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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    So he was apparently driving like a douche and probably not wearing his seat belt?

    Well, ah, my condolences to his family, at least. And to the Murcielago.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    Lamborghini with all 4 tires on the ground = fast car. Lamborghini with any of the 4 tires off the ground = sail.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    Where there's smoke there's a....pancake?
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/14/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: ....waffle?
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    according to the local newspaper it was racing with a MB, no mention of a Spyker.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    09/14/09

    @sos10: and here is a video.. in vlaams.
    [www.nieuwsblad.be]
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    Supposedly in situations where a high amount of physical trauma is inflicted on a person very quickly, the brain can do this automatic 'body shut down' thing where it basically makes all the muscles in the person's body go limp so some of the potential injury from impacts can be reduced.

    Sounds like the guys in the Spyker might have avoided injury in some similar fashion...

    ...that, or it's Belgium and their brains were already half off anyway from that morning's 'fun waffles'...
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    Money + fast car = driving prowess. NOT.

    Also, bucks and a fast car don't excuse you from basic safety procedures. Buckle up!

    No sympathy for those who kill themselves foolishly. Apologies to the grieving family, but death by misadventure is completely appropriate.
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    Edited by Elhigh at 09/14/09 10:55 AM Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of H. Mushman H. Mushman
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    Is there not a high potential that the Lambo driver was wearing his/her seatbelt?

    I would think it would be quite possible to be thrown from a Lamborghini sans doors given the style of seat belt.

    the shoulder strap starts from the inboard shoulder and reaches to the out side hip (opposite to almost every other 3 point belt). In the event of a high speed roll, would ones outside shoulder not slip free with the rest of the body to follow?

    Just a thought.
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    Leeeeena a Jalopchick promoted this comment H. Mushman was starred H. Mushman was unstarred
    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    09/14/09

    @kona41: Good thought, and I got you a link to prove the seatbelt positioning to naysayers.

    [sportscars.clubsportiva.com]

    Now, the real question is, why the hell would Lamborghini design it that way? Idiosyncrasies are only cute and endearing as long as they aren't killing people.
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    Image of BigHarv BigHarv
    09/14/09

    @Leeeeena a Jalopchick: I think the lap portion of the belt is supposed to take the load in the case of a rollover. The shoulder strap, in either orientation, is supposed to keep you strapped to the seatback. I have to think this driver was either not buckled in or, maybe, somehow, that the seatbelt somehow failed. Even just a lap belt would have kept the driver in the car, and as we can see, while the car is wrecked, the passenger compartment is whole.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    09/14/09

    @Leeeeena a Jalopchick: I'd guess something to do with the vertical doors.
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    Image of H. Mushman H. Mushman
    09/14/09

    @Leeeeena a Jalopchick: Thanks! Heart click!
    I think something unique was right in saying it has allot to do with the doors and the spacing. In a Lambo the drivers are pushed to the outside with the large tunnel that runs through for the AWD. Although, this belting I believe dates back to the Countach days and possibly the Muira?

    Thanks again!
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    Image of gotsmart gotsmart
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    You guys keep writing "rate of speed" which is incorrect. Speed is a rate unto itself. Saying "rate of speed" is like saying a rate of a rate.
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    Image of egoods egoods
    09/14/09

    @gotsmart: Hate to get in to a semantic argument here but blogs are written in conversational language. And, like it or not, saying "High rate of speed" is something quite a few people say in conversation. Hell, I'm fairly sure I've heard it on the real news. At the end of the day it seems like a fairly trivial thing to be upset about. Just my 2¢
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/14/09

    @egoods: You don't say.

    /Additional Strunk & White violation.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    Ouch. That's one waffled Belgian. Despite claims that he was unhurt, I'm guessing the Spyker driver has palms fritte, from grasping the wheel so tightly.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    09/14/09

    @Alfisted: Nice pun.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    I think everyone in Belgium drives a supercar. Aren't they all maniacal psychopaths bent on world domination?

    Beats eating flakes of you're own skin. Wait, I think that's the freaky-deaky-Dutch.

    These people eat pomme frittes, with mayonnaise. Anyway, there's two things I can't stand- people who are intolerant of other people's culture, and the Dutch.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/14/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: I like mine with tartar sauce.
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    So much for riding on rails...P*ssy MagLev has been debunked.
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    The more fools in high-end cars I see offing themselves, the more I'm "almost" relieved to be broke.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    Oddly enough, it didn't catch on fire.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    According to eyewitnesses, both cars were traveling either "très rapide" or "extreem snelle"...so which was it?
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    Image of Sloop_John_B Sloop_John_B
    09/14/09

    In reply to Lamborghini Murciélago Flips In Fatal Crash
    Measuring your man bits is not worth dieing for.
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