100 mph IS the reason for this tragedy.

@stuwest3653

2 ай бұрын

Duh

@112bwell

2 ай бұрын

Rest 😢in peace..so sad

@Thats_E

2 ай бұрын

Pure stupidity is the reason for this crash

@missthang4982

2 ай бұрын

💯

@pvtbuddie

2 ай бұрын

It's the primary reason. But leaving this road in its condition, especially with it so close to a highschool, is a major contributing factor to these reckless crashes; if the jump weren't available, no one would be trying to take it. And then there's the fact that this is a blind crest, period, and an unnecessary hazard for any driver to deal with. If the money can be raised, it should be flattened off, and the smaller crest with it.

So many excuses. Only one reason. 100 mph.

@HunterB738

2 ай бұрын

No. Lack of common sense.

@laurenurban3942

2 ай бұрын

No, it was the speed that sealed their fate. If they had been going 40 mph….they would still be here. Don’t defend speeders. They turn our public roadways into drag strips and Nascar races.

@iMatti00

2 ай бұрын

Umm, two things can be true. First, it is the girls fault for doing that. No ifs, ands or buts. Of course on a sidenote, society is supposed to help protect minors from running their lives, because they have a habit of doing that. But the second thing, the thing it doesn’t seem you thought about, is this gonna happen when going the speed limit. And also it can kill an innocent person. So if Road conditions need to be changed to protect innocent people from reckless people, than there is nothing crazy about that.b

@donnathomas9111

Ай бұрын

One reason, stupidity. What else would make you go 100 mph?

@marcbeebee6969

Ай бұрын

My god in germany that school would have safety meetings about that road once or twice a year.... And speed cameras on the hills

In the age of “it’s not my fault”, let’s blame the road.

@ImaDoGToo

2 ай бұрын

LOL

@stryker819

2 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@rickbrown7287

2 ай бұрын

BAN ROADS !!

@pvtbuddie

2 ай бұрын

The biggest problem is definitely the reckless driving, but it doesn't help that the "jump" is is right there by the school. And a blind crest is a hazard to any driver, and, at the least, handling that hazard correctly forces traffic to slow down significantly (which itself creates an additional rear-ending hazard).

@iMatti00

2 ай бұрын

Umm, two things can be true. First, it is the girls fault for doing that. No ifs, ands or buts. Of course on a sidenote, society is supposed to help protect minors from running their lives, because they have a habit of doing that. But the second thing, the thing it doesn’t seem you thought about, is this gonna happen when going the speed limit. And also it can kill an innocent person. So if Road conditions need to be changed to protect innocent people from reckless people, than there is nothing crazy about that.

Jumping a blind hill at 100 on a forested two-lane with no shoulders at night in DEER COUNTRY? What could possibly go wrong?

There is a reason it happened. Stupidity.

@richardelliott8352

Ай бұрын

teenaged brains do not have the fully developed logic that a more mature brain has achieved. stupidity has nothing to do with an inability to reason well because of age. that's why you don't give power tools to little kids, or blame a toddler because they fall down a lot.

@kimward5746

Ай бұрын

🎯

@danros6530

Ай бұрын

Maybe so. But if you can't think back to your own bad decisions, you're either a teenager (in which case you should be taking stock of this story), or you're lying to yourself. We were ALL teenagers, and not one person who watches this video can argue with your opinion. But for sake of decency, show a little tact. (The irony here is that I am a bigger asshole that anyone here, by several orders of magnitude!)

@budgreenleaf315

Ай бұрын

Yes, I’m sure that you were the perfect, well thought out always, thinking of the consequences, forward thinking teenager. And I’m sure that you never did anything like this or never made any stupid decisions that could cause you or your friends either injury or your life. And if you sit there in your chair and say you never did any of these things, sir, I call you a liar straight to your face. You are a liar of the first degree. How dare you chastise people for things that you know in your heart of hearts you’ve done, but got away with it. It says more about your entitlement. Maybe while you’re in your safe space today you can think about that.

@leechjim8023

Ай бұрын

Yes indeed!!!☹️

100 mph is how YOU killed your friend

@ShaunHensley

Ай бұрын

They BOTH took turns jumping, it could have easily been the other girl deceased

@w.colonialboy9144

Ай бұрын

Had it been the other girl, it would have been her fault, but it wasn't. Take responsibility for your own actions. Cheers

@ShaunHensley

Ай бұрын

@@w.colonialboy9144 The point is they are both equally responsible. Cheers

@w.colonialboy9144

Ай бұрын

@ShaunHensley no. the person driving at the time is responsible for their own actions, not me, not you, not the passenger - it's really quite straightforward. Cheers

@ShaunHensley

Ай бұрын

@@w.colonialboy9144 Nah, they were both participating in the exact same action, taking turns. No different than two burglars flubbing up and one ending up getting hurt or killed. The other one didn't kill them cheers

Drugs and alcohol were not a factor but stupidity was.

@Roc-Righteous

2 ай бұрын

Exactly

@omstout

2 ай бұрын

The report says that Drugs and Alcohol WERE factors. Bad edit my statement retracted. So these two girls were naturally stupid.

@bloodlove93

Ай бұрын

good point, I'll stick to the drugs. not the point?

@roadskare63

Ай бұрын

yep and at 18/19 I bet you weren't much smarter than they nor I was at their respective ages....BET! I fully admit to being stupid and pushing the envelope at 18.

So maybe it's not the road, if they were going 100?

@elaineewalt8137

2 ай бұрын

Both a recipe for disaster! 🚗💨😱💔😔

@EricJohnson-md4cd

Ай бұрын

If they were poor kids she'd have a vehicular homicide. But it was the road's fault

@sp34277

Ай бұрын

@@elaineewalt8137 it's not the road

She killed her friend. Not the road. 😢

@HunterB738

2 ай бұрын

100%

@katya.g524

2 ай бұрын

the road enables deadly accidents is the point.

@Tempted_Lotus

Ай бұрын

@@katya.g524 no accountability "enables" the accidents

@katya.g524

Ай бұрын

@@Tempted_Lotus and a dangerous road

@DABOYDJEM1

Ай бұрын

@@katya.g524 every roads is dangerous if you drive 100 mph

It would be a good idea to make the road more safe, but... The actual cause of these wrecks is not the road. The cause is the crime of reckless driving.

@rickhammond2473

2 ай бұрын

Thin out the gene pool

@traybern

2 ай бұрын

Then STFU about the ROAD!!!

@starshine3588

2 ай бұрын

True….but if the road could be fixed to prevent this from happening….so that no one could do this…..then THAT would be worth it.

@tequilastraightup595

2 ай бұрын

@@starshine3588 I live in a area that is flat, and kids drive at speeds over 100 mph down a 5 mile unlit stretch of road. There are many crashes along that 5 mile stretch of road, and many deaths, loss of control, tire blow outs, vehicles pulling onto the road, and other causes. Cops do what they can, but they can't stay in one place for 24/7, due to a financial burden on the tax payers. It is the parents responsibility to teach their kids the hazards of reckless driving, not the county or state.

@hoppes9658

2 ай бұрын

@@starshine3588 We have thousands of spots like that north of here and it’s fine.

Leave it to an attorney to blame this on a road.

@qmnnvrdyz8965

Ай бұрын

Why stop there? Maybe the lawyer should sue the engineer and the construction crew, who helped make the road. He could get more $ by suing the manufacturers of the equipment used to make the road, too. Ridiculous!!

@212days

Ай бұрын

Your comment reminds me of a joke I heard. Q: What do you call 10,000 attorney's at the bottom of the ocean? A: A good start. ...

Your cars steering doesn't work when you are in the air it's not a plane!!!!!

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

2 ай бұрын

And at 100+, it does NOT handle the same! Plus, good luck using the brakes!

@HunterB738

2 ай бұрын

Not true.

@mrcryptozoic817

2 ай бұрын

Or even if the tires are just unloaded.

@traybern

Ай бұрын

Just a Jetta, not a JET!!

@Yosetime

Ай бұрын

Most excellent comment yet.

You can't make any road safe enough to stop deliberate unsafe acts. The highschoolers all know about the fatalities over the decades and they still want to "jump the hill".

@Dondizle

2 ай бұрын

Exactly. There are warnings, signs, and limits for a reason. If they can't respect basic road safety, then warnings are lost on them. They're lucky they didn't take anyone else out.

@BettieRage3977

Ай бұрын

Agreed! I’m sure EVERYONE in that town knows what that road is like and people have died doing what they did. I had a road with hill jumps in my hometown. Multiple deaths over the years. Everyone knew about that road.

@marcbeebee6969

Ай бұрын

My god in germany that school would have safety meetings about that road once or twice a year.... And speed cameras on the hills

@marcbeebee6969

Ай бұрын

Our fire department shows the kids every year what happens when you extinguishe oil fire with water. Still so many people get hurt or killed in germany despite that while putting oil out with water. Humans are dumb animals

Maybe if she wasn’t driving 100 mph huh

The county can lower the speed limit, add more signs, but it will not stop reckless teenage driving.

@lewisbale1

2 ай бұрын

Exactly

@rickbrown7287

2 ай бұрын

Put some really wicked speed bumps in the road???

@fishyfool

Ай бұрын

The county is at fault for not installing speed humps that would eliminate this problem.

@marcbeebee6969

Ай бұрын

My god in germany that school would have safety meetings about that road once or twice a year.... And speed cameras on the hills

@jonathanwoods9843

Ай бұрын

@@rickbrown7287 They'll just hit the speed bumps harder and fly off of them, while keeping everyone else annoyed by the bumps.

the problem isn't the road. And....a misdemeanor?? Seriously...

@markberryhill2715

Ай бұрын

Late,but as long as you're sober you can get away with murder driving. 🚗

The lawyer is blaming the road? What a worthless human.

Tragic but let's admit one thing: if one is driving on a road with little visibility, wouldn't you drive slower?

@run2yah4salvation35

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. Senseless loss of life.

@qmnnvrdyz8965

Ай бұрын

Yep! I love how they keep saying that you can't see headlights, until you're at the top of the hill. Aren't you supposed to just naturally drive as though there might be a car coming in the opposite direction, like any road, hilly, or not? What a strange excuse! When I was a kid, that excuse would never fly, but these days, no one is responsible for their own misguided actions!

Six deaths in six decades? Considering that road leads to a school that number is miniscule.

Play stupid games win stupid prizes. How unfortunate and UNNECESSARY!!

Entitled "best friend" gets a misdemeanor? Since when is manslaughter a misdemeanor?

@user-kp8dv2ni4g

Ай бұрын

I had a friend when I was in highschool he was driving down the road minding his own job a child ran out in front of the car on the other side of the road and hit him and he was knocked into my friend car and he hit him too and to this day can't get that out of his head and he wasn't at fault but he just could not get over it and so will this young lady she will have to live with it

@woodsrdr

Ай бұрын

@@user-kp8dv2ni4g That's horrible but what does it have to do with a misdemeanor charge in this case???

@lynx70123

Ай бұрын

Privilege

@GeeMannn

Ай бұрын

White girls never get accountability for their actions come on now.

Stupid decisions are the real hazard. 100 mph on a straight flat road could have resulted in a similar outcome.

@JW-vi2nh

Ай бұрын

Precisely. I live in a straight stretch, right off a main highway in a rural area. Right before you get to my house, there is a series of pretty serious curves with speed limit signs showing 35 MPH. After the curves, the speed limit goes back to 55 MPH. All night, every night, I hear cars absolutely gunning out out of those curves to reach insane speeds in the straight stretch. I've lived in this house for just over four years and there have been two fatal car crashes in the field beside me, at least one of which the passenger ejected from their vehicle. At the end of the day, someone looking for dangerous thrills can find a way make even the safest road deadly. Someone who doesn't want to drive safe can't always be protected from themselves.

@alanluscombe8a553

Ай бұрын

Yep. I live in a similar highway in the mountains and over twenty years two have been killed and 8 crashes on a 1 mile flat stretch of road. Almost all of the crashes and both fatalities were due to speed. One was a sport bike rider doing around 130 went off the road and another in a car doing around 90 and drunk. Other crashes had speed involved some were elk in the road and people driving to fast to stop

@JW-vi2nh

Ай бұрын

@@alanluscombe8a553 It's the deer where I live. I originally typed some info about that too, but it made my comment really long. Especially at night, I drive no more than 40MPH in the straight stretch in front of my house because I know how common deer are out here. I have picked two bumpers and parts of wheels and tires up out of my driveway several times over the past few years after people hit a deer at high speed. One night, not long after moving here, a family of five showed up at my front door in the middle of the night because they'd slammed into a deer and absolutely destroyed their car. This one little ~1/2 mile section of the road has no cell signal at all and very few houses. They were lucky that they crashed directly in front of my driveway, so they were able to limp their car up to my house and ask for help. I really, really wish people would just slow down on the roads. When I get in a hurry, I remind myself that driving even 10 MPH faster isn't going to save me more than a few seconds unless I'm travelling a pretty good distance. It just isn't worth it. I also watch car crash videos every few months, just to keep myself in check and to remind me that safety is more important than speed and fun. I never want to have some poor person scraping pieces of me out of my car or off the side of the road, all because I was in a hurry or was on my cell phone or speeding.

@timdowney6721

Ай бұрын

Could have….yes. But the probability is less.

No other choice but to ban cars

@mofbombay6290

Ай бұрын

Raise driving age to "21"

@alanluscombe8a553

Ай бұрын

Yep we can’t possibly hold anyone accountable for the choices they make. My god that would simply be asking to much

WOW, even after someone willfully puts their own life at risk, they still blame the city...

@stuiley424

Ай бұрын

Next the driver will want to try and take the city to court for making her kill her friend! I can’t believe the angle this article was trying to take.🤦‍♂️

They did it. Just like the guy who tried to ski over the highway. Those kinds of roads are usually notorious for teen deaths. 100 miles an hour????

@OregonCrow

2 ай бұрын

Is your brain ok?

@demonking-pk3by

2 ай бұрын

@@OregonCrow you cant read? or hear what the video is saying there perty much trying to blame a road for the crash becuz of how dark it is but the true reason of the crash was her going 100+mph reckless driving caused her crash and her friends death. simpler for you?

@OregonCrow

2 ай бұрын

@@demonking-pk3by You're so slow, please dont talk to me.

Roads don't kill; bad driving does.

We should ban high buildings, some people are jumping from them.

@mizzury54

2 ай бұрын

How juvenile. Clearly a 2nd amendment obsessive.

@AntonSander

2 ай бұрын

@@mizzury54 Wanna see juvenile? Im a 69th amendmant obsessive and don't even live in the USA, LOOK AT ME NOW MOM. DEEUUHHHHH

@dbuzman

2 ай бұрын

And solid food because some people choke to the end on it.

@BustaShenanigans

2 ай бұрын

@mizzury54 this has nothing to do with the 2nd amendment

@diegoharo7943

Ай бұрын

@@BustaShenanigansif they had guns they could have protected themselves

We live in a day in an age where no adult seems to have enough common sense to come to the conclusion that the speed is what killed this girl. When is it ever legal to drive at a hundred miles an hour? So her friend was responsible. No instead everyone blames the road. Therefore negligence,recklessness and stupidity and NO accountability is the reason why she's dead.

@evanhandelong7685

Ай бұрын

I could done 100 and been fine. This is an inexperienced driver issue

What public road is safe at 100 miles an hour 😳

@yellowblanka6058

2 ай бұрын

The Autobahn....that's all I can think of, and even that's dangerous, just not AS dangerous.

@michellehawkins1027

2 ай бұрын

I honestly don't understand why cars are even made to go that fast.

@omstout

2 ай бұрын

Welcome to West Texas.

@hudsondonnell444

2 ай бұрын

Speed isn't the problem being foolish enough to attempt to break the laws of physics is.

@eldiablo7862

2 ай бұрын

I drove the Autobahn and there are very few areas that allow you to go over 120 kph. Very restrictive, controlled and many accidents.

Stupidity is the leading cause of death worldwide.

Six deaths on that road in six decades. Don't blame the road.

Misdemeanor wtf kind of charge is that? Her best friends dead because of her speeding 100mph Thats vehicular homicide not this stupid lame charge!! the judge needs too be fired and she needs appropriate punishment not an ankle monitor!! Her mom forgave the driver now why??? thats dumb and an insult

you may change jericho but you wont change teenagers

I lived in California for 7 years, there are hills like this everywhere. The problem isnt the hill, it the speed and immaturity.

Don't blame the hill, blame excessive speed, and irresponsibility

A _misdemeanor!?!_

@timplumb21

2 ай бұрын

My parents have had friends and such die in that road I've had friends and such die in that road and nobody driving the cars were ever charged with anything so the fact that somebody's getting a misdemeanor I think it's ridiculous they shouldn't get charged at all none of my family or myself got any justice when other drivers killed people in cars on that road so why should this person

@timplumb21

2 ай бұрын

I can't believe somebody's getting charges for this I lost several friends on Jericho Road in multiple accidents my parents back in the 60s lost multiple friends from Rockford High School due to accidents on Jericho nobody was ever charged for anything

@happycamper1372

2 ай бұрын

@@timplumb21 So two wrongs make a right? You got no justice so no one should? Get over yourself, maybe you should have fought for your justice.

@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ

2 ай бұрын

@@timplumb21, wow. So, just because you never received justice, in your mind nobody else in the future, in a similar situation, should receive justice either? You are one heck of a narcissist. That’s not a complement, by the way. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone so self-absorbed that they actually make the statement that they didn’t receive justice in a situation, so nobody else should ever receive justice either.🤯 Unbelievable.

@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ

2 ай бұрын

How is 45 mph over the speed limit classified as a misdemeanor?

Stupidity=consequences.

We have a stretch of road kids try this stuff on just like that. The goal being to get air born. This isn't the Dukes of Hazard. Your vehicle isn't designed for that.

@janettamcgee8124

2 ай бұрын

We had a country road everyone dubbed Roller Coaster Hills that had three small hills right after the other. Stupid teens always tried to make the jumps and go airborne. I was one of the stupid teen passengers on several occasions. Turning off your headlights was an added attraction. There were several deaths. One was my cousin's step-son. Didn't stop anybody. Ft. Worth has expanded so much that the road is now residential and the Hills were leveled to be almost flat.

@michellehawkins1027

2 ай бұрын

True, and they don't show the amount of General Lee's they go through to get those jump shots.

@patrickbuick5459

Ай бұрын

I have been there. I doubt 100mph, but jumping cars some.

@billyyank5807

Ай бұрын

No 💩 sherlock....you come up with that yourself?

1 traffic fatality every ten years doesn’t seem newsworthy to me

@diegoharo7943

Ай бұрын

She’s a young white girl

@lynx70123

Ай бұрын

☝🏾

@18_rabbit

Ай бұрын

@@diegoharo7943 18 ain't young enough to be that stupid.

ALWAYS have that “someone ELSE was coming at me” BS story at the ready!!!

@lowandslow3939

2 ай бұрын

In the video, there was no other car. She lied.

@milesrichardson1500

2 ай бұрын

She will do probation in the days amount and be back on the road in a couple weeks

@user-kp8dv2ni4g

Ай бұрын

Well y'all she want be back on the road anytime soon and it's not because of the law it will be her she will have to go for counseling to try to get over this but she will find she won't get over it unfortunately her life will never be the same unless she is a heartless person which I don't believe she is we all do stupid things when we're young so I hope she can talk to others young people about what she done and save someone else life I certainly hope so

DON'T SPEED!!!! teenagers need to learn not to speed. So sad. May she rest in peace. Sorry, but the lawyer is wrong. Suing because the road is too "tempting" for teenagers is a horrible reason.

@Sherman62

Ай бұрын

Yep, "too tempting for teenagers" would describe about every road ever. We can all be an example for others. Some are an example of what NOT to do.

This is a prime example how dumbed down typical US local "news" stations are. It is not the road that is dangerous. It was the driver. If you live in the country, every road, and every turn is deadly if you don't exercise what a qualified driver should.

@lynx70123

Ай бұрын

It's a prime example of how news media frames certain stories to make certain people look and sound innocent and undeserving of public scorn. 🙄😒

Darwin been handing out awards since at least 1966 on this road.

I remember hearing on the news 2 guys raced up a draw bridge, thinking they would fly across and land on the other side. Like in the movies...nope the car dropped into the river and they both died.

You are responsible for your actions behind the wheel. Period.

I was lucky to survive a crash exactly like this when a teen in the 70's . My friend was driving and our goal to go airborne on a hill . of course we weren't wearing seatbelts either. Dumb teenagers.

@112bwell

2 ай бұрын

Have some compassion…smh,there was a death.

@mizzury54

2 ай бұрын

@112bwell I'm saying we were dumb teenagers. And yes, I have compassion for them. You can have compassion and still recognize that the action was dumb.

Sue for your own lawbreaking activity? Only reckless speeders have accidents. The road made me do it. Take responsibility for your own reckless actions.

Change would bring more traffic? Lamest excuse in history for not fixing the road. Isn't there some kind of law against going double the speed limit?

@MissPepperss

2 ай бұрын

Yeah sure, because criminals always obey the law....

@bobroberts2371

2 ай бұрын

Fixing the road would include flattening ALL hills.

@christinehutchins123

2 ай бұрын

I don't know if it would bring more traffic or not but people buy houses where there's not much traffic for a reason. They like that . not saying they shouldn't fix it but its the kids fault for these crashes.

@Netcentric-fk6ek

2 ай бұрын

the problem isn't the road.....

Judge me as you will but I cannot feel sorry for them.

Hoping this will prompt a change to Jericho? How about prompting a change to not go hill jumping at 100 miles per hour?

100 mph she should have been charged with manslaugther and put in prison for 10 years or so!

A more extreme example of the dumb sh$t so many of us were fortunate to get away with ... 100 mph was pushing it too far, sadly as simple as that.

I live in a small rural country area and we had lots of roads with places in them that were dangerous, and teens who are together in a car are notorious for taking silly “challenges”. It’s a wonder we didn’t have more tragedies back in the 80’s and 90’s on those roads. Most of the roads have been fixed now, the State came in and redesigned the roads so that the dangerous areas were made less dangerous. Extremely sharp curves were straightened out. Steep hills were eliminated. But when crashes occurred on these roads before they were fixed, almost always high speed was a factor. The driver going 100 mph was the cause of this crash, because the high speed combined with her jerking the steering wheel towards the ditch caused her to lose control and crash. If she had been going the speed limit, she never would have met that car at the top of the wheel, jerked the steering wheel, and lost control. I’m sorry to the parents who lost their daughter, and to the teen driver who has to live with the fact that she crashed a car and lost her best friend. I pray the LORD eases the parents’ grief, and helps the driver learn a lesson, and forgive herself, because He will forgive her if she asks Him to, but it’s much more difficult to forgive yourself.

The only thing that's a hazard are the people who drive 100mph on Jericho road. You really think changing the speed limit is going to do something??? The default is 55. That didn't do anything. This won't either.

@Sherman62

Ай бұрын

The section in question was posted at 35mph. She was going about three times the speed limit.

Here in South Jersey, we had a similar road. Literally, the road is named Breakneck Road. Teenagers (including myself) would speed down that road. One end was "humps" you could get "air time" from and a HUGE hill. Again, almost no shoulders and trees growing right up at the road's edge. They did finally smooth out the humps, but the main hill is still there. They did it back in the early 1990's.

Blaming the road for their joyriding death is like blaming a building for a thrill seeker falling off the ledge.

We had a similar hill where I grew up. It was called Tower Hill. Kids died there. I ran it a few times myself, when I was young and stupid, but never at 100mph. This young lady wasn't killed by the hill, any more than a gun kills people all by itself.

The road is not the problem, it’s teenage kids who think they’re invincible & have the attitude that “this won’t happen to me”! And some are just too young to be driving!

This sounds like a case of play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

I think she was driving a tad too fast. that sucks for the family

@candace27co

2 ай бұрын

A tad? 100mph

Volkswagens are not built to do trophy truck things.

Can we appreciate the mother of the daughter that was killed in this senseless tragedy, she accepted responsibility that her daughter contributed to this situation and, she also knows that the driver is having to face the nightmares of being responsible for her best friends death

Misdemeanor? What a sad joke.

If the speed limit is already 55 then cutting the limit to 45 _isn't_ going to help.

@robertyoung2819

Ай бұрын

Well yes... Of course... They were going over 100 Miles Per Hour... Which IS over the posted speed limit... Of 55MPH... DOH!!!

@pulaski1

Ай бұрын

@@robertyoung2819 Tell that to the idiots in the this video who were suggesting cutting the speed limit. That is who I was addressing.

@robertyoung2819

Ай бұрын

@@pulaski1 Yes... I agree with you... Is why I responded to your response... It appears to be a safe enough road... IF... One were to take heed of the proper speed limit and safety precautions of the warning ⚠️ signs... That are posted on the roadway???

The only hazard here is the attorney who doesn't believe in personal responsibility.

Those of us who had to earn money and pay for our own cars as teens knew that reckless actions like trying to go airborne on a hill could be damaging to shocks and tires, which we didn't have money to pay for. Such a nice new car for a teen to own. Sad situation all the way around.

it would take all of a hour to add a speed bump to the bottom of both sides, cant do 100 over a speed bump into the bottom of a hill simple fix

@lmcatech

Ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking. Install speed bumps.

Speed.

This story reminds me of that group of teens who died in a car crash in Brunswick, Ohio, back in 2012. The driver jumped an elevated railroad crossing at 70mph, lost control of the car and crashed into a tree, upside down. Four died and one survived. It was the driver's fault, just like this avoidable tragedy.

When you forbid the prosecution criminally for a speeder that killed,, you condone it rather than help prevent it.

Teens think they are invincible, until they are not. I can't believe there is not a posted speed limit on that road. 55 sounds too fast for that road.

@Sherman62

Ай бұрын

The signs shown in the video say 35 mph.

I took a 71 Skylark for a short flight in 1975, blew out both front tires but I survived. My Guardian Angel has special powers.

@bricknmotor

2 ай бұрын

I pulled off a flight in a 79 el Camino. It's kinda surreal that feeling of no steering for a second. It bottomed out but no damage. Got lucky too. Stop sign isn't far from the landing zone either. Yea brakes don't work either up there. 😆

This happens in my hometown about once a year. High schoolers go hill hopping, get in crash, then blame the road/other drivers/pedestrians/ect. They basically never face any charges either.

Reckless driving causing death, criminal negligence causing death. This should be a felony. If the driver was doing 100 mph down a city street and lost control a serious charge would probably be laid.

Put speed bumps on this road.

@lorraineniece8813

2 ай бұрын

They will just go over the speed bumps at a high speed.

@tanside979

Ай бұрын

How bout we just put padding on every surface on the planet? Make it thick enough to prevent ALL and ANY type of accident...

Speed still kills and always will. ☠️

It's always everyone and everything's fault except for the person actually responsible.

I'm beyond TIRED of this blameless generation- CALL it what it is: STUPIDITY. A lack of critical decision making. POOR choices were made. OWN it.

Drop the speed limit to 45 MPH? They were going over 100 MPH What good is changing the speed limit?

@Truth.Hurts140

Ай бұрын

Yep agreed, It would be better to add speed bumps so you cant get going 100mph or have an officer constantly posted a half mile back. and that still might not be able to change the outcomes.

It’s true what research says that teens and elderly people are most at risk for deadly crashes. This is a real tragedy because when you’re young, you always think you’re invincible.

That road has been there and that way for decades. Now all of a sudden a problem with its design. Same thing happened here recently in California. Kid driving a hundred plus, runs a stop sign, hits a dip and crashes killing his buddies. What’s the cause everyone is talking about? No traffic light and the dip has caused three accidents in the past 15 years says the people that live near the intersection. No one speaks of person responsibility today or they need to find blame with someone or somewhere else.

Lowering the speed limit won't do anything if they were speeding to begin with. Maybe ban teenagers from driving unless they can pass an empathy test.

@pjjohnson8195

Ай бұрын

Great comment! Intelligent comment. Actually there are more intelligent comments in this thread than I expected. Maybe the tide is turning 💕☀️🙏🏻

The road is NOT dangerous.

It's a terrible tragedy. There's a reason insurance rates for people of this age is extremely high, as we all know. This is the reason why some push for autonomous vehicles because the software would automatically sense they're approaching a dangerous hill or driving too fast and would shut down.

@carlosoliveira-rc2xt

Ай бұрын

Regardless of any invented fixes, you can't fix stupid so don't you go down that lane.

Blaming the road is typical of today's aversion to accepting responsibility. I'm not surprised to hear that nonsense out of the defense attorney's mouth, that's to be expected. So what's the solution, level every hill in America?

You can't fix stupid and recklessness. Stop blaming the inanimate road and start blaming the people.

Would speed bumps help???🤔🤔🤔

@57Jimmy

2 ай бұрын

It was one…a…BIG…one😢

WELL HER DAUGHTER HAD ALSO BEEN DRIVING SO IF HER DAUGHTER ACCIDENTALLY KILLED HER BEST FRIEND WOULD HER MOTHER FORGIVE ALSO ⁉️

Speed bumps will keep anyone from doing 100 mph and you can keep the hill and the landscape the way it is

Speed bumps at the beginning and end of the hill could help, but teenagers feeling invincible and doing dangerous things will never end.

Did I hear there have been fatalities on that road for over a decade due to thrill seekers? Might be time to add some speed bumps, a blinking light or what ever other measures to prevent another death.

@Smithpolly

2 ай бұрын

6 deaths over 6 decades.

The teens are guilty for the speeding fatalities. But the selfish neighbors living along that road, are also guilty, for opposing the government's proposal to alter that road.

@royrice8021

2 ай бұрын

The neighbors have a warped sense of entertainment! ☠️

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

2 ай бұрын

Then quit fooling around when you drive...?

@christinehutchins123

2 ай бұрын

I imagine if the town wants to alter the road they'll do it. Doing stupid things is was is what killed these kids. They are also selfish because they are endangering anyone driving the other way.

Leave it to a lawyer to place blame somewhere else. She was driving over 100 mph. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

A misdemeanor is a joke. The driver knew exactly what she was doing smashing the gas down

Sounds like natural selection 😂

“ The change would bring more traffic”. That’s some lame reasoning.

@candace27co

2 ай бұрын

Right 😂

100 mph would be all you needed to know and the lawyer should stay home.

The scary part is that there are hills all over the country just waiting to claim the lives of unsuspecting teens. What are we going to do?

Speed bumps.

Won’t somebody please hold tax payers accountable for this tragedy 😩