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Looking at the crowd none of them look old enough to drive.
Well, as per thread title, we got all sorts of strange creatures over here incl. "Cheap Charlies" with illegal motorbikes / scooters and the native nouvelle rich ~ crashing the whole collection of available supercars like La Ferrari & Porsche Spyder 918 (same owner crashed within 6 month = Ferrari + Porsche)...etc....
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‘Fast and furious’ drivers held by police
April 14, 2015, Tuesday | Shanghai Daily
Two men have been detained on suspicion of dangerous driving after a crash involving two supercars in a Beijing tunnel on Saturday night, police in the capital said yesterday.
Yu, 20, driving a US$500,000 Ferrari, and Tang, 21, at the wheel of an US$800,000 Lamborghini, were traveling at speeds of more than 160 kilometers per hour in the Datun Tunnel, the police said.
Both cars collided with the tunnel wall and sustained serious damage. But there was only one injury, a woman in the passenger seat of the Lamborghini was slightly hurt.
Police said Yu was from Changchun City in northeast China’s Jilin Province while Tang is from Beijing. Neither has a job, police added.
Witnesses told The Beijing Times that the Lamborghini was in front of the Ferrari when they entered the tunnel at high speed around 9pm.
Photographs showed the front of the Lamborghini had sheared off.
The Ferrari sustained damage to the passenger side.
Blood tests revealed that neither driver had been drinking, the newspaper said.
The Beijing News quoted a witness as saying there were several other sports cars at the scene at the time of the crash.
Datun Tunnel has three lanes in each direction with a speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour.
The case caused a stir online as it happened just a day before “Furious 7,” the latest instalment of the street-racing “Fast and Furious” movie franchise had its premiere on the Chinese mainland.
“A warm-up activity for the new movie, perhaps?” was one comment on Weibo.Supercar drivers to appear in court
SHANGHAI DAILY NEWSPAPER May 5, 2015, Tuesday
Two men are to go on trial in Beijing accused of dangerous driving after an April 11 incident where two supercars crashed in a tunnel.
Prosecutors said the Chaoyang District People’s Court would hear the case but no date has been set.
A guilty verdict could lead to six months’ detention.
Police in Beijing said that the scene of the accident, Datun Tunnel, was a popular venue for supercar drivers.
Yu, 20, was driving a US$500,000 Ferrari and Tang, 21, an US$800,000 Lamborghini at speeds of more than 160 kilometers per hour, about three times the speed limit, police said.
Both cars were badly damaged when they hit the tunnel walls and guardrails.
The two men, both unemployed, were unhurt but a woman surnamed Xu, a passenger in the Lamborghini, was seriously injured.
The Beijing Times said she suffered fractures to her lower back and had to have eight steel pins and two steel plates inserted. Doctors said her recovery would take at least 18 months.
Xu told the newspaper that neither she nor Tang was wearing a seat belt. She didn’t know that the two cars would be racing each other, she said.
The newspaper reported that Tang’s mother had paid about 150,000 yuan (US$24,150) toward Xu’s medical costs.
Xu, who still owes the hospital about 10,000 yuan, said she would be claiming compensation from Tang’s fami
April 14, 2015, Tuesday | Shanghai Daily
Two men have been detained on suspicion of dangerous driving after a crash involving two supercars in a Beijing tunnel on Saturday night, police in the capital said yesterday.
Yu, 20, driving a US$500,000 Ferrari, and Tang, 21, at the wheel of an US$800,000 Lamborghini, were traveling at speeds of more than 160 kilometers per hour in the Datun Tunnel, the police said.
Both cars collided with the tunnel wall and sustained serious damage. But there was only one injury, a woman in the passenger seat of the Lamborghini was slightly hurt.
Police said Yu was from Changchun City in northeast China’s Jilin Province while Tang is from Beijing. Neither has a job, police added.
Witnesses told The Beijing Times that the Lamborghini was in front of the Ferrari when they entered the tunnel at high speed around 9pm.
Photographs showed the front of the Lamborghini had sheared off.
The Ferrari sustained damage to the passenger side.
Blood tests revealed that neither driver had been drinking, the newspaper said.
The Beijing News quoted a witness as saying there were several other sports cars at the scene at the time of the crash.
Datun Tunnel has three lanes in each direction with a speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour.
The case caused a stir online as it happened just a day before “Furious 7,” the latest instalment of the street-racing “Fast and Furious” movie franchise had its premiere on the Chinese mainland.
“A warm-up activity for the new movie, perhaps?” was one comment on Weibo.Supercar drivers to appear in court
SHANGHAI DAILY NEWSPAPER May 5, 2015, Tuesday
Two men are to go on trial in Beijing accused of dangerous driving after an April 11 incident where two supercars crashed in a tunnel.
Prosecutors said the Chaoyang District People’s Court would hear the case but no date has been set.
A guilty verdict could lead to six months’ detention.
Police in Beijing said that the scene of the accident, Datun Tunnel, was a popular venue for supercar drivers.
Yu, 20, was driving a US$500,000 Ferrari and Tang, 21, an US$800,000 Lamborghini at speeds of more than 160 kilometers per hour, about three times the speed limit, police said.
Both cars were badly damaged when they hit the tunnel walls and guardrails.
The two men, both unemployed, were unhurt but a woman surnamed Xu, a passenger in the Lamborghini, was seriously injured.
The Beijing Times said she suffered fractures to her lower back and had to have eight steel pins and two steel plates inserted. Doctors said her recovery would take at least 18 months.
Xu told the newspaper that neither she nor Tang was wearing a seat belt. She didn’t know that the two cars would be racing each other, she said.
The newspaper reported that Tang’s mother had paid about 150,000 yuan (US$24,150) toward Xu’s medical costs.
Xu, who still owes the hospital about 10,000 yuan, said she would be claiming compensation from Tang’s fami
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Two men are to go on trial in Beijing accused of dangerous driving after an April 11 incident where two supercars crashed in a tunnel.
Prosecutors said the Chaoyang District People's Court would hear the case but no date has been set.
A guilty verdict could lead to six months' detention.
Wonder if the Chinese police/court is following through with these cases involving the drivers or will it be the same as it often is here in Thailand with people "being well connected" often getting of with a slap on the wrist even where people have been killed during an accident and where alcohol was involved.
Prosecutors said the Chaoyang District People's Court would hear the case but no date has been set.
A guilty verdict could lead to six months' detention.
Wonder if the Chinese police/court is following through with these cases involving the drivers or will it be the same as it often is here in Thailand with people "being well connected" often getting of with a slap on the wrist even where people have been killed during an accident and where alcohol was involved.
$$$$'s talk a lot....
Young drivers get months in jail for Beijing 'Fast and Furious' supercar race
May 21, 2015, Thursday | SHANGHAI DAILY NEWSPAPER
The drivers involved in the Beijing supercar crash taking place last month appear in court today in Beijing. They are sentenced to months in jail by the court for dangerous driving, which caused a female passenger injured while both of their cars severely damaged.
TWO drivers who staged a real-life "Fast and Furious" drag race in downtown Beijing last month received respective jail sentences of five months and four months on Thursday.
The supercar crash caused a stir online and hit headlines of Chinese media across the country then. It happened to take place only a couple of hours before “Furious 7,” the latest instalment of the street-racing “Fast and Furious” movie franchise had its midnight premiere on the Chinese mainland.
Tang Wentian, 21, was driving a US$800,000 Lamborghini and Yu Muchun, 20, was at the wheel of a a US$500,000 Ferrari, in the Datun Tunnel in Beijing's Chaoyang District about 9pm on April 11, according to police. The drag-racing cars careened through the tunnel guardrail before smashing into walls at speeds of more than 160 km/h about 10pm, causing both vehicles to be severely damaged.
Datun Tunnel has three lanes in each direction with a speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour.
A 24-year-old woman in the passenger seat of the Lamborghini suffered a burst fracture of her lumbar spine, police said. The impact of injury will prevent her from any intense exercise for the rest of her life and she would not be able to get pregnant in the next two years, reported Phoenix News. She has filed a civil lawsuit against the drivers to seek compensation, according to Phoenix News.
They caused an economic loss of 320,000 yuan damaging the public facilities and had paid off after the crash.
They were charged for dangerous driving, according to the Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing. Yu, who surrendered himself, will be jailed for four months and fined 8,000 yuan (about 1,290 US dollars), while Tang was sentenced to five months and fined 10,000 yuan (about 1,613 US dollars).Both the supercars are registered in Beijing.
The Beijing News quoted a witness as saying there were also several other sports cars at the scene at the time of the crash.
The case also caused quite a stir on the Internet, renewing criticism on reckless behavior and blatant lawbreaking by some members of the "second wealthy generation", the children of China's new rich.
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4.2 million RMB Lamborghini goes up in flames in Liaoning
China's luxury car graveyard (currently occupied by the miserable wrecks of this Ferrari and Lamborghini) has claimed another victim as a 4.2 million RMB sports car met its doom yesterday, suffering a mutilation that would not look out of place in (China's new favourite film) Fast & Furious.
Photographs published by Sohu show the smoking corpse of the Lamborghini in Shenyang, Liaoning province.
The unidentified Lamborghini owner revealed: 'I was driving the car with my friend to Shisanwei road. I suddenly heard a sound from the bottom of my car, my foot was vibrating, and I smelled something burning, then I discovered the bottom of my car was on fire.'
The owner jumped from the car as the flames grew, before they eventually enveloped the entire vehicle. While all the passengers managed to make a safe escape, local fire fighters were unable to salvage the car - which was burnt to a crisp moments within minutes.
The owner will be glad he took the liberty of insuring his prized toy, and expects to receive full compensation for the 4.2 million Lamborghini.
Hangzhou man drives his BMW into West Lake while playing with his smartphone
In the early morning hours yesterday, a man called emergency services from a bridge in Hangzhou to report that a car was out taking a swim in the city's iconic West Lake. Police say that the driver surnamed Tang drove his car into the lake accidentally while he was distracted with his smartphone.
Local reporters arrived on the scene at 12:40 a.m. and spotted fire engines with flashing lights by the roadside and a police boat approaching the white roof of the mostly-sunken BMW just 15 meters off-shore. In the police interview, Tang claimed that he had dropped his phone while playing around with it at the steering wheel of his car. He tried to search for the phone while pulling over, but accidentally stepped on the accelerator instead.
Here's a quick recap of the rescue operation from People's Daily, via NetEase:
Sept 16, 01:20 Because the car was located so deep in the water, buoys were placed around it. The first few salvage attempts made by police were unsuccessful. Firefighters gradually managed to thread a rope through the windows and tie it on top of the car roof. They then tried to winch the car up and out of the water with the front windshield pointed toward shore.
Sept 16, 01:25 On shore, dozens of firefighters and police began to tug the ropes tied to the car, shouting as they heaved. Working together the effort was quite effective, ending with most of the roof peeking up above the surface of the lake only 5 meters from the shore."
Sept 16, 01:35 The captain of Hangzhou West Lake fire squadron told reporters that when they received the emergency call two fire engines were dispatched to the scene. Firefighters found that the driver had managed to make his own way to shore, still conscious, but his car was floating in the water.
Police arrived, fixing ropes to the car, allowing firefighters to try and pull the vehicle ashore. However, because of an underwater fence barrier, in addition to the special structure of the convertible, they were forced to wait for a crane to arrive and lift the vehicle out. The captain mentioned that the car's side windows were already open so they obtained the driver's consent to fix the ropes in place.
Sept. 16, 01:53 The crane hooks and ropes were fastened to the car's roof. The first attempt didn't work as the convertible's roof burst open. Some officers began to point at the car's wheels.
Sept. 16, 02:05 An emergency services worker took off his and pants and stepped into the water, attaching the rope from the crane to the two front wheels of the car.
Sept. 16, 02:15 The front of the BMW was finally lifted out of the water and the whole car was pulled ashore. On the rear you can clearly see the car's Hangzhou license plate. All things considered it could have been worse: The front bumper was damaged, one side of the car was scratched from where it had been dragged across the ground and the right-side mirror had been knocked off.
Sept. 16, 02:20 The bumper of the car fell off releasing a fairly big (and very surprised) fish. A crowd of workers came over to take a look.
Source = http://shanghaiist.com/2015/09/17/distrated_dude_drives_bmw_into_west_lake.php
In the early morning hours yesterday, a man called emergency services from a bridge in Hangzhou to report that a car was out taking a swim in the city's iconic West Lake. Police say that the driver surnamed Tang drove his car into the lake accidentally while he was distracted with his smartphone.
Local reporters arrived on the scene at 12:40 a.m. and spotted fire engines with flashing lights by the roadside and a police boat approaching the white roof of the mostly-sunken BMW just 15 meters off-shore. In the police interview, Tang claimed that he had dropped his phone while playing around with it at the steering wheel of his car. He tried to search for the phone while pulling over, but accidentally stepped on the accelerator instead.
Here's a quick recap of the rescue operation from People's Daily, via NetEase:
Sept 16, 01:20 Because the car was located so deep in the water, buoys were placed around it. The first few salvage attempts made by police were unsuccessful. Firefighters gradually managed to thread a rope through the windows and tie it on top of the car roof. They then tried to winch the car up and out of the water with the front windshield pointed toward shore.
Sept 16, 01:25 On shore, dozens of firefighters and police began to tug the ropes tied to the car, shouting as they heaved. Working together the effort was quite effective, ending with most of the roof peeking up above the surface of the lake only 5 meters from the shore."
Sept 16, 01:35 The captain of Hangzhou West Lake fire squadron told reporters that when they received the emergency call two fire engines were dispatched to the scene. Firefighters found that the driver had managed to make his own way to shore, still conscious, but his car was floating in the water.
Police arrived, fixing ropes to the car, allowing firefighters to try and pull the vehicle ashore. However, because of an underwater fence barrier, in addition to the special structure of the convertible, they were forced to wait for a crane to arrive and lift the vehicle out. The captain mentioned that the car's side windows were already open so they obtained the driver's consent to fix the ropes in place.
Sept. 16, 01:53 The crane hooks and ropes were fastened to the car's roof. The first attempt didn't work as the convertible's roof burst open. Some officers began to point at the car's wheels.
Sept. 16, 02:05 An emergency services worker took off his and pants and stepped into the water, attaching the rope from the crane to the two front wheels of the car.
Sept. 16, 02:15 The front of the BMW was finally lifted out of the water and the whole car was pulled ashore. On the rear you can clearly see the car's Hangzhou license plate. All things considered it could have been worse: The front bumper was damaged, one side of the car was scratched from where it had been dragged across the ground and the right-side mirror had been knocked off.
Sept. 16, 02:20 The bumper of the car fell off releasing a fairly big (and very surprised) fish. A crowd of workers came over to take a look.
Source = http://shanghaiist.com/2015/09/17/distrated_dude_drives_bmw_into_west_lake.php
Are you really sure you want to buy and wear a MIC = Made In China helmet???
State of the art environmental testing and storage facility outside a helmet manufacturer in Songjiang district of Shanghai (China) spotted earlier in the year.
As the saying goes = Got a $5 head ~ Get a $5 helmet.…..
State of the art environmental testing and storage facility outside a helmet manufacturer in Songjiang district of Shanghai (China) spotted earlier in the year.
As the saying goes = Got a $5 head ~ Get a $5 helmet.…..
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