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“Skid marks at the scene indicate they were traveling at a high rate of speed,” Lt. Craig Fox said, adding an officer traveling the opposite way saw the Ferrari, a car worth $150,000 with a V8 engine and top speed of nearly 200 mph, out of control next to the Porsche when it jumped onto the curb and slammed into a light pole, splitting in half and killing the driver.

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I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Now that was offside, wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.

I don't think there are any safety features that exist that will protect you when you broadside a light pole at Ferrari/Porsche racing speeds.

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You think just the fact that the Ferrari cost more than the Porsche, the guy would have said, hey I've won already.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/12/2009 01:01PM by Grumpyguy.

Well there was a similar crash 3 years ago where they guy walked away.

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Without seeing comprehensive crash test results, the two cars I would rate highest for 120 MPH crashes are Porsche and Ferrari, in that order. Any car today has a good chance at disintegrating in a crash over 100 MPH, especially when hit sideways like it looks that one was.

The passenger survived even though being thrown from the car. I wonder if she had seat belts on.

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why dont the make light poles more crash worthy?

i mean with a "crumple" zone like cars? why do they have to be so damn strong?

its in freakin orange county no less -- only an earthquake could take it down -- and thats really rare

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At 200 mph one needs NASCAR safety features.

any dummy can go fast.

Light poles fault.

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At 200 mph one needs NASCAR safety features.

any dummy can go fast.

I don't know why, but just the mention of NASCAR in a thread about ferrari's bothers me. Could you change that to F1? kj.

That's the second Ferrari crash where the car was ripped in two. Are they designed that way for a reason?

Remember the Enzo that the guy in California crashed a while back? Car was split in two just behind the seat.

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