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4th October 2006, 22:26
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911 driver killed, San Diego California
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4th October 2006, 22:30
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Road rage tragedy 
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4th October 2006, 22:31
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Something sounds funny in the description. I wonder what the investigation will show actually happened...
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4th October 2006, 22:33
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what a shame....waste of life....but yes...something fishy....why would he want to mess up his porsche by hitting the other guy like that.....still so sad...
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4th October 2006, 22:59
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Hey sh_t happens... .glad it wasn't a BMW.....
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5th October 2006, 01:17
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Yeah, something's not right with this story. I'll see if I can find out more.
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5th October 2006, 01:20
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I have a suspicion that that P-car driver watched one too many action films. Too bad he didn't learn anything from his real-life attempt at mimickry.
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5th October 2006, 04:49
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Sounds like there were witnesses in other cars  , so the story may well have gone down just like the Jetta driver said. Talk about Karma biting back! It's a cautionary tale, if so. If it was the other way around and the P-car was taken out by the Jetta, I hope a witness comes forward and makes things right.
Having a beast with all this power on tap can make you frustrated when you're stuck in traffic;  but I keep reminding myself - "life's a journey, not a race. You don't want to reach the big finish line first." 
Be safe out there!
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5th October 2006, 06:34
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It's a shame for both the car and the person.
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5th October 2006, 08:13
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Just goes to show, dont try and be an ***** driving the Beast. I know most of you don't, but the few who do dumb stuff like this (road rage) give everyone a bad name; not to mention put people's live unneccesarily in danger.
Don't understand why the old dude in the Porsche had to mess with the Jetta..it seemed like an ego problem to me..
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5th October 2006, 17:52
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Just goes to show, dont try and be an ***** driving the Beast. I know most of you don't, but the few who do dumb stuff like this (road rage) give everyone a bad name; not to mention put people's live unneccesarily in danger.
Don't understand why the old dude in the Porsche had to mess with the Jetta..it seemed like an ego problem to me..
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I don't know...maybe dude had some kinda medical thing happen or something. I don't care HOW pissed I'd ever get at another driver, I can't imagine *crashing my car into him*.
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6th October 2006, 04:20
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Maybe the guy in the Pcar tried to pass after the jetta slowed down, and the jetta swerved too slowly- once the pcar was next to him? Or the Pcar made the "pass" decision even though the jetta was closing the gap....
Point is, dead guy can't defend himself- and be sure the Jetta guy ain't gonna incriminate himself...
"[He] is survived by a daughter"
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