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

[Toxxyc]

He can wear shorts in winter....

He won't be afraid of sharks biting his feet while sitting on a surfboard.

Man the pro's are endless.

 

[ArtyLoop]

He won't be afraid of sharks biting his feet while sitting on a surfboard.

Man the pro's are endless.

Yeah he can ride a skateboard to work, in traffic and still pass under trucks

 

[Craig_]

And pretty much all over social media

half want him dead

half want him locked up

half are happy he got no legs

so ya

Math doesn't seem to be your strong point......

 

[BrendanMc]

As long as people who do this stay off roads where the limit is higher and drive at the limit on the rest then it isn't a problem. But deliberately endangering other people by driving slowly is not acceptable.

The difference is, I stick to the correct lane. If you are driving faster than I am, then overtake on the right. Just because the speed limit is 120km/h doesn't mean I have to travel at that speed.
I'm a considerate driver, if it is a single lane, and someone wants to pass, if there is room i will move into the yellow line to let them pass.

 

[supersunbird]

Its amazing how much media attention his story gets compared to say "1600 road deaths during festive season". Maybe its because he was driving a BMW , crashed spectacularly and there are videos of the incident all over.

Anything with a video about the event get more attention (this one even have multiple different angles of video).

 

[BrendanMc]

And he never has to worry about skipping leg day at gym ever again.

Does this mean he won't get any more Leg over too?

 

[Quintrix]

Math doesn't seem to be your strong point......

I'm sure he didn't even mention all the halves.

 

[vigras rojara]

Math doesn't seem to be your strong point......

 

[CAPS LOCK]

He won't be afraid of sharks biting his feet while sitting on a surfboard.

Man the pro's are endless.

Yeah. Also, He can still find comfort by footing the bill when he's overcome with nostalgia.

 

[I.am.Sam]

Math doesn't seem to be your strong point......

oh no 3 questions were asked ...

 

[dualmeister]

I see his Facebook page is back

 

[droidx]

After looking at that pic - the sympathetic human side in me kicks in - and I can't help but feel somewhat sorry for the guy. In retrospect he could've killed someone in his need for speed, in reality though he didn't. Can't live in 'what could have happened' world I guess.

Hope the 'community' takes lessons out of this one and more thought is put in to how peoples idiotic actions can have a detrimental ripple effect on others.

Pretty much my thoughts after seeing the pic. I don't know him and don't condone his acts, he's smiling in that pic, but he'll probably end up depressed while adjusting to life without legs, etc. Ok, some say he's deserved it. He has paid a hefty price, with pending legal action, yet people call for more. We all make mistakes to varying degrees.
I have a fast car now (well in my opinion anyway), I live close enough to this to hear the races regularly. It generally starts around N1 City. I don't go join them. 10 years back, with a little less maturity, I might have been brain dead enough to go and do it - luckily I didn't have this car back then and managed to mature before. I can think of at least one mistake, borne out of stupidity, that could have left me in the same position.
We learn from life, we go through different phases. I am not even that old and I can point to the stupidity of some people. In this very situation I may have been sitting a top a very high horse pointing out stupidity.
It made me reflect a bit, I am not perfect. While I am entitled to an opinion, I am not going to wish even worse consequences on the guy, he paid a price that even worse people don't pay in their lifetime.

I'll stop posting here after I say this:
He gets zero respect from me, not because he's a Slamou, but because he is an arrant fool and an endangerer of lives, and smiles from his hospital bed as if he is a f**king hero.
I have zero time for arrogant people like him, who will do it again given 1/2 the chance.
His punishment of losing his legs ought to have given him pause for thought, but I doubt it, he will get metal legs and go for it again.

I don't think he deserves your respect, for any reason.
But I would like to know how you can judge his smile into thinking that he's a hero.
Perhaps he put it on just for that second. I don't know him, but doubt he feels like a hero.
Also, it is pure conjecture on your part to say that he would do it again given half the chance.
As is your last sentence about what the incident ought to have done for him - there is no way you can know how he will react.
Many of us are all too quick to crucify people for their actions, change and second chances exist.
All people don't use it the same, but I have seen people turn it around quite significantly, if there were no second chances, we would probably be a fully evolved race and perhaps you and I would not even exist.

Math doesn't seem to be your strong point......

To be fair, in theory, all of those scenarios could exist together.
All of the people who want him dead and all of the people who want him locked up don't all have to be happy he lost his legs.
If half the people who wanted him dead or locked up, are happy that he lost his legs then the statement can work.
Of course, I am sure that he wasn't going for an exact science anyway

 

[ProfA]

Smith said Cape Town officials had met with the city's senior legal counsel on Tuesday to amend the draft Traffic By-law.
This was an attempt to see if it could include impounding or forfeiture when petrol heads are caught driving recklessly.
He said they were still getting legal advice on whether they could add it to their own by-law.

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Jeepers. The stupid in this thread seems to have no bounds. First the idiot who races in heavy traffic. Then the city's knee jerk reaction. Taking peoples cars for street racing is heavy-handed and is by far over reaching and will never stand up if challenged. Strange that they want to be so heavy-handed with street racers, yet the gangsters in the poor areas are thriving. There is a reason why we don't have life sentences where your give up your car and your home for drunk driving.

 

[ArtyLoop]

OK I've been closely involved in a situation such as this, before. Maybe that will make everyone understand why I feel justified in my harsh criticisms
Year was 1999, and yes, I admit where we stayed was a bit of a "rough and ready" area.

The road is in a residential area, so 60km/h speed limit.. its a hill, at the bottom of the hill is a shop, and next to the shops is a pub.
Two guys there, decide to race up the road, and see who has the bigger balls.
Because of the hill, they did not see a family reversing out their yard to go somewhere. The guy on the right, going up the road the wrong way, hit the family, busy reversing out, killing everyone in the car.
The one who hit them walked away with just a scratch and no consequences.
Since this was a block away from our home, it did affect us as a community.
That was what made me as a young man, wake up and realise how dangerous a motor vehicle can be when used inappropriately

 

[Cray]

OK I've been closely involved in a situation such as this, before. Maybe that will make everyone understand why I feel justified in my harsh criticisms
Year was 1999, and yes, I admit where we stayed was a bit of a "rough and ready" area.

The road is in a residential area, so 60km/h speed limit.. its a hill, at the bottom of the hill is a shop, and next to the shops is a pub.
Two guys there, decide to race up the road, and see who has the bigger balls.
Because of the hill, they did not see a family reversing out their yard to go somewhere. The guy on the right, going up the road the wrong way, hit the family, busy reversing out, killing everyone in the car.
The one who hit them walked away with just a scratch and no consequences.
Since this was a block away from our home, it did affect us as a community.
That was what made me as a young man, wake up and realise how dangerous a motor vehicle can be when used inappropriately

Have a personal story too...

Both my maternal grand parents where killed by guys racing on the N3 near Cato ridge. Their car broke down and they where in the emergency lane, idiot plowed into them from behind, both killed instantly -the wannabee racer was pretty much unhurt. This was in 1974 so it shows you that there have always been morons on the road who don't give a s**t about other people. Screw these racers and their BS justifications...

Racing cars is all good and fine, people can enjoy their lives however they want, but keep it off public roads you selfish pricks.

 

[ArtyLoop]

Have a personal story too...

Both my maternal grand parents where killed by guys racing on the N3 near Cato ridge. Their car broke down and they where in the emergency lane, idiot plowed into them from behind, both killed instantly -the wannabee racer was pretty much unhurt. This was in 1974 so it shows you that there have always been morons on the road who don't give a s**t about other people. Screw these racers and their BS justifications...

Racing cars is all good and fine, people can enjoy their lives however they want, but keep it off public roads you selfish pricks.

Eish yes, I recently came across archived copies of CAR magazine which perfectly supports your assertation about boy racers. Back then they were doing it with Ford Cortinas I believe.
The thing I don't get is, you can actually go to the local track and do your speeding on the track, and it doesn't cost much as far as I know. But instead they go do it on public roads.

 

[Grant]

Have a personal story too...

Both my maternal grand parents where killed by guys racing on the N3 near Cato ridge. Their car broke down and they where in the emergency lane, idiot plowed into them from behind, both killed instantly -the wannabee racer was pretty much unhurt. This was in 1974 so it shows you that there have always been morons on the road who don't give a s**t about other people. Screw these racers and their BS justifications...

Racing cars is all good and fine, people can enjoy their lives however they want, but keep it off public roads you selfish pricks.

i wouldnt give a rat's arse if each of them slammed into the side of a bridge - one after the other.

i suspect they dont use a track for racing because they are inherently crap drivers and lack the confidence and competence to take corners at high speed.


fukk the lot of them, confiscate and crush the vehicles

 

[F1 Fan]

Losing your legs is a high price to pay for your actions and whatever legal action against him, he has earned that too, but I also hope he recovers fully and learn from all of this and go on to live a good life for him and his family.

In my opinion, a lot of hate against him is not only because he was racing (if you know what i mean). There are some underlying issues if you read into some of the members comments.

no one is too bad to become good and no one is too good to become bad.

I mentioned this earlier in the thread, there is definitely underlying issues, which would be too exhausting to argue with all the forumites.

Like you, I'm glad he has made it through this and I hope he is able to recover and live a normal life.

However, I do hope that he is legally penalized for his actions.

 

[Solarion]

Losing your legs is a high price to pay for your actions and whatever legal action against him, he has earned that too, but I also hope he recovers fully and learn from all of this and go on to live a good life for him and his family.

In my opinion, a lot of hate against him is not only because he was racing (if you know what i mean). There are some underlying issues if you read into some of the members comments.

no one is too bad to become good and no one is too good to become bad.

If someone has been in a bad accident and was on the receiving end of a bad driver, or has lost a loved one due to someone else's stupidity on the road, then it's perfectly normal for them to rage on him.

 

[F1 Fan]

Anyone able to the share the video with the guy doing a walk-around the car and then showing the engine at his house?