sad, but funny (in a morbidly ironic sort of way)

[ChrisV]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4240827/Former-mayor-who-disliked-BMW-drivers-died-in-high-speed-crash.html

"A former mayor with a dislike of drivers of certain German cars was killed in high-speed crash while apparently racing against a BMW."

[J86]

what an idiot.  gotta feel for his fiancee.

[Byteme]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4240827/Former-mayor-who-disliked-BMW-drivers-died-in-high-speed-crash.html

"A former mayor with a dislike of drivers of certain German cars was killed in high-speed crash while apparently racing against a BMW."

Was he ahead or behind when he bought the farm?

[NomisR]

Sucks for the BMW driver that got involved.  Now he's under investigation for something that's not even his fault.  The guy looked like a douche though.

[Cookie Monster]

What a dumbass. Serves him right.

[ifcar]

Sucks for the BMW driver that got involved.  Now he's under investigation for something that's not even his fault.  The guy looked like a douche though.

He had no choice but to drive 100 mph on a crowded road?

[sportyaccordy]

He had no choice but to drive 100 mph on a crowded road?

Sometimes you gotta do what the f#$@ you gotta do - Blajoveich

[NomisR]

He had no choice but to drive 100 mph on a crowded road?

Hey, if there's this psycho on me, that wouldn't get away, you do what you gotta do.  In hindsight, it could've been handled differently but what would you do if you have a maniac coming after you?

[ifcar]

Hey, if there's this psycho on me, that wouldn't get away, you do what you gotta do.  In hindsight, it could've been handled differently but what would you do if you have a maniac coming after you?

Somehow all the other drivers on the road realized that the solution was to slow down rather than speed up.

[ChrisV]

Somehow all the other drivers on the road realized that the solution was to slow down rather than speed up.

the "psycho" in question was dialed in on the BMW driver for driving a BMW, as apparently his history was full of him doing. None of the other drivers were being tailgated/messed with.

And again, no one was holding a gun to the mayor's head making him keep up with the faster driver in the apparently much better handling car.

[ifcar]

the "psycho" in question was dialed in on the BMW driver for driving a BMW, as apparently his history was full of him doing. None of the other drivers were being tailgated/messed with.

And again, no one was holding a gun to the mayor's head making him keep up with the faster driver in the apparently much better handling car.

You can't race against someone who isn't racing against you. If Mr. BMW would have just let the crazy moron pass, he wouldn't be in trouble right now.

I'm certainly not saying it wasn't the mayor's own fault he crashed his car. Just that the other driver certainly wasn't an innocent bystander.

[NomisR]

Somehow all the other drivers on the road realized that the solution was to slow down rather than speed up.

Slowing down doesn't always work for people.  Once, I had these assholes that tried to race me (not in the Elise).  Now, I need to change lanes but they just stuck next to me regardless of wether I sped or slowed down.  So I just slowed down.  They got pissed and threw a full bottle of coke at my car and drove off. 

These are the type of psychos are out there, if I can, I'd definitely speed away and call the cops but I was in a lowly automatic Integra. 

[ChrisV]

You can't race against someone who isn't racing against you. If Mr. BMW would have just let the crazy moron pass, he wouldn't be in trouble right now.

Dude wasnt trying to "pass." He was trying to be an asshole, as apparently he tended to do in the past.

And the BMW driver is not in trouble now. He was cleared of it, as it was determined to be the other driver's fault.

[FoMoJo]

Just as well he was killed without killing someone else.  Occasionally I see someone driving like an idiot and hope he takes himself out without killing anyone else.  Too often that's not the case.  I believe it's criminal to put other peoples' live at risk by stupid driving.