This was the scene outside our house last weekend. The aftermath, actually. A car flew through our intersection going extremely fast. It hit the dip on the far side of the intersection, bottomed out, and launched across the intersection. It landed in the dip on the other side of the intersection and bottomed out again. It came to a stop three houses down from us, and the passenger got out. I ran out to see if they were ok. I looked into the car and saw that both front air bags had deployed! The driver was still sitting in the car. They both said they were ok, but the driver looked dazed. He restarted his car, and they drove off.
Three other neighbors had also come out, one of whom noted the license plate number and called the police. The officer arrived a few minutes later and took our statements. One of our neighbors witnessed it himself and said all four wheels were off the street. Many cars bottom out in this intersection, but I've never seen one going this fast. Two other officers arrived, and they measured the distance between the two huge scrapes in the blacktop. Forty-three feet!
The officer returned later to take other measurements and told me they tracked down the driver, a 17 year old who was going to be in deep doo-doo. To cause that degree of damage to his car and the street, he must have been going well over 60 mph. WAY TOO FAST on a residential street.
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The psychos in our town like to drive through the alley that fast. The cops in our town don't have much to keep them busy and that scares me. On holidays they get all excited for bar fights- at least 6 cars from p.d., 2 from sheriff, and fire engine. What a show!
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