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Darryl Anderson was drunk behind the wheel of his Audi SUV, had his accelerator pressed to the floor and was barreling toward a car ahead of him when he snapped a photo of his speedometer. The picture showed a car in the foreground, a collision warning light on his dashboard and a speed of 141 mph (227 kph).

An instant later, he slammed into the car in the photo. The driver, Shalorna Warner, was not seriously injured but her 8-month-old son and her sister were killed instantly, authorities said. Evidence showed Anderson never braked. 

Anderson, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison for the May 31 crash in northern England that killed little Zackary Blades and Karlene Warner. Anderson pleaded guilty last week in Durham Crown Court to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago (48 children)

Why can someone even drive a car that can go that fast on public streets? Countries should enforce speed limiters on vehicles brought into their country for roadway use. It may not prevent drunks from driving, but it could slow them down and prevent some deaths and injury. People don't even need to be drunk for these speeds to be dangerous.

[–] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (7 children)

How would these work exactly? Where I live max speed on freeways is 70mph and 25mph on residential streets. You can definitely still kill someone using a car limited to maximum legal speed.

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

He's saying that if the car in the article was speed limited, it would've hit the back of that poor girl's car and dented it, instead of ruining people's entire lives

[–] daq@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you understood the point I made.

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I did. I'm just saying speed limiters would reduce deaths overall, but of course you had to counteract with "but they won't reduce deaths in this specific situation"

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Lower speeds will lower impact forces, increase vehicle handling, and provide more reaction time for drivers.

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