{"id":19503,"date":"2009-01-13T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2009\/01\/13\/excessive-speed-appeared-to-be-a-factor-in-the-crash\/"},"modified":"2009-01-13T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T10:00:01","slug":"excessive-speed-appeared-to-be-a-factor-in-the-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20090113-01\/?p=19503","title":{"rendered":"Excessive speed appeared to be a factor in the crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2007, a serious automobile accident took place in southwest Washington. <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/localnews\/2003591391_webboydriver27m.html\"> A twelve-year-old boy was at the wheel of an SUV<\/a> when he lost control and struck another vehicle. According to the sheriff&#8217;s office, &#8220;Excessive speed appeared to be a factor in the crash.&#8221; I dunno, I think a major factor is that <i>a twelve-year-old was behind the wheel<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p> Tragically, the boy sustained critical injuries and died the following day. There was an adult in the car who conveniently <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/localnews\/2003609813_webboydriver09m.html\"> doesn&#8217;t remember what happened<\/a>, although there are rumors that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdn.com\/articles\/2007\/03\/01\/top_story\/news01.txt\"> this wasn&#8217;t the first time that adult let the boy drive<\/a>, and that the boy had remarked to a friend that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katu.com\/news\/6344602.html\">he always drove to school<\/a>.&#8221; Okay, what adult lets a twelve year old boy drive a car? Apparently, he was permitted to drive because he asked to. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/tags\/News+flash\/default.aspx\"> News flash<\/a>: There are times when the correct answer is &#8220;No&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p> Follow-up: Court documents cite witnesses who claim &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kgw.com\/neighborhood\/vancouver\/stories\/kgw_030907_news_driver_court.3608d5e1.html\">the boy had driven several times, at speeds up to 80 miles an hour<\/a>.&#8221; It was noted in passing in May&nbsp;2007 that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdn.com\/articles\/2007\/05\/03\/area_news\/news13.txt\"> the adult pled not guilty to vehicular manslaughter charges<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> Conclusion: As part of a plea agreement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kptv.com\/news\/15365488\/detail.html\"> the adult was sentenced to five years in prison plus probation<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2007, a serious automobile accident took place in southwest Washington. A twelve-year-old boy was at the wheel of an SUV when he lost control and struck another vehicle. According to the sheriff&#8217;s office, &#8220;Excessive speed appeared to be a factor in the crash.&#8221; I dunno, I think a major factor is that a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":111744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-19503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oldnewthing","tag-non-computer"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>In February 2007, a serious automobile accident took place in southwest Washington. A twelve-year-old boy was at the wheel of an SUV when he lost control and struck another vehicle. 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