[BP-Revo]

I saw those pictures a couple months ago. Really gross, and tragic for the parents.

The story I read said stuff like "...pronounced dead at the scene from head trauma..." and other euphemisms. The fact is that she was doing well over 120mph, probably more along the 130-140 lines. The pictures I saw included pictures of the Honda she clipped, and the entire left rear quarter of the car was gone. She hit it so fast that it just ripped that part of the car off. Just from that you can easily tell her speeds were at least 70mph faster than the Civic's if not more. Assuming the Civic was doing 70mph (since its a toll road, average speeds are rather high) that puts her doing a good 140.

I know she was going much faster than the Civic due to the amount of damage. In cases where cars T-Bone other cars doing 50mph, and the damage is no where as bad, not to mention that side-impacts are the worse rated. So for that much damage to come from a rear impact, its quite obvious she was going very fast.

This is another reason why insurance rates for young drivers in fast cars (and young drivers in general) are so high.

I happen to drive a ~330hp car and I'm just 16. However, the fastest I'll cruise at is 80mph and I only go faster than that to pass someone or something. Under no circumstances will I exceed 90mph.