Comments on: Photos: Driver Arrested After Late Night Crash

By: Declan Harrison

Declan Harrison — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:00:55 +0000

Anyone who’s suggesting that excessive speed might not have been a factor has obviously never been to many road accidents. Precise speed can only be obtained through on-site analysis performed by professional accident investigators. However, in this case, it’s without any doubt that the car was significantly exceeding the limit. This is based upon the extensive car damage, the far-flung car debris, and the distance between the initial wall damage and where the car ended up.

By: RR

RR — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:20:21 +0000

are people really saying 35 k/h is too fast? 21 m/h is too fast for you? the f is wrong with you obviously they were speeding, that car is all metal and banged up that badly, and the car is at least 40 feet away from the point of impact, come on people use your brains….

By: realist

realist — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:22:10 +0000

OH MAN!!!THIS IS MY FIEND AND NEIGHBOUR, I JUST HOPE EVERYONE IS OK AND HOPE NO ONE GOT HURT. LIKE WOW!! AFTER THIS BRO YOU SHOULD BE RUNING TO THE LORD ON BENDING KNEES GOD SAVED YOU.

By: Dictacted. Not Read.

Dictacted. Not Read. — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:19:58 +0000

After all this years of spreading the message of impaired driving and the consequences, people still think they can still drive drunk. There are plenty of DUI’s every weekend. There are still people in the world who have the inability to learn from each other. Oh he got a DUI dun? Well I’m not him, I’m gud to go afta a few beers, ya herd?… Idiots like that are the reason why we have accidents every week. They need to make harsher penalties for impaired driving so people can think twice. The penalties that exist now are clearly not enough.

By: Grizz

Grizz — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:05:39 +0000

@D…no one is complaining about the wall!!!! I really wonder if I am reading a different article from you

By: Billy Mays

Billy Mays — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 02:13:27 +0000

If the police have this right and the driver was, in fact, drunk, I don’t care about the damage to the car, or the wall, or the driver. He should be off the road permanently, and if an injury rendered him unable to drive, so much the better. Driving drunk is like attempted murder; it’s pure luck that he didn’t injure or kill someone (aside from his passenger). People here chuckle at drunk driving, but when it costs innocent people their lives, it’s not a joke. This dunce should never be allowed behind the wheel again, and non of us should tolerate this stupidity again.

By: Observer

Observer — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:53:01 +0000

Makes me not want to creep out of my house at night for a late night drive. Someone who appears to be speeding fast like that truly does not care about anyone around that corner. Thank the Lord there was not anyone walking…

By: Tolerate

Tolerate — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:43:28 +0000

Thanks Franklin Jr. Saw this post earlier and I feel the individual is maybe too close to the topic. They are correct about family members on this site and folks need to consider that. I pray all parties involved are safe and make a speedy recovery.
But…. look at the pictures; unless this car was reconstructed from cardboard; speed was involved.

By: in the news

in the news — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 23:11:57 +0000

Thank God they both survived and no one was in their path of destruction.
Makes you wonder how much the pic-up services are making a weekend, a holiday, a party, special occasions. People slow down and love yourselves, the graveyard is full!!!!

By: Keepin' it Real!...4Real!

Keepin' it Real!...4Real! — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:14:51 +0000

i heard airbags being mentioned…but no one mentioned whether seat belts was in the equation or not..

By: spoons

spoons — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:00:37 +0000

Quality Car. Quality Driving. Part of me wants to wish the people in the car all the best. Part of me hopes they’ll never be able to drive again. Just saying what most are thinking.

By: D

Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:37:42 +0000

Minor injuries wooooow they r lucky

By: Watcher55

Watcher55 — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:10:50 +0000

That’ll buff right out

By: Alafiyah

Alafiyah — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:00:31 +0000

So you think the fell asleep and left the peddle to the floor!

By: Alafiyah

Alafiyah — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:59:13 +0000

Ain’t Neva Living By De Road – Next De Car be in my bed!

By: serengeti

serengeti — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:52:00 +0000

or brakes, by the look of it

By: Billy Mays

Billy Mays — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:11:48 +0000

I’d be far more worried to let my son drive my bike than my car because he’s not an idiot. My worry isn’t that he’ll cause an accident, but that some other driver will do so, and he’d be injured on a bike with no protection. It’s insane to allow responsible kids to drive bikes, but we do it all the time. Tells us where the priorities are.

By: Wall Smashing ?

Wall Smashing ? — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:05:30 +0000

it did not even put a good dent in that wall

By: Observer

Observer — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:01:01 +0000

There use to be a small wall that you could sit on, but after encountering numerous accidents where bike riders where speeding around the corner and ending up in the yard & also chipping up the plaster on the house, the property owners modified the wall. Can’t blame them though!

By: Observer

Observer — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:50:13 +0000

He is a master at his skill. That was has been hit several times and hasn’t lost yet!

By: Tom Cooke

Tom Cooke — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:54:22 +0000

I know the wall and the contractor that built it.. he lives in the house. I will not let my 22yr old drive my car… ever, unless I am with him… opppps sorry dad .. the black dog from paget jumped out in front… now you have no car to get grocerys.. or my 8yrold to school.. in somerset… and my mom cant get to work, but iam cool ive got my bike…..
not a chance ever….

By: Herb

Herb — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:45:53 +0000

drivers who are drunk and speed kill innocent people and most drivers who speed are not drunk, read the official police statistics and you will see who causes most accidents.

By: smart gal

smart gal — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:42:19 +0000

Very, very humorous, made me laugh out load.

By: Sorry no sympathy here

Sorry no sympathy here — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:16:05 +0000

Whether speeding or not (and I don’t believe for a minute that he wasn’t), he is a supposedly grown-a** man of 46, arrested for suspected IMPAIRED driving! Would you be so sympathetic if he killed your child??

By: pabear

pabear — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:59:51 +0000

u should hate yourself if you can’t look at that car and figure out it was moving at speed, you need more than god

By: right on!

right on! — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:57:54 +0000

Car is pretty old to have airbags.

By: PBanks

PBanks — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:40:24 +0000

Yeah. If that barrier wasn’t there, it’s likely that the house itself would have taken a serious hit.

By: what

what — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:38:01 +0000

Drunk drivers kill innocent people. He got lucky. Maybe mext time its your kids or someone walking down the street. He should do some serious jail time. Shameful!

By: JohnBoy

JohnBoy — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:34:13 +0000

That car is well pre-airbags

By: Concerned

Concerned — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:14:41 +0000

High insurance premiuim – Insurance Co’s should refuse to cover any driver or rider of vehicles and let’s not talk about 18yr olds getting drivers license being put on parent’s car insurance.. need more than seat belts and air bags in some families – being on our roads calls for great responsibility and as we have seen not many are that or can be that

By: D

Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:29:47 +0000

U all keep complaining about the wall! Its called stop speeding than they would have not hit the wall!

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:08:48 +0000

Saw them to, revving the engine and flying when they left..

By: Franklin Jr

Franklin Jr — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:07:33 +0000

look at the damage numbnuts – if that wasn’t speeding, find me a hat to eat!

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:46:39 +0000

And the CARnage continues.

Bermudians simply don’t know how to drive. They have no idea of speed approriate for road. You cannot drive a mile without seeing somebody doing something idiotic & dangerous to themselves & others.

Where are the cops & courts to come down heavy on dangerous driving?

By: St. D

St. D — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:20:15 +0000

That wall in front of the pink house is certainly strategically placed.

By: Hey

Hey — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:20:02 +0000

That’s the most serious accident I have ever seen!!! I hope that the driver and any others who were in the car will be ok pull through their injuries.

By: FBB

FBB — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:07:47 +0000

That’ll buff out, no problem!
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(Seriously though, hope all are OK)

By: Raw Onion

Raw Onion — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:53:09 +0000

I love how Bernews always keeps the license plates out of the pics but in this case the car is more recognizable by it’s colour and style.

By: campervan

campervan — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:39:10 +0000

and we wonder why there have been pedestrians knocked down on the roads.

By: serengeti

serengeti — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:38:47 +0000

Let me guess. He was driving along normally and mysteriously blacked out.

By: Rally n swim boss

Rally n swim boss — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:38:21 +0000

Please please please slow down bermuda……….we don’t need any more deaths and injuries. Most of us remember the radar traps n police hiding in de bushes days of old,why rnt de police doin that now. Scared the crap outta me being grilled on de side of de road in early days and parents finding out by police officer friends of my big family. Really people pay attention. Roads in bermy r de worse if it goes wrong,no run off. N could kill somebody or someone’s family members. Ps some people need more driver training/ re test or banned for life if convicted more than once… Pay attention n keep off your mobile phones n tablets. Why not wait till ur home,no call,txt or message that important………..I know some of my old school friend who suffered n are suffering life changing events cos people r miceing n even some rnt here anymore….

By: bermdoe

bermdoe — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:33:31 +0000

Look at the point of impact and look where the car ended up. It is safe to say speed was involved. Probably came around the corner too fast, lost control, hit the wall on the front left of the car and then spun and kept sliding because of momentum. If they weren’t speeding they would have just ‘bounced’ off the wall and ended up sideways a few feet from it. Im guessing 80+km/h for impact, damage and distance like that.

Disagree if you want, but you’d be silly to say speed wasn’t involved. Regardless, I hope both men are alright and have speedy recoveries.

By: swing voter

swing voter — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:32:37 +0000

Poor car!

By: Micro

Micro — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:31:29 +0000

Idiot drivers like them need to be removed from the road permanently.

By: Hate Fools Like U

Hate Fools Like U — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:27:22 +0000

Are you dumb! Honest to God it’s people like you that make me sick. You don’t know if their family members are on here. So if you can’t be sensible than SHUT UP! Nobody knows if they was speeding or not so give it arrest.

On another note I hope and pray they are alright

By: cicada

cicada — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:18:38 +0000

Must be hard to get a peaceful nights sleep in that house. Cha

By: Oh no

Oh no — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:14:07 +0000

Hope that they are ok and recover soon.

By: Whistling Frog

Whistling Frog — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:12:40 +0000

I hope the individuals pull through this with a speedy recovery.

Now thats a reinforced wall.

By: Need Peace

Need Peace — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:28:24 +0000

That’s crazy! I saw this car and occupants on Front Street last night! Hope you guys are cool!

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:27:52 +0000

Guess he won’t be revving it up on front street again.. He peeled out of town last night after giving quite the show hitting the rev limiter while parked..