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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. There is no way anyone can predict a car flying out at that speed on that intersection :([/quote]

I still don't understand how the car that was turning didn't see him coming. He was going way too fast and obs at fault, but when I look out before I turn I do not go if I see cars flying towards me. Anyone have any info on how they may have missed him. [/quote]

There road is small hill that slightly distorts the view at the turn-off for the high school. Plus, at night it's too difficult to tell how far away the speeding car is. At the 45mph speed limit, the family would have easily made the turn. At 115mph the driver is moving 56 yards per second. 
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Also, as the crash engineers noted, the BMW was coming straight on and given the dark with headlights, it would be very difficult for the driver of the Volt to accurately estimate the approaching car's speed. So he saw it, figured it was going 45-60 mph and turned, clearly not recognizing the 115 mph approach speed. Even with braking, impact was at 75 mph. [/quote]

Do we know whether the speeder even had his lights on or not?  He doesn't sound responsible enough for even that. [/quote]

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