him would have been if he were going fast enough to clear the bridge.
  

  Stupid is as stupid does, he was going to hit that bridge. He made no effort to avoid it that I could tell.

  there’s a lot of debate on this subject—about what kind of car handles best. Some say a front-engined car; some say a rear-engined car. I say a rented car.

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  Aug. 23, 2010 8:01 p.m. DoctorBlade Reader

  I bet that hurt.

  "Meh."

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  Aug. 23, 2010 8:12 p.m. davidjs Reader

  Looks like he got launched by the guard rail?

  Guess he missed making it to opposing traffic...

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  Aug. 23, 2010 8:22 p.m. TJ SuperDork

  If he were only going another 30 mph or so maybe he could've cleared the overpass. The landing would've still sucked, but better than hitting the concrete abutment.

  "Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms just like NASCAR drivers so we could identify their corporate sponsors."

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  Aug. 23, 2010 8:25 p.m. xd Reader

  If the cop would have moved out the the way when he flashed his brights there would have been no crash. I can see some story about the throttle being stuck. I had an 85 ta and the throttle stuck once. I just turned the car off then called a tow truck and my mom to bring me new pants.

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  Aug. 23, 2010 8:37 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

  Jensenman wrote: Wow. Passing cars at over 100 MPH on the left median. Musta been late for work. Doesn't say much for his car control skills either.

  $50 says he was doing fine until he realized he was about to overtake a cop car and freaked.

  walterj, playing with the 'preferred username' feature

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  Aug. 23, 2010 8:59 p.m. alfadriver Dork

  TJ wrote: "The force of the crash broke the car into three pieces" I saw a lot more than 3 pieces. That is one lucky dude. Hopefully he'll make a full recovery and learn his lesson from this.

  At a certain point, the size is small enough to make it too hard to count.

  In this case that would be about a foot long...

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  Aug. 23, 2010 9:17 p.m. hotrodlarry Reader

  If the car hadn't turned sideways in mid air, it woulda been ugly. I mean he made a mess all over the road, but they probably woulda been scraping him off that bridge abutment

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  Aug. 23, 2010 9:37 p.m. oldtin HalfDork

  A lot of places have the crash barrels near bridges. Now they're gonna have to rethink placement.

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