Watch: Man critical after BMW smashes into lane divider in Cape Town

[genetic]

what hospital did he land up at ?
all the hospitals with proper trauma centres are quite a distance from the accident scene

chris barnard is a long sprint back to the city - but on a freeway the entire distance
vincent pallotti - part freeway
panorama - also part freeway
tygerberg - a really long sprint, but probably the most experienced in high impact trauma

Those are all close - especially with no traffic.

 

[thestaggy]

I'm not hearing any limiters on that bike. I'm calling bs on the 330 and the 290 speeds.

Yeah, I think the speeds have been greatly over exaggerated. The bike can clearly be heard to be shifting or briefly backing out of the throttle before it gets to the bridge, so nowhere near its top end.

Also, 330 km/h is MotoGP speed at the fastest point on their calendar; the end of Mugello's main straight. So that would then have to be a heavily modified superbike or a standard ZX-14R with its limiter removed.

My guess is the cars were in the 200 - 240 range with the bike a little faster and still building speed.

Still stupid fast though when you consider that fact that these cars are only crash tested at a max of 65 km/h. Any accident at 100+ would tear a car to pieces. An accident at 290/300 would be an explosion.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Taufiq can go join Oscar behind bars. The book needs to be thrown at this criminal to set an example to all those that race on our highways endangering innocent people !!!

 

[paul5186]

Regarding his mom's interview, saying she did not know he left the house.....

Um living with your parents while you own a M3.....sigh I will never understand

 

[thestaggy]

Regarding his mom's interview, saying she did not know he left the house.....

Um living with your parents while you own a M3.....sigh I will never understand

I think daddy bought all those cars.

 

[SykomantiS]

The data on the car showed that the air bags popped at 290.

Link to article? I must have missed this.

I'm not a "bike guy", and I suspect a lot of us aren't, what does it actually mean. A certain sound?

Yes, there's a distinctive sound when an engine hits the rpm limiter, and it's especially prevalent on a vehicle like a bike where the exhaust note is quite loud (and high-pitched) but it's also audible in a car.

 

[Quey_Quick]

Regarding his mom's interview, saying she did not know he left the house.....

Um living with your parents while you own a M3.....sigh I will never understand

We had Muslim neighbours growing up and this seems to be the norm, mom and dad supporting their married kids. The seafood business was probably started by daddy as well.

 

[Quey_Quick]

I think daddy bought all those cars.

Most likely.

 

[dualmeister]

He seems to have deleted / disabled or made his Facebook account private.
He wanted to be noticed, but I guess it backfired.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

He seems to have deleted / disabled or made his Facebook account private.
He wanted to be noticed, but I guess it backfired.

The power of social media

 

[PsYTraNc3]

Really? Did you gave access to the car prior to the police removing it from the accident scene?

There was sweet fa chance that car was doing 290 when the airbags popped.

It was the Transport MEC that mentioned the car was doing 290 km/h though.
http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/...wn-on-speeding-highlighted-by-drag-race-crash

 

[ToxicBunny]

It was the Transport MEC that mentioned the car was doing 290 km/h though.
http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/...wn-on-speeding-highlighted-by-drag-race-crash

Yeah... Even less chance of believing that really.

 

[dualmeister]

Think I read somewhere that he is in Vincent Palotti.

Taufiq Carr, 26, is in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Vincent Pallotti Hospital, in Pinelands.

His parents Achmat and Moesna, who own a business in Jakes Gerwel Drive, have asked the community to keep their son in prayer and respect their privacy.

His father told the Plainsman in a WhatsApp message on Monday that his son was out of surgery and was in the ICU after losing both his legs. He said his son was due to undergo three more operations.

Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital spokesperson Vaughanine Higgins would not confirm if Taufiq was a patient there, citing patient confidentiality.

The crash happened near the Sable Road off-ramp at Ratanga Junction in the early hours of Monday.

It’s believed Taufiq may have been part of an underground drag-racing club that stages high-speed races on the N1 at weekends.

A video that surfaced on social media appears to show two cars racing each other at high speed and next to other motorists on the national highway.

The driver of the BMW M3 tries to overtake a motorist but his car spins out of control, narrowly missing the car he appears to be racing, and hits a highway barrier.

ER24’s Russel Meiring said the man behind the wheel had been critically injured.

“Paramedics found that the man had sustained serious injuries to his legs and head, leaving him in a critical condition. The man was treated for his injuries and provided with several advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the man was transported to Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital for urgent care.”

The City of Cape Town in a media release vowed to slam the brakes on illegal street racing.

Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith said: “The incident is just the latest example of the devastation wrought by illegal street racers on our streets. What is equally concerning is the group of people gathered on the overpass who was filming the incident.”

Illegal racing was a regular problem on the city’s roads, he said.

But the traffic police, he said, could not prosecute someone on the basis of third-party evidence, such as the video footage being circulated.

“However, the South African Police Service is able to pursue a case and we hope that they
will do so in this instance,” he said.

Junaid Hamid, a former participant in the drag racing circuit and now editor in chief at Raceweb, an online platform for racing and car enthusiasts, said in a Facebook post that a group of drag racers held a regular event they called “Racewars”, which had its own Instagram account with videos of past races.

Mr Hamid said Racewars meetings were often held on the N1 on Sundays.

“I used to organise the races personally. But we would never race under these conditions. Private, invite only with no traffic. That doesn’t mean it was okay. I’ve grown up and have since realised my mistakes,” he said.

Mr Hamid urged the City of Cape Town’s Ghost Squad to put an end to the illegal racing.

When Plainsman asked the City if it had reported the case, it replied in an email saying questions should be directed to SAPS.

Provincial SAPS spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said Maitland SAPS detectives had no record of such a case being opened.

Source

 

[bokka1]

Link to article? I must have missed this.


Yes, there's a distinctive sound when an engine hits the rpm limiter, and it's especially prevalent on a vehicle like a bike where the exhaust note is quite loud (and high-pitched) but it's also audible in a car.

They had the MEC for this portfolio on Cape Talk yesterday morning and he said this.

 

[dualmeister]

The power of social media

Very handy yes. By heading over to his dads Facebook page it seems that his son is not the only one with a passion for fast cars. People should really learn about Facebook privacy settings

Facebook profile says he was MD at Pacific Seafood - maybe a recent promotion.

And this just happens to be the company that daddy is promoting on his Facebook which seems to be owned by him.

Some motorbikes in the pics as well for the can those bikes do 300 km/h investigators ...

 

[Rouxenator]

Taufiq Carr - Now known as Dafuq Carr. He's mother said he Moesna so gejaag het nie.

Edit : If this goes to court he won't have a leg to stand on.

 

[irBosOtter]

Yeah, I think the speeds have been greatly over exaggerated. The bike can clearly be heard to be shifting or briefly backing out of the throttle before it gets to the bridge, so nowhere near its top end.

Also, 330 km/h is MotoGP speed at the fastest point on their calendar; the end of Mugello's main straight. So that would then have to be a heavily modified superbike or a standard ZX-14R with its limiter removed.

My guess is the cars were in the 200 - 240 range with the bike a little faster and still building speed.

Still stupid fast though when you consider that fact that these cars are only crash tested at a max of 65 km/h. Any accident at 100+ would tear a car to pieces. An accident at 290/300 would be an explosion.

MotoGP bikes are not setup for top end speed, all depending on the track and the max length of the longest straight. Those bikes can easily go over 400km/h with the right setup. Not sure where you got that 340Km/h as that is not true at all

Valentino Rossi, 1996, Aprilia and the top speed in the history of MotoGP is 356.4 km/h (221.5 mph)

Friend's bike tops out at 376kmph. (not standard obviously)

My family sedan gets to 260km/h in no time, and it does not feel fast at all, those 2 cars were moving very fast, one can never judge speed my looking at a video clip, it always looks like they are driving slower that they actually are.

 

[Toxxyc]

I wonder if he'll be interested in racing wheelchairs if he survives this?

Would look mos lekker. Slap a set of spinners on the big wheels, neons under the seat, the works.

 

[The Darkness]

When i approach and see someone with indicator on i always slow down to same speed and give a friendly hoot for them to change lane before i go ahead again.
At the end of the day I am the one sharing your lane and will always respect that.

It's actually lane splitting. You're not sharing the lane with the car.

 

[daveza]

But the traffic police, he said, could not prosecute someone on the basis of third-party evidence, such as the video footage being circulated.

Well why tf not ?

What about the City's own cctv coverage ?