OT Child in viral Portland police hug photo missing, 5 family members dead after California cliff crash

You get more wild eyed every day.

 

Yeah that does not mean much. That old piece of shit SUV (not nearly as big of a POS as the same era Navigator) is part of a large group of GM vehicles that are notorious for speedometer problems.
http://drspeedometer.com/ultimate-guide-to-gm-gauge-problems-and-how-to-repair

 

In fact the GMC shop truck at my last shop has a broken speedo and gas gauge. They fill the tank off the odometer reading.

 

It can. I don't know if there are newer cars with actual speed sensors that measure wheel speed instead of relying on a sensor on the transmission.

Example, my 1969 olds cutlass with a 455 engine and an open differential could spin the right rear tire through all three gears. The speedo would read 120 mph and the car would barely be moving.

That car had a cable driven speedo that was connected directly to the transmission.

This SUV I believe has an electronically driven speedometer that gets a signal from a speed sensor on the transmission which feeds a motor in the instrument cluster. Basically the same idea but no cable.

I assume this vehicle would also read an inaccurate speed with the tires spinning.

From memory of the pics, there is no way that thing hit 90mph in such a short distance.

If the vehicle was floored and the speedometer quickly hit 90 way faster than the car actually could I wouldn't be surprised if it got stuck.

 

Kids don't ever deserve to die young and especially not that way.

 

Probably would be difficult to unfasten in an emergency like that.

 

Yes, you've caught us. All Democrats are terrible people. You could have found that out if you had attended one of our regular Wednesday meetings where we get together and plot out evil acts.

 

No, I know but from memory of that area there is now way they were doing 90.

More like spinning wheels and reading 90

 

I had thought that the suicide-accident probability was about 60-40% in favor of suicide. After seeing this picture, with blind downhill curves and no fence and little ground beyond the pavement, I think it's 85-15% in favor of an accident. The women's parents should sue whichever government maintains the road.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...e-1-of-3-missing-victims-from-mendocino-crash

 

There should be a strong retaining fence along the entire curve, with a parking space a walking distance away where it's safe to stop.

And a second fence, a pedestrian curb, 4 feet from the cliff edge, with warning signs that there's less ground beyond the curb that it appears.

And change all similar turnarounds.

 

How do they know? Besides, I want no parking access there, as I said. That would have prevented it, suicide or accident. It's too dangerous for accidents, being on a downhill curve.

Let tourists walk a few yards from a safer spot with a strong fence between the new safer parking spot and the cliff.

 

They know because their car had a device that recorded the actions of the car such as speeds at different times and braking actions. I believe this is installed in all cars for the last few years.