Eerie photos of Princess Diana right before her crash

Whatever happened to the papparazzi? I think they should have been prosecuted heavily - the Diana "incident" was a real eye-opener to what jackals these guys really are. Breaking the law and causing a high speed pursuit leading to a deadly crash is something that I think the occupants of the other car should go away for quite a while. I hope they did, but I suspect not.

 

This is going to sound like I am crazy but I wonder how much having waaaay too much to drink and driving waaaay too fast in a tunnel after dark had to do with the accident?

I know it sounds far-fetched and all...

 

Question: If the driver had not been pursued by the papparazzi, would the accident still have occured, leading to Di's death?

Answer: No

Question: If the driver was not drunk, would the accident still have happened?

Answer: Maybe not, possibly even "probably not"

Alcohol was a major contributing factor, but the reason they were driving so fast was not because the guy was plastered and trying to have a good time, but rather that he was trying to get away from the jackals pursuing them.

 

They say it was a "twisted heap of metal" but considering the alleged speed of impact the cabin actually looks remarkably intact to me.

 

...and had the occupants of the car who perished been wearing their seatbelts, they might just be alive today. That's the real tragedy in all of this, I think.

Reports have stated that a seatbelt would have reduced the forces placed on those occupants by about half, from 70 G's to about 35 G's. The forces placed on their bodies in the crash still would have been severe and possibly life threatening, but it was the impacts to the back of the front seats and the steering wheel in the case of the driver that apparently killed three of the four inside.

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Correct.

Also, it is a popular misconception that the bodyguard survived because he was wearing a seatbelt. He, in fact, was not. The only thing that saved him was the passenger side airbag. Even still, he suffered very serious facial injuries. The driver didn't survive because, despite the airbag, the steering wheel / column did him in.

If they were all wearing seatbelts, I don't think anyone would have died, unless one of the occupants was carrying a heart condition or some other frailty.

 

The report found the car to be doing ~ 130km/h, IIRC.

 

It's hard to believe they're still dragging this "distraction" up?

 

So?

It's not anyone's fault but the guy driving. You know better than that.

 

that was real tragic. but given at those speeds in a tight tunnel, even when ur sober, one slight mistake and your in the wall.

 

as with anything, there are a million conspiracy theories floating around this event. however, it was an accident, brought on by a number of things, and the deaths could have been prevented by one thing: seatbelts. so a big +1 from me on this matter.

 

I've made these two points to other people many times before and have also experienced a similar crash at similar speeds (about 70-75mph) in a much cheaper and much more cheaply developed car than an S-class, in which the airbags failed to deploy and myself and the two other occupants of the car all walked away without a scratch - the only injuries any of us had was bruising on our shoulders from the seatbelts.

The media, Mohammed al Fayed and the Royal Family would be far better off using this incident as the basis for a worldwide 'wear seatbelts' campaign, however it seems that there is far more mileage and newspaper sales in dragging the story up and painting Diana as the helpless victim again and again rather than trying to make some good (in terms of saving future lives) come from the events of that fateful night.

 

I would have to agree with that.

 

Besides the driver's condition, and the speeding, the flashing lights were obviously blinding the driver and passneger as you can see him holding up his hand to cover his eyes in the first pic.

If you've ever drivin with sun on the horizon and in your eyes you know it's almost impossible to see the road.

 

The law and I both disagree with you.

You race someone, they crash into someone and kill them, YOU get charged with homicide. You don't have to like it, but that is a fact about how it works.

 

How hard is it with no bright lights but you are so drunk that it is amazing you can even walk and you try to aim a car at 90+ mph into a tunnel?

Bottom line: It was a drunk behind the wheel that killed them.

 

Correct.

They caused the driver to be further impaired, and they caused the circumstances by which the car was speeding (to evade them) and therefore bear much responsibility for what happened.

 

Oh come on.. no one *forced* them to speed. Yes the paparazzi are an annoyance ..deal with it if you're famous. If you dont like it get a car/limo with curtains and/or black out tint.

I dont think having your picture taken is a legitimate excuse to exceed the posted speed limit and Im pretty sure a judge and or PO would agree.

If the cameras flash were causing them to not be able to drive safely then they should have pulled over and called police/security...their solution was to drive FASTER ????

 

Please explain in detail how the drunk driver was NOT at fault. Feel free to quote the blood alcohol levels with your explanation and why he could not have simply driven away at a reasonable speed. Please explain in detail how he was compelled against his will (thereby relieving him of all responsibility) to drive at speeds over 100 mph.

 

Lee Harvey Oswald did it.

 

Agreed.
Let's talk about who REALLY killed JFK.

 

I don't think I've ever seen the Queen using seatbelts in her limo. Too plebian.

 

So, was everybody in the car drunk?? No one was sober?? I don't understand why anybody would allow the Princess to be driven by an intoxicated driver?