High school students crash near the Pentagon

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Has it been confirmed what school the students went to? Were they in APS?

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Anonymous wrote:Has it been confirmed what school the students went to? Were they in APS?

No. From south County- Lorton.

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Anonymous wrote:Extremely sad news is not even the way to begin this. Three students were in an accident near the Pentagon, their BMW hit a Lexus. Two did not survive. I am hearing these are students from a Fairfax county high School. This is beyond tragic.

It sucks. It’s a bummer. But it’s not “tragic.” This doesn’t meet any definition of tragedy

Correct. This is NOT a tragedy. This is an entirely expected and predictable outcome.

A tragedy would’ve involved them hurting or killing innocent people in the other vehicle. Fortunately it sounds like tragedy was narrowly avoided, and only the negligent participants suffered the consequences.


This wasn’t tragic - this was lucky.

It is still a tragedy for the other vehicle occupants. My mother was hit head on by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway. She was in the hospital for 6 months. For the remainder of her life, she had debilitating anxiety with highways, driving over about 45, driving at night, etc. There will be lifelong repercussions for the Lexus passengers, and that’s tragic as it sounds like they had no connection to the BMW occupants who made very poor choices.

The lack of empathy is mind-boggling. It is a tragic loss of young life, due to poor judgment that is all too common at that age. It is tragic regardless of whether there was culpability in the accident.

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These posts are just baffling. It is tragic all around. These posts are are just incomprehensible.

You don’t understand the meaning of the word “tragedy” or “tragic.”

It’s a lot of very bad things. But it isn’t a “tragedy.”

Tragic definition:

adjective B2
A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering.
It was just a tragic accident.
...the tragic loss of so many lives.
The circumstances are tragic but we have to act within the law.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tragic#google_vignette

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Anonymous wrote:The gun analogy really IS perfect. A kid with a BMW has basically been given the automotive equivalent of an AR15. Just as there are many types of guns, with some of them being less-equipped for spree-killers, whereas AR15 type guns are more-equipped for mass-shooters. So it is also with cars. A BMW is much more equipped to be driven irresponsiblly than a minivan or economy car. I’d go so far as to say there’s no justification for ANYONE to own a high performance car such as these, just as there’s no justification for anyone to own an AR15 rather than a standard hunting type rifle that only shoots one bullet. Put simply, just as hunters don’t need AR15 guns, drivers don’t need the equivalent of race cars.

No it’s not. A newer bmw will have better safety features.

Does it have a speed governor?

No, you moron, it does not.
Can you name me a car that does?

You can set a governor on BMWs. The driver can unset them though. I don’t know that there’s a way to lock it.

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Anonymous wrote:The gun analogy really IS perfect. A kid with a BMW has basically been given the automotive equivalent of an AR15. Just as there are many types of guns, with some of them being less-equipped for spree-killers, whereas AR15 type guns are more-equipped for mass-shooters. So it is also with cars. A BMW is much more equipped to be driven irresponsiblly than a minivan or economy car. I’d go so far as to say there’s no justification for ANYONE to own a high performance car such as these, just as there’s no justification for anyone to own an AR15 rather than a standard hunting type rifle that only shoots one bullet. Put simply, just as hunters don’t need AR15 guns, drivers don’t need the equivalent of race cars.

No it’s not. A newer bmw will have better safety features.

Does it have a speed governor?

No, you moron, it does not.
Can you name me a car that does?

You can set a governor on BMWs. The driver can unset them though. I don’t know that there’s a way to lock it.

You mean cruise control?

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Anonymous wrote:OP is a nasty POS - note how she just HAD to mention the type of car. Disgusting.

The type of car - powerful - is relevant.

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Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is that none of these parents knew what their kids were up to, or they didn’t car. Likely this night or any night. Is a scourge in parenting, especially of older teens.

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Teens from South County driving through near the Pentagon were on their way to DC to drink. Doesn’t take a genius to know what they were doing.

I wanna say two were from South County and one from a different school could be wrong though.

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Anonymous wrote:Extremely sad news is not even the way to begin this. Three students were in an accident near the Pentagon, their BMW hit a Lexus. Two did not survive. I am hearing these are students from a Fairfax county high School. This is beyond tragic.

It sucks. It’s a bummer. But it’s not “tragic.” This doesn’t meet any definition of tragedy

Correct. This is NOT a tragedy. This is an entirely expected and predictable outcome.

A tragedy would’ve involved them hurting or killing innocent people in the other vehicle. Fortunately it sounds like tragedy was narrowly avoided, and only the negligent participants suffered the consequences.


This wasn’t tragic - this was lucky.

It is still a tragedy for the other vehicle occupants. My mother was hit head on by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway. She was in the hospital for 6 months. For the remainder of her life, she had debilitating anxiety with highways, driving over about 45, driving at night, etc. There will be lifelong repercussions for the Lexus passengers, and that’s tragic as it sounds like they had no connection to the BMW occupants who made very poor choices.

The lack of empathy is mind-boggling. It is a tragic loss of young life, due to poor judgment that is all too common at that age. It is tragic regardless of whether there was culpability in the accident.

+1

These posts are just baffling. It is tragic all around. These posts are are just incomprehensible.

You don’t understand the meaning of the word “tragedy” or “tragic.”

It’s a lot of very bad things. But it isn’t a “tragedy.”

Tragic definition:

adjective B2
A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering.
It was just a tragic accident.
...the tragic loss of so many lives.
The circumstances are tragic but we have to act within the law.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tragic#google_vignette

+1. Even if you want to go waaaay back, the google AI definition of a Shakespearean tragedy is a "play centered around a character's suffering and downfall often due to a tragic flaw for fatal mistake."

Sounds pretty close to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Extremely sad news is not even the way to begin this. Three students were in an accident near the Pentagon, their BMW hit a Lexus. Two did not survive. I am hearing these are students from a Fairfax county high School. This is beyond tragic.

It sucks. It’s a bummer. But it’s not “tragic.” This doesn’t meet any definition of tragedy

Confirming my longstanding suspicion that some of the worst humans on earth hang out on DCUM.

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Yep. They’re easy to spot - they’re the ones defending their choice to provide their 17 year old kid with a BMW or other sports car.

These BMWs are really fast and hi-powered; they are not like other cars.

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Anonymous wrote:Extremely sad news is not even the way to begin this. Three students were in an accident near the Pentagon, their BMW hit a Lexus. Two did not survive. I am hearing these are students from a Fairfax county high School. This is beyond tragic.

It sucks. It’s a bummer. But it’s not “tragic.” This doesn’t meet any definition of tragedy

Confirming my longstanding suspicion that some of the worst humans on earth hang out on DCUM.

+1000

Yep. They’re easy to spot - they’re the ones defending their choice to provide their 17 year old kid with a BMW or other sports car.

These BMWs are really fast and hi-powered; they are not like other cars.

+1. They are like the pit-bull dogs of the car world.

They both really need to be banned because they are just too dangerous.

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Anonymous wrote:Extremely sad news is not even the way to begin this. Three students were in an accident near the Pentagon, their BMW hit a Lexus. Two did not survive. I am hearing these are students from a Fairfax county high School. This is beyond tragic.

It sucks. It’s a bummer. But it’s not “tragic.” This doesn’t meet any definition of tragedy

Correct. This is NOT a tragedy. This is an entirely expected and predictable outcome.

A tragedy would’ve involved them hurting or killing innocent people in the other vehicle. Fortunately it sounds like tragedy was narrowly avoided, and only the negligent participants suffered the consequences.


This wasn’t tragic - this was lucky.

It is still a tragedy for the other vehicle occupants. My mother was hit head on by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway. She was in the hospital for 6 months. For the remainder of her life, she had debilitating anxiety with highways, driving over about 45, driving at night, etc. There will be lifelong repercussions for the Lexus passengers, and that’s tragic as it sounds like they had no connection to the BMW occupants who made very poor choices.

The lack of empathy is mind-boggling. It is a tragic loss of young life, due to poor judgment that is all too common at that age. It is tragic regardless of whether there was culpability in the accident.

+1

These posts are just baffling. It is tragic all around. These posts are are just incomprehensible.

You don’t understand the meaning of the word “tragedy” or “tragic.”

It’s a lot of very bad things. But it isn’t a “tragedy.”

You are fcked in the head.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The gun analogy really IS perfect. A kid with a BMW has basically been given the automotive equivalent of an AR15. Just as there are many types of guns, with some of them being less-equipped for spree-killers, whereas AR15 type guns are more-equipped for mass-shooters. So it is also with cars. A BMW is much more equipped to be driven irresponsiblly than a minivan or economy car. I’d go so far as to say there’s no justification for ANYONE to own a high performance car such as these, just as there’s no justification for anyone to own an AR15 rather than a standard hunting type rifle that only shoots one bullet. Put simply, just as hunters don’t need AR15 guns, drivers don’t need the equivalent of race cars.

No it’s not. A newer bmw will have better safety features.

Does it have a speed governor?

No, you moron, it does not.
Can you name me a car that does?

You can set a governor on BMWs. The driver can unset them though. I don’t know that there’s a way to lock it.

You mean cruise control?

It’s called speed limit assist. Not quite sure how it works but was making me crazy in a rental recently.

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They were south county high school students (located in Springfield, VA) I know because my son goes there. The driver, who survived (but in critical condition) was going over 100 MPH. Sure it's sad, as much as it is irresponsible. These teens be driving as if they had extra lives. Do better, people!!!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:They were south county high school students (located in Springfield, VA) I know because my son goes there. The driver, who survived (but in critical condition) was going over 100 MPH. Sure it's sad, as much as it is irresponsible. These teens be driving as if they had extra lives. Do better, people!!!!!!

How do you know that re the speed? I didn’t think that information has been released by police.

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Anonymous wrote:No teenager should be driving a performance car like that. The parents are crazy.

I known of so many teens who have died throughout my lifetime because they had a BMW or a Mustang etc...

My dad always said this!! Also none one to rollover —which are certain jeeps/suvs.

But the high performance cars- no effing way.

As someone pointed out at least 5 of the recent high speed teen crashes—driver was driving a bmw sedan. I’ve seen kids in Porsches drive out of our HS, and motorcycles. It really makes me question their parenting.