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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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Default RE: Fatal SRT Crash

Its a tragedy to be sure. I was taught as a toddler to alway buckle up, and it is so engrained in me that I feel uncomfortable if I dont have a seatbelt on. Even lapbelts make me nervous.

My Uncle was almost killed when his semi went off the side of a mountain. It was one of those rare circumstances that if he HAD been wearing his seatbelt he would have died. As the truck sped down the side it hit several large trees that smashed the roof down level with the dashboard. You could see the steering column sticking out above the wreck. He survived by diving to the floorboard and riding it out. Still, he knows that his case was the exception to the rule. He never goes anywhere without wearing a seatbelt nowadays.

Im curious about one thing. Both of these stories say he was driving a 2009 Challenger. And Tchubb is saying it was a supecharged SRT. I wonder if this is accurate. If it is supercharged, I would guess it would have to be either an R/T or a 2008. I doubt any SRTs have been delivered yet. And if they have, that would still be some fast work to get a supercharger on one so fast.
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