A baby died after an (off duty) officer crashed his Corvette at 94 mph, investigators say. He won’t face charges.

[Jimmy Higgins]

Lolno. Negligence stems from bad behavior. It is not bad behavior to turn left when the way is clear. That's when you are supposed to turn left. At 95 miles an hour, the way will look clear to the other driver. It IS bad behavior to go 95 in a 50.

You're deluded.

The way won't look clear--you'll see the oncoming car. And you certainly shouldn't assume it's doing the speed limit--lots of cars are going faster. Look!

...for a car going twice the speed limit?

*gets prepared for wife anecdote*

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Lolno. Negligence stems from bad behavior. It is not bad behavior to turn left when the way is clear. That's when you are supposed to turn left. At 95 miles an hour, the way will look clear to the other driver. It IS bad behavior to go 95 in a 50.

You're deluded.

The way won't look clear--you'll see the oncoming car. And you certainly shouldn't assume it's doing the speed limit--lots of cars are going faster. Look!

...for a car going twice the speed limit?

*gets prepared for wife anecdote*

And you think it will be somehow invisible at that distance?

 

[laughing dog]

...for a car going twice the speed limit?

*gets prepared for wife anecdote*

And you think it will be somehow invisible at that distance?

I seriously doubt most people would think any car is traveling at them at 95 mph, so it might be very easy to mistakenly think there was enough time to turn. Invisibility is hardly the issue.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

...for a car going twice the speed limit?

*gets prepared for wife anecdote*

And you think it will be somehow invisible at that distance?

At that distance, could be visible. Certainly not thinking it’ll be on site so quickly. They aren’t making a 90 degree turn on a limited access thruway.

 

[ZiprHead]

...for a car going twice the speed limit?

*gets prepared for wife anecdote*

And you think it will be somehow invisible at that distance?

At that distance, could be visible. Certainly not thinking it’ll be on site so quickly. They aren’t making a 90 degree turn on a limited access thruway.

The front cross sectional area of a corvette is very small. Judging the speed of a vehicle coming straight towards you is also very difficult, especially at the distance the corvette was away from the intersection.

The driver of the SUV made a mistake. The driver of the corvette willfully drove recklessly on a city street.

 

[Jarhyn]

At that distance, could be visible. Certainly not thinking it’ll be on site so quickly. They aren’t making a 90 degree turn on a limited access thruway.

The front cross sectional area of a corvette is very small. Judging the speed of a vehicle coming straight towards you is also very difficult, especially at the distance the corvette was away from the intersection.

The driver of the SUV made a mistake. The driver of the corvette willfully drove recklessly on a city street.

At 95 miles an hour, that's twice the "reasonable" distance to turn. Depending on the features of the road and of the intersection, that is absolutely going to be outside the visibility of a turning driver.