With the Sheriff asserting speed a factor on day 1, they're pretty sure about that. Once that's conceded, all the rest of that stuff is irrelevant.Shadow wrote:Like I said, we don't' know for sure. You can make all the assumptions you want, but that doesn't change the fact that we don't know if the car was being driven recklessly or not.
What if the car had some sort of mechanical failure? You know, something like a failure in the steering (a broken tie rod, for example) and he driver lost control?
What if a dog or a child unexpectedly ran out into the road and the driver crashed trying to avoid them?
What if the car ran over something in the road that caused a tire to blow out and the driver lost control of the car?
What if the driver had something wrong with him that caused him to lose consciousness and crash the car? Maybe he had a heart attack or a stroke while he was driving the car.
I could go on, but I think my point is entirely clear. Just because it was a sports car that crashed, people are quick to make assumptions that may be incorrect. There are simply too many variables at this point. I'm sure the police will perform a complete investigation. Unfortunately, we'll never know for sure what caused the accident. At least they should be able to rule out stuff like mechanical failure and determine stuff like speed at the time of the crash, but they'll never be able to rule out some of the other things I mentioned due to the fire.
Professional race car drivers lose it every day, driving cars that are basically rebuilt every 500 miles on a closed, access-controlled course with energy-absorbing barriers surrounding it and a team of technicians to maintain the surface at the best condition it can be. Sometimes they die in that environment too. Sometimes there's a mechanical factor, sometimes another driver does something unexpected, sometimes there's an oil patch that couldn't be seen in time. Sometimes they just make a mistake and momentarily punch through the limit.
The fact is, the closer to the limit one is driving, the more likely the driver is to lose it, with or without additional contributing factors, and the more spectacular the crash will be if it happens. It's not a race track. It's a public road. Stuff happens.
Anyone who's dealt with an insurance company will tell you how difficult it is to be found 0% at fault in an accident. Speeding significantly is begging for over 50%, even in a multivehicle wreck in which the other driver would otherwise be near-100% at fault. Just ask James Dean.