Really expensive car crash in Yamaguchi

[dimwit]

[Coligny]

I had to look that one up, and I am really sorry I did.

Care to share the pain for the google shy ?

[dimwit]

Care to share the pain for the google shy ?

Think BADDDD j-pop.

[IparryU]

Speeding has been cited by police as one possible cause of the accident, with convictions for dangerous driving resulting in an accident incurring a prison sentence of up to three months or a fine of up to Y100,000 (￡820).
ya... what a punishment

[Coligny]

[quote="IparryU"]Speeding has been cited by police as one possible cause of the accident, with convictions for dangerous driving resulting in an accident incurring a prison sentence of up to three months or a fine of up to Y100,000 (￡]
Mostly because they have no recorded proof of speeding.
[INDENT]Just the a crash who can be qualified as consequence of 'dangerous driving'. Loosing control of your vehicle being a direct violation of the rule stating that you should adapt your speed to the state of the road and not compromise the safety of the other users(*). As well as... you know... keep your shit together...
(That's why when there's schoolgirls joyriding on booth side of the road I often slow to a crawl or totally stop if there is incoming traffic on the other lane... triggering usually quite aggressive response from the driver behind... )
(*) Which is a totally fucked up rule in fact since it trigger a behaviour were most pedestrian and cyclist just consider that "whatever happens it's the other guys fault" and totally ignore their surroundings instead of being just a bit more carefull and considerate for the other users of the road...
[/INDENT]But also maybe... because it was just a pack of enthusiasts who happened to have a stoopid(**) accident because they might have been too close together and some bad luck striked the day...

(**) yes i said stoopid again... Iou see what this planet make me do against mah will ?

[IparryU]

(*) Which is a totally fucked up rule in fact since it trigger a behaviour were most pedestrian and cyclist just consider that "whatever happens it's the other guys fault" and totally ignore their surroundings instead of being just a bit more carefull and considerate for the other users of the road...

Mah Julie says the same thing... fuggin stoopid.

[LesTalk]

The lead driver confirms to police that he was speeding. Obviously he must have been going crazy fast, at well over the safe speed for a Ferrari:

"The 60-year-old self-employed man from Chikushino in southern Fukuoka, who has not been named, told police he was driving over the 80km per hour speed limit when he lost control of his red Ferrari."

Yep, over 80km! Well over the maximum speed for which the car was rated. What was he thinking!?!


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8939657/Driver-who-caused-supercar-crash-in-Japan-admits-he-was-speeding.html

PS: The link is worth clicking on for the preview for the 2012 Pirelli calendar which runs to the right of the story.

[Coligny]

Yep, over 80km! Well over the maximum speed for which the car was rated. What was he thinking!?!

OMG OMG OMG, I heurd you need to put special Fulda wheels and tires if you want to drive up to 85 kph...

(ok, half a Joke here, but the Veyron actually require a different and special combo wheels/tire if you want to drive it a the top speed...

which is 400+ kph...)

[Midwinter]

"The 60-year-old self-employed man from Chikushino in southern Fukuoka, who has not been named, told police he was driving over the 80km per hour speed limit when he lost control of his red Ferrari."

I have it on reliable authority that it was the owner of the Hyatt Residential Suites in Momochi, Fukuoka.

[plaid_knight]

Think BADDDD j-pop.

No, it's Eurobeat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobeat). And it's one of the songs from Initial D, a drift racing show about people doing stupidly dangerous stunts with souped-up cars. It looks like someone else got the reference, so it's all good.

[Coligny]

No, it's Eurobeat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobeat). And it's one of the songs from Initial D, a drift racing show about people doing stupidly dangerous stunts with souped-up cars. It looks like someone else got the reference, so it's all good.

Same shit, different name... any style blessed by Hamasaki deserve to be labelled at least as "bad j-pop" before triggering headaches and "turd sandwich" when the pain and vertigo starts... (got frequent loss of balance/near collapse in Geos and Magical when shopping for video games while initial D soundtrack wuz playing)

PS: The link is worth clicking on for the preview for the 2012 Pirelli calendar which runs to the right of the story.

Those gurls need some fooking sammich... big time...


As for Initial D... for those who can't take Fuji TV insanely badly drawn anime (think: done by and epileptic half blind midget with foetal alcohol syndrome) The movie was made in Hong Kong with Edison Chen (think Maggie Q friend with benefit) Anthony Wong, and Jay Chou who will seemingly direct the second movie.

[dimwit]

No, it's Eurobeat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobeat. And it's one of the songs from Initial D, a drift racing show about people doing stupidly dangerous stunts with souped-up cars. It looks like someone else got the reference, so it's all good.

Wouldn't BADD j-pop be a pretty accurate description of Eurobeat?

[Kanchou]

Same shit, different name... any style blessed by Hamasaki deserve to be labelled at least as "bad j-pop" before triggering headaches and "turd sandwich" when the pain and vertigo starts... (got frequent loss of balance/near collapse in Geos and Magical when shopping for video games while initial D soundtrack wuz playing)


Those gurls need some fooking sammich... big time...


As for Initial D... for those who can't take Fuji TV insanely badly drawn anime (think: done by and epileptic half blind midget with foetal alcohol syndrome) The movie was made in Hong Kong with Edison Chen (think Maggie Q friend with benefit) Anthony Wong, and Jay Chou who will seemingly direct the second movie.

The first season was pretty bad, but producing a show like that on a weekly basis with a low budget in 1998 was pretty hard. And they did a terrible job interpreting the original manga designs.

Every series afterwards is much better animated. The movie and third series especially.


The Hong Kong movie was neat because they filmed the races at the actual locations from the manga, on the actual roads.
But they butchered the original story... for no apparent reason.

[matsuki]

The Hong Kong movie was neat because they filmed the races at the actual locations from the manga, on the actual roads.
But they butchered the original story... for no apparent reason.

Close but yet fucked up copy? What else would you expect coming out of HK?

[Coligny]

The first season was pretty bad, but producing a show like that on a weekly basis with a low budget in 1998 was pretty hard. And they did a terrible job interpreting the original manga designs.

Au contraire I think they translated pretty well the total mess that the manga seems to have been design wyse...

Every series afterwards is much better animated. The movie and third series especially.

They went on full 3d CGI without bothering aboot colormatching with the mate paintings... it was even more painfull for the eyes...

The Hong Kong movie was neat because they filmed the races at the actual locations from the manga, on the actual roads.
But they butchered the original story... for no apparent reason.

Maybe they were just trying to get a coherent storyline out of the random mess they had as base material...

[Coligny]

Close but yet fucked up copy? What else would you expect coming out of HK?

Dood, you should look a little deeper into HK moviz... iz good stuff...

[matsuki]

Dood, you should look a little deeper into HK moviz... iz good stuff...

There are a few I like but the majority tend to be about as creative as Japan....reusing the same actors/actresses/storyline/themes/etc. etc. etc.

[Mike Oxlong]

Look no further than The Hangover 2 to find reusing...transplanting the setting to Thailand does not excuse remaking exactly the same movie otherwise. Oh wait, the baby is replaced by a monkey...

[matsuki]

Look no further than The Hangover 2 to find reusing...transplanting the setting to Thailand does not excuse remaking exactly the same movie otherwise. Oh wait, the baby is replaced by a monkey...

Ohh low blow...but you have to admit it was still good for laughs.

[SIZE="1"]and you just know the 3rd one will be the same...[/SIZE]

[Kanchou]

Maybe they were just trying to get a coherent storyline out of the random mess they had as base material...

Say what you want about the animation, the original had better story and characters. I don't get why they would change the story so much when the only people who would find the movie interesting are Initial D fans and Jay Chow fans.

I mean, jesus, they entirely deleted the character who would eventually become the most important support character in the entire series (Keisuke). In favor of a minor one-time rival, no less (Nakazato).

[Coligny]

Say what you want about the animation, the original had better story and characters.

I think they kept pretty well the mysoginistic HEAVY undertone, girls are whore, or fuck puppets, mothers are escapists. And all the other wonders that are just a bit more than nauseating...

[Kanchou]

I think they kept pretty well the mysoginistic HEAVY undertone, girls are whore, or fuck puppets, mothers are escapists. And all the other wonders that are just a bit more than nauseating...

It's a wee bit mysogonistic but it's not a particularly unrealistic story.

[Mike Oxlong]

Speeding Ferrari driver caught after YouTube post

[BigInJapan]

Speeding Ferrari driver caught after YouTube post
The 50-year-old doctor uploaded a six-minute video showing him driving his Ferrari 458 Italia through Fukuoka at 84 kilometers an hour over the limit, police said.
It shows the vehicle pass other cars on a two-lane motorway but struggle to catch up with what appears to be a Porsche.

Hmm, I was walking along a nearby highway here in Fukuoka yesterday, and might have seen some of this guy's pals. Five Porsches followed by two Ferraris went zipping by, but not doing more than 100 km/h I'd say (too many cars to speed).

[Kanchou]

Never video tape a crime. Seriously.

OTOH, 164 KM/H really isn't that damn fast, not for a Ferrari...

[Mike Oxlong]

Never video tape a crime. Seriously.

OTOH, 164 KM/H really isn't that damn fast, not for a Ferrari...

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I'm guessing they were more concerned with his speed on the local roads.

[Coligny]

Never video tape a crime. Seriously.

OTOH, 164 KM/H really isn't that damn fast, not for a Ferrari...

That's not the point... I think...

And with an irresponsible idiot behid the wheel that's way too much already...

(There's even video on youtube of Nissan Note reaching 200kph.)

[Kanchou]

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I'm guessing they were more concerned with his speed on the local roads.

Yeah, I just saw it on the news. He was doing about 124 in a 40. That's pretty ridiculous. Then again, 40 is already too low of a speed limit for 70% of the 40 km/h zones.

[Coligny]

Yeah, I just saw it on the news. He was doing about 124 in a 40. That's pretty ridiculous. Then again, 40 is already too low of a speed limit for 70% of the 40 km/h zones.

AND THE 100KPH limit on the HIGHWAY...

The 60kph for nationnal roads being also quite retarded...

Which revolving prime minister talked aboot rising speed limits already ?

(When I want driving sensation I put mahself in lowgear and try to reach 30... that poor thing shakes itself to bits while hovering near the redline, also good for scaring the cats out of the way)

[Kanchou]

The highway limit here is 80. The effective limit is 100 since enforcement doesn't really start till there.

Even with a speed camera, they don't go off until 40 over on the highway anyway.