Hyundai Elantra accident in Ayala Alabang village

[hein]

Isipin nyo, brand new elantra pa yun sasakyan. Passed all the crash tests. Tapos patay lahat ng sakay. Iba parin talaga kapag nagiingat. Kahit sabihin mo kumpleto ka sa safety features, kung wala naman sa ayos..

Hanggang 40MpH ang mga Standard Frontal offset crash tests, in order to pass.

Any speed above that Bahala na ang Diyos.

[Syuryuken]

Mainit pa ang dugong magpatakbo ng sasakyan ang mga ganyang edad isama na rin ang kayabangan resulta disgrasya

[baludoy]

medyo napag-uusapan na iyong aksidente na iyan since saturday evening sa tennis playing community kasi fixture sa local age group tennis tournaments iyong isang biktima. sayang pa naman kasi may potential iyon mag-excel pa talaga sa tennis

[uls]

The parents got the "early morning call" every parent hopes they never have. Good thing no bystanders were involved.

A lot of us were young and crazy once. I myself learned the hard way and was extremely lucky no one got hurt or killed. I'm also thankful my dad (RIP) cared enough to keep an eye on my driving and not just give me a car and leave me alone, until he knew i was responsible enough.

Coincidence too that just last Friday, a former officemate and I were having a talk and our topic drifted to schoolmates killed in car accidents back in high school (alam niyo na yung usong car na yan nung panahon na yon). Mon Tulfo also mentioned DUI in his article last week as it seems another college student was killed also in a car accident, supposedly while DUI.

yeah we all went thru that reckless stage

dami ko close calls dati

fast driving inspired by F&F hehe

sabi ko nga doon sa isang thread there are people who don't live past that stage

[AKI125]

We are the lucky ones that went thru that stage without incident, if meron man we live to tell about it.

[coiter]

baka sisihin ng parents ang hyundai for SUA

[vinj]

Hanggang 40MpH ang mga Standard Frontal offset crash tests, in order to pass.

Any speed above that Bahala na ang Diyos.

Pag *** member, may extra speed credits ka daw. :D

yeah we all went thru that reckless stage

dami ko close calls dati

fast driving inspired by F&F hehe

sabi ko nga doon sa isang thread there are people who don't live past that stage

We are the lucky ones that went thru that stage without incident, if meron man we live to tell about it.

In hindsight, i'm thankful that deal we had to get the 200sx when i was in 4th year HS/1st year college fell through (in turn, i ended up with my trusty pick-up for most of my college life). Given my driving skills and immaturity at that time i would have most likely crashed that tail-happy vehicle, big time.

I'm thinking the parents may have allowed their kids to drive around freely and go gimmik alone with the car at that time since they thought being inside the confines of AAV would keep them from doing anything harmful. That's a false sense of security as heck, even in my village where there's hardly any straightway to take your usual 1.6 to 2.0L beyond 60kph unless you drive real hard and run your car through the humps, there have already been some fatal crashes (yes, teenagers too).

[jdee12]

I wonder why teenagers really want speed? Makakarating din naman sila sa destination nila kahit hindi nila i race ang engine. Tsk!

[IMm29]

Buckle up for safety. They might have lived (though perhaps have been seriously injured) if they had not been thrown out of the car.

From some reports on the scene, the driver was gunning it from the hump at the previous corner (unless he jumped the hump), saw a motorbike exit the townhouse, braked and swerved to avoid hitting the motorbike, lost control and hit the sidewalk on the opposite side, steered trying to regain control and then hit the lamppost.

Acacia Avenue, where the accident happened, is pretty wide. One lane is wide enough to have 2 vans running alongside each other. A row of cars is parked on the right side of the road leading up to the gate of the Townhouse which is what prevented the driver from spotting from afar the exit motorbike.

[IMm29]

I wonder why teenagers really want speed? Makakarating din naman sila sa destination nila kahit hindi nila i race ang engine. Tsk!

It's about the adrenaline rush. Especially for kids brought up on Fast and the Furious.

[uls]

I wonder why teenagers really want speed? Makakarating din naman sila sa destination nila kahit hindi nila i race ang engine. Tsk!

coz it's fun

and when you're with your friends it's even more fun

pag sinabihan ka pa ng "sige nga tingnan natin gaano kabilis car mo"... recipe for disaster talaga

[c_cube]

yung isang bata dito yun NGUYEN, angkan ng OLIVAREZ yan. Sa kanya DAW yun elantra na bago, bigay daw nun parents nun pag graduate sa high school. Pero ang driver daw ay yun 18YO. Incoming froshie sa DLSU sana. - ito kwento ng nanay ko, dun kasi siya nag papagupit sa parlor sa may olivarez sa sucat

RIP sa kanilang lahat

[vinj]

"sige nga tingnan natin gaano kabilis car mo".

Famous last words indeed.

And it's true where things just seem soo slow and you remember almost every millisecond as you TRY to brake a car that's out of control, before the impact and that scary silence within right after. What really hit me was two things:
- I learned how it was to have no control over the car.
- I almost killed my closest friends. Just imagine my thoughts when i was at their weddings and the baptisms of their kids years later. Things that could have never been because of me being stupid at the wheel of a car.

[JohnM]

Whenever I find myself losing my cool behind the wheel remembering this clip somehow helps cool me down:

I remember watching it quite a few times as a kid. A few decades after and it still hits where it matters. Not bad for a Goofy episode

[uls]

vinj:

Famous last words indeed.

And it's true where things just seem soo slow and you remember almost every millisecond as you brake a car that's out of control, before the impact and that scary silence within right after. What really hit me was two things:
- I learned how it was to have no control over the car.
- I almost killed my closest friends. Just imagine my thoughts when i was at their weddings and the baptisms of their kids years later. Things that could have never been because of me being stupid at the wheel of a car.

yup

i experienced losing control of the car a number of times... it's an almost unreal feeling... time does slow down

[coiter]

I wonder why teenagers really want speed? Makakarating din naman sila sa destination nila kahit hindi nila i race ang engine. Tsk!

don't we all? aminin natin, kahit bulok na sasakyan there will always ba a time na susbukan natin ang speed limit nito or papatulan ang hirit ng barkada, pano pa kaya kung brand new car? it's just the timing and lack of good judgement that separates the dead from the living.

[Harangody]

A car is a deadly weapon, kaya dapat mahigpit ang pag issue ng license. Bawal talaga tanga tulad ng mga jeep, bus at motor.

[vinj]

Whenever I find myself losing my cool behind the wheel remembering this clip somehow helps cool me down:

I remember watching it quite a few times as a kid. A few decades after and it still hits where it matters. Not bad for a Goofy episode

Hehe... i also remember watching this episode as a kid. To think that was done more than a half century ago and yet, some things never change.

[ghosthunter]

I wonder why teenagers really want speed? Makakarating din naman sila sa destination nila kahit hindi nila i race ang engine. Tsk!

Come on! As if you never had that "I am indestructible" mindset when you were younger. Add to that the adrenaline rush when doing dangerous stunts. I was doing basically the same thing when I used to ride my bicycle and trying to pedal as fast as I can (51 kph) or diving from the high platform to the pool below.

[ghosthunter]

vinj:

yup

i experienced losing control of the car a number of times... it's an almost unreal feeling... time does slow down

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