Tiger Woods car/life crash

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Good, no charges.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/us/tiger-woods-car-accident-wednesday-intl-spt/index.html

When I suggested "unanswered questions" above, I really didn't mean anything sinister. Falling asleep at the wheel is exactly the kind of thing I was thinking about--that in and of itself raises questions about why he'd be driving and how good a driver he is.

clemenza, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link

accidents happen to "good drivers" every day, thousands of them

nick faldo said he was going to photo shoot

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link

As the very least, as I understand it, he was speeding--which to me rules out good driving.

clemenza, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link

I'm one of the top 10 best drivers in the country and I speed all the time

frogbs, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link

Two-car accidents happen to good drivers all the time, for sure--you're on the wrong end of someone else's bad driving. A one-car accident where the weather's not a factor, it seems unlikely to me that he's blameless. He could be swerving to avoid an animal--if that were the case, then I don't blame him. But I put speeding, texting, and/or getting behind the wheel when you're too tired to drive all under bad driving.

clemenza, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:07 (three years ago) link

As a former school bus driver, I have fairly exacting standards for "good driving", which could be briefly summed up as 'There is no good driving which is not also safe driving'.

Judge Roi Behan (Aimless), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:15 (three years ago) link

Falling asleep at the wheel is exactly the kind of thing I was thinking about

The car Woods was driving, a Genesis GV80 loaned to him by the manufacturer that sponsored the tournament last weekend, has an interior camera that alerts the driver if they're falling asleep:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2021/02/24/genesis-gv-80-tiger-woods-car-accident-suv-safety/4573081001/

Lee626, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link

well you all make good points glad this piece of shit got his legs broke

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:41 (three years ago) link

I'm sure you know this, but that's not even remotely what I mean. I've always been a huge fan, as most of this thread makes clear. Just suggesting that there's likely more to this than a simple bad-luck accident. We may never know. There are no charges and seemingly no desire to investigate, and since no other driver is involved, and his life has been irrevocably damaged, I think that's a good call.

clemenza, Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:00 (three years ago) link

Sorry to press the point--I have a particular animus towards speeders in everyday life.

clemenza, Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link

nine months pass...

First news I've heard in months.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/golf/tiger-woods-full-time-golf-over-spt/index.html

clemenza, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link

I thought he was basically picking and choosing when the accident happened.

clemenza, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 00:23 (two years ago) link

Would be shocked to ever see him playing again tbh. Dude now has more major surgeries than major titles

frogbs, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 00:34 (two years ago) link

four months pass...

alright, consider me shocked.

frogbs, Sunday, 10 April 2022 02:34 (two years ago) link

ten months pass...

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