Unbelievable video of multi car pile up in LA

[Displaced Flames fan]

Morning rush and people obviously not paying close enough attention. I can't even imagine the horror.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...cer.killed.cnn

[BlackArcher101]

Holy... poor biker... was that him at around the 30 second mark?

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

Holy... poor biker... was that him at around the 30 second mark?

Yep, motorcycle cop on his way to work evidently.

[Resolute 14]

No, seriously, how f'ing stupid are people? I can see a couple cars getting piled up like that, but there is no possible way that many cars get involved if people are paying attention to the lights of the cars in front of them. Unbelievable.

[Flames in 07]

That's just jawdropping.

My first though is how dumb can people be, but the reality is that everyone see's a half dozen morons driving everyday, it makes me think that very few people really understand that they are controlling a missle on wheels.

[Regorium]

Was the road really slippery or something? How can the 20th or somethign car STILL Not see that there's a body on the ground and a giant mess in front of you?

[RougeUnderoos]

They coulda used a few streetlights along that stretch. And buddy, put down the video camera and try to help someone or even do both, but don't just effing stand there trying to get a thousand bucks from the Newshawk Contest on Channel 8.

[CRXguy]

Wow. Unbelievable.

[4X4]

Wow. That's like Deerfoot on the morning of the first snowfall.

[Prototype]

And why was this guy filming?

[Shawnski]

And that is why "20 clicks over" is not a good idea. Anytime. I would prefer to do it but don't as the odds of shinguard like this happening increase big time when you do.

Ugly, ugly scene.

[arsenal]

If you aren't paying attention, like it looks like most of those people where not, then it's not going to matter how fast or slow you are going. Even at going the speed limit (100km/h), you would not stop in time if you aren't paying attention.

I wonder if where the accident happened, if there is a blind spot or something like a little hill that would be obstructing ones view.

[La Flames Fan]

Man that is awful.

I know exactly where that is, the 101 South just before the Cahuenga exit, the crucifix on the top of the hill is the give away. That is a ridiculous stretch of freeway too. The people that are coming towards that accident can't see because they are coming from the other side of a hill where you can't really see what traffic up ahead it doing. There's been many times when I've come over that little hill and had to hit the breaks hard.

[Vulcan]

I've found it an easy trap to fall into of just following the bumper in front instead of trying to watch the horizon.

[llama64]

Originally Posted by Prottotype

And why was this guy filming?

Because he didn't want to die trying to stop the cars? I think he did more of a service getting this behavior and tragic event on film then futilely attempting to stop anything.


I once heard an interesting answer to the question "Why don't we have flying cars?". This video shows that answer in crystal clarity.

[Madman]

Originally Posted by fotze

What's with the dork yelling "I've yelling at them to turn their hazards on". Purple heart for him.

Haha...exactly. Cause in his video we heard him say it - zero times.

I wondered why he was there as well, and filming for that matter.

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by fotze

What's with the dork yelling "I've yelling at them to turn their hazards on". Purple heart for him.

My Thoughts exactly. John Kerry purple heart indeed.

[Prototype]

Originally Posted by llama64

Because he didn't want to die trying to stop the cars? I think he did more of a service getting this behavior and tragic event on film then futilely attempting to stop anything.

I'm questioning why he was there with his camera filming the highway in the first place. I have come to the realization that in Los Angeles, there's people who live in bushes, who's man goal in life is to film anything and everything in hopes of getting that paycheque from CNN or NBC for their "On The Spot" video tape.

[BlackArcher101]

He was [probably involved in one of the accidents or stalls that you see down the road, then decided to get out and film everything because it was becoming increasingly dangerous.

There is another video like this one where a large van stalls in the fast lane of a freeway. The guy gets to the side of the road and starts filming. Suddenly a car creams the back of the van at full speed. There's nothing a person can do, unless you want to get yourself killed as well.

[Burninator]

There is nothing he could have done. If the cars can't see other cars on the road, they won't have a chance of seeing a person. It would be suicide for him to do anything.