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  1. RacerX_GTO

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    #1 RacerX_GTO, Feb 4, 2006
    If you haven't heard national news, there was a terrible crash in Los Angeles where a sports car plowed into a medical clinic waiting room.

    First thing out of LAPD's mouth: "It was street racing" and the news media runs with it with a spiteful slant toward 'those evil sports cars and the kids who street race'

    Then..... the LA TIMES published this story which has the police backpeddling;

    "Initially, police thought the car, a black Nissan 300 ZX driven by Ijumaa Owens, 33, of Hawthorne, had been racing a white Lincoln Town Car and lost control. By late Friday evening, however, police said it appeared the cars were not racing but that the Lincoln Town Car had been driving at high speed and plowed into Owens' car, pushing it into the clinic."

    A reasonal department would have said, "We're trying to determine the cause of the crash as more details and witnesses come foreward." However, through the eyes of the LAPD, there was a sports car involved, therefore it was street racing. What if... it had been mini-van pushed into the clinic? Would they still reach the same conclusion of street racing? Anyone else notice this?
     
  2. fastliz

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    #2 fastliz, Feb 4, 2006
    Hey... nothing will get your blood flowing like a Lincoln Town car challenging you to a street race. I read the story and wondered... "A LINCOLN??"

    Anyone remember the old song, "Hot Rod Lincoln?" Who can name the singer? :)

    Mike
     
  3. Kds

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    #3 Kds, Feb 4, 2006
    I can´t remember the singer......but the guitar chords are strumming thru my head now......great tune !!!
     
  4. SrfCity

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    #4 SrfCity, Feb 4, 2006
    Was an LAPD guy named and quoted? It could have been the media making it up. It wouldn't be the first time. I haven't really followed this one.
     
  5. fastliz

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    #5 fastliz, Feb 4, 2006
    I'll wait for some other guesses. No cheating with Google!

    One hint: His first name is a military rank.

    Mike
     
  6. Buzz48317

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    #6 Buzz48317, Feb 4, 2006
    Commander somethingoranother....damn, can't remember.
     
  7. wrecktech

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    #7 wrecktech, Feb 4, 2006
    Commander Cody I believe
     
  8. fastliz

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    #8 fastliz, Feb 4, 2006
    Ding, ding, ding! :)

    Mike
     
  9. quartermaster

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    #9 quartermaster, Feb 4, 2006
    Commander Cody 'covered' the "Hot Rod Lincoln" song.
    It was originally recorded late '50's -early '60's as a country tune.
    I forget the artist...but it wasn't Major Lance!:)
    Somebody''s going to have to google it...
     
  10. Italteen3

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    #10 Italteen3, Feb 4, 2006
    Oh definitely. Everytime I'm out in my towncar the civics, stangs, and 300ZX's line up to race me. :)

    RacerX no matter where you go there will always be a bias for something. In this case its because a car is meant for speed, it was assumed that it was and a speed contest none the less. I've heard stories of people getting pulled over just because they had nice cars and the cop wanted to check it out... Unfortunately things like this will probably always happen.
     
  11. 285ferrari

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    #11 285ferrari, Feb 4, 2006
    When I do a press relesae I give very basic info. Vehicle 1 struck vehicle 2. Until all the evidence comes in, perfect example of looking lkike a jacka$$ now!!!
     
  12. CMY

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    #12 CMY, Feb 4, 2006
    Every time there was a mid-night crash on the freeway around here (with anyone under 30) it'd be written up as follows:

    High performance sports car veers out of control during organized street race killing pack of endangered coyotes.

    Los Angeles- A group of animal activists are enraged after Juan Ortega lost control of his four-door sports car while participating in a speed contest on the 101 freeway early Sunday morning, striking a group of Coyotes that had not seen the other side of the freeway in over 10 years. Juan had exceeded the speed limit by ten miles per hour in his Nissan Maxima while trying to overtake a car in the next lane and claims to have run over an object that punctured his tire, sending him off the road. There were no human casualities reported.
     
  13. RacerX_GTO

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    #13 RacerX_GTO, Feb 4, 2006
    Maxima is a sports car now, eh? Better notify the insurance companies about this so that they can make to proper adjustments to policies :rolleyes: Unreal


    (at least he wasn't pushed into the wild dogs with a Town Car)
     
  14. Glassman

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    #14 Glassman, Feb 4, 2006
    Commader Cody, and The Lost Planet Airmen, to be exact.
     
  15. BeachBum

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    #15 BeachBum, Feb 5, 2006
    reminds me of a few years back when angel dust was in, every time the LAPD would beat somebody up they would claim the guy they beat up was on angel dust and out of controll, as soon as id hear that i knew it was bull****
     

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