Gawker side swipes DeLorean

[Michael]

Just another case of people more worried about getting a picture of your car than driving. I don't know any thing about this other than what the video shows but it looks like a hit and run.

embedding not working so here is the link http://youtu.be/G9hiUTg7ROc

[Dangermouse]

guy just took off.

Need Aussie input

[Jonathan]

Brutal. And people wonder why when you tell them driving the car is a little nerve wracking at times.

After seeing this video, I searched in YouTube for "DeLorean sighting" and was a little dumbfounded at what I saw. This combination of people distracted with the smartphones in their crotches AND the ones distracted by our cars trying to look or get a picture with their smartphones and it won't surprise me to hear of many more fenders needing stainless repair or worse.

[David_NYS]

Omg! I don't know what to say! What a fool!

[DMCMW Dave]

We heard later that the guy stopped. There was a police car following the car with the camera.

[pezzonovante88]

The more I see this stuff, the more it makes me afraid to drive the D.

[JohnZ]

What about the Delorean? I can't see really clearly if the cars touched each other...

[BTTF-1]

Sooo rare for there to be justice.

Normally they just run like the pieces of "weenie shit" they emulate.


Ed :bash::bash::tantrum::tantrum::bash::bash:

[Domi]

Scary video! Always dangerous when people are taking pictures of your car while driving and that's the proof.
Can't believe the guy tried to get away... Fortunately for the DeLorean owner the police was there in time...

[mluder]

I can't tell you how many times I've almost had this happen to me. The second most common occurrence is the car next to me almost rear-ending the car in front of it because they're looking at me.

Cheers
Steven

[Jonathan]

I can't tell you how many times I've almost had this happen to me. The second most common occurrence is the car next to me almost rear-ending the car in front of it because they're looking at me.

Cheers
Steven

It might be a function of less "2 lanes in each direction" type roads in my area, but I get more of the guy driving 3 inches from my rear bumper fumbling over his steering wheel with his cell phone camera trying to get the photo for his Facebook/Twitter followers than anything else. I don't know exactly what the solution is as the "brakes of doom" is only going to leave me trying to get my engine pulleys out from being crammed into the muffler so that won't work as a deterrent.

I often slow down and pull over when there is a place to do so yet some of these bafoons don't get it even then and sometimes stop with you like you did it to show them your car or something. I hate to say it, but Pezzo made a good point, my car also stays parked in the garage a lot more than I would like it to because of the fear of me being next to show up in a "got crunched" video.

[Brisfx]

That happened on our Coffs Harbour weekend here in Australia. We had a meet for Queensland and New South Wales drivers. About a 5 hour drive to get there for Queensland drivers and around 6 hours for New South Wales. The incident involved one of the New South Wales owners, surprisingly only 2 small dings on the rear wheel arch, enough to spoil the trip though.

[Gary Weaver II]

I've had this nearly happen quite a few times in the BTTF-D. One of the main reasons I decided to get rid of it.

We had a mechanical issue one time with the fuel pump and pulled over to work on it. I'm setting there with the front all diassembled, the vents up, and stuff strewn everywhere. Someone pulls up behind us - not to help - but to ask if he can sit in it to take pictures. I nearly lost it right then and there.

I swear even if these things were on fire people would still want to sit in them for pics.

-Gary

[Dangermouse]

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I swear even if these things were on fire people would still want to sit in them for pics.

-Gary

Reminds me of this video of a soccer fan reaching for his camera rather than helping the injured player


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFEWnhT3iY

[thirdmanj]

Reminds me of this video of a soccer fan reaching for his camera rather than helping the injured player


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFEWnhT3iY

Maybe he couldn't stand up because he was disabled, confined to a wheel chair or something. He is in the front right?
Edit: Meh, upon closer inspection he does look to be in a regular seat. Of course he's so damn fat it's hard to tell.

[mr2nut123]

I can't tell you how many times I've almost had this happen to me. The second most common occurrence is the car next to me almost rear-ending the car in front of it because they're looking at me.

Cheers
Steven

I've had two cars now go into the back of the car next to me at lights. Thankfully it wasn't the D, but I've completely fallen out of love of my D due to this. It happens on every drive..

[mr2nut123]

I've had this nearly happen quite a few times in the BTTF-D. One of the main reasons I decided to get rid of it.

We had a mechanical issue one time with the fuel pump and pulled over to work on it. I'm setting there with the front all diassembled, the vents up, and stuff strewn everywhere. Someone pulls up behind us - not to help - but to ask if he can sit in it to take pictures. I nearly lost it right then and there.

I swear even if these things were on fire people would still want to sit in them for pics.

-Gary

With you on that Gary. Just sold my replica with this being one of the main reasons. There's too many thickos on the roads.

I can imagine how furious you were with this, it's hardly a nice situation to be in to begin with.

[RIUM+]

Apparently the driver has a medical condition & had a seizure, which is why you see him drift off the road then over-correct. "Apparently", according to the statement they made to the police. :rolleyes1:

I've got plenty of photos from our gathering in Coffs Harbour & I'll post them in a new thread when they're all finished, but here's what the damage to this car looked like. I'm honestly surprised that this was all it received, the situation could've been MUCH worse at those speeds.


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http://www.riumplus.com/delorean/gg14/DSC00369c.jpg (http://www.riumplus.com/delorean/gg14/DSC00369c.jpg)

[DMCMW Dave]

Apparently the driver has a medical condition & had a seizure, which is why you see him drift off the road then over-correct. "Apparently", according to the statement they made to the police. :rolleyes1:

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Like he was trying to seize his camera.

[OverlandMan]

Apparently the driver has a medical condition & had a seizure, which is why you see him drift off the road then over-correct.

Not sure how they do it down under but here in the Texas, that kind of medical condition prevents *most* people from obtaining/maintaining a drivers license.

Glad to see it was *minimal* damage and everyone was ok.

[Michael]

Not sure how they do it down under but here in the Texas, that kind of medical condition prevents *most* people from obtaining/maintaining a drivers license.

Glad to see it was *minimal* damage and everyone was ok.

My senses tell me this was a "looky loo" moment and nothing more. If he did indeed have a seizure then his license should be suspended until it's 100% taken care of. Had there been a cyclist or a motorcyclist around him when this happened we could have easily witnessed a fatality. If he was a complete tool and just made up a medical excuse to remove the blame from himself then I could think of no better poetic justice then to see his license taken away from him for the made up medical condition.

Either way...he needs to loose his driving privileges for awhile.

[Jonathan]

Either way...he needs to loose his driving privileges for awhile.

Exactly. Didn't we all get taught in driver's ed when we were 16 that driving was a privilege and not a right? I think the whole concept of earning the privilege to drive and keeping that privilege by continuing to drive well is lost on a lot of people.

[Dangermouse]

Apparently the driver has a medical condition & had a seizure, which is why you see him drift off the road then over-correct. "Apparently", according to the statement they made to the police. :]

By "medical condition" he means "asthma" and by "had a seizure" he means "he sneezed"

[RIUM+]

Not sure how they do it down under but here in the Texas, that kind of medical condition prevents *most* people from obtaining/maintaining a drivers license.

That's the same way it is here (to the point that if your epilepsy is bad enough you can't drive in case someone wants to cause an accident by flashing lights at cars). Completely hearsay at this point because it's a game of telephones & my memory's getting fuzzy on details this specific, but I think I remember the NSW guys saying that they thought he was just high & distracted by the 5 DeLoreans driving in formation. He lied & blamed it on his medical condition to the police, which avoided a brief stay in jail for driving while high... But I don't think he considered the repercussions of claiming a medical condition, because the police officer would see to it that he's about to lose his licence for a year minimum until he can demonstrate & prove he no longer gets seizures.

[RoyHinkley]

Wow! Such minimal damage for what looked like it would be much worse as seen from the video. Doesn't seem all to hard to bang back out.

[DMCVegas]

Exactly. Didn't we all get taught in driver's ed when we were 16 that driving was a privilege and not a right? I think the whole concept of earning the privilege to drive and keeping that privilege by continuing to drive well is lost on a lot of people.

Agreed. Now if you could just explain this to the AARP...

[thirdmanj]

Agreed. Now if you could just explain this to the AARP...

Mods, someone has hacked Robert's account. This post is far too short to be his.