Car Accident Video - Beware!
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Ferrari driver Survived...and sued the organisers - should put a few stomachs at ease
Taken from other thread
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A racing car driver whose career ended with a sickening crash five years ago Wednesday was awarded 90 million yen compensation after the Tokyo District Court ruled race organizers were to blame for his crippling accident.
"I still love car racing," Ota said after the ruling.
Tetsuya Ota fell well short of getting the 300 million he had been asking from the five organizers and the marshal of the 1998 race where he suffered severe burns that ruined his driving career, but received the vindication he had been looking for.
"The crash was caused when the flag car suddenly slowed down," Presiding Judge Tsuyoshi Ono said. "Firefighting and rescue preparations were also not up to scratch."
Ota was delighted with the court win. "I would like to thank everybody who has supported me along the way," the 43-year-old once referred to as Japan's best Ferrari handler said in the wake of the ruling.
Those ordered to pay Ota include Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture, where the horrifying crash occurred, and TV Tokyo, which broadcast the race.
None of the defendants have stated whether they will appeal against the ruling, including TV Tokyo, which spent the entirety of the court battle arguing that it could not be regarded as one of the race organizers.
Court records said Ota's terrifying crash occurred during a warm-up lap before the official start of the race in May 1998. Ota's car burst into flames after slamming into another vehicle that had already stopped because of a different accident.
Ota was stuck in the fireball for almost 90 seconds before rescuers finally dragged him out. He sustained burns across his body and is still unable to move his right arm, right shoulder and fingers properly.
Judges ruled the flag car should have been traveling at about 60 kilometers per hour instead of the 150 kilometers it was doing, and caused the accident by slowing too quickly. Ota was forced to unexpectedly drop his pace and, as a result, he lost control and smash into the stationary vehicle.
They also decided that Ota was left in his flaming vehicle for too long and organizers had neglected their responsibility to get him out of the burning car within 30 seconds of the blaze erupting.
A pre-race agreement between Ota and the organizers not to pursue legal action in the event of an accident was also dismissed as unacceptable.
"A letter that tries to eliminate one party from taking any responsibility for major accidents caused by gross negligence is incorrect, unfair and not void in this court," presiding judge Ono said.
TV Tokyo's attempt to avoid being regarded as one of the race organizers was dismissed by the court, which ruled it was involved in sufficient decisions made about the race to be viewed as one of the organizations directly concerned with running it.
Ota made his debut in 1982, racing in the Formula 3000 series before switching to GT car races in which he competed in four straight Le Mans 24-hour races. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Oct. 29, 2003)"
"I still love car racing," Ota said after the ruling.
Tetsuya Ota fell well short of getting the 300 million he had been asking from the five organizers and the marshal of the 1998 race where he suffered severe burns that ruined his driving career, but received the vindication he had been looking for.
"The crash was caused when the flag car suddenly slowed down," Presiding Judge Tsuyoshi Ono said. "Firefighting and rescue preparations were also not up to scratch."
Ota was delighted with the court win. "I would like to thank everybody who has supported me along the way," the 43-year-old once referred to as Japan's best Ferrari handler said in the wake of the ruling.
Those ordered to pay Ota include Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture, where the horrifying crash occurred, and TV Tokyo, which broadcast the race.
None of the defendants have stated whether they will appeal against the ruling, including TV Tokyo, which spent the entirety of the court battle arguing that it could not be regarded as one of the race organizers.
Court records said Ota's terrifying crash occurred during a warm-up lap before the official start of the race in May 1998. Ota's car burst into flames after slamming into another vehicle that had already stopped because of a different accident.
Ota was stuck in the fireball for almost 90 seconds before rescuers finally dragged him out. He sustained burns across his body and is still unable to move his right arm, right shoulder and fingers properly.
Judges ruled the flag car should have been traveling at about 60 kilometers per hour instead of the 150 kilometers it was doing, and caused the accident by slowing too quickly. Ota was forced to unexpectedly drop his pace and, as a result, he lost control and smash into the stationary vehicle.
They also decided that Ota was left in his flaming vehicle for too long and organizers had neglected their responsibility to get him out of the burning car within 30 seconds of the blaze erupting.
A pre-race agreement between Ota and the organizers not to pursue legal action in the event of an accident was also dismissed as unacceptable.
"A letter that tries to eliminate one party from taking any responsibility for major accidents caused by gross negligence is incorrect, unfair and not void in this court," presiding judge Ono said.
TV Tokyo's attempt to avoid being regarded as one of the race organizers was dismissed by the court, which ruled it was involved in sufficient decisions made about the race to be viewed as one of the organizations directly concerned with running it.
Ota made his debut in 1982, racing in the Formula 3000 series before switching to GT car races in which he competed in four straight Le Mans 24-hour races. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Oct. 29, 2003)"
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from the other marques thread I started yesterday thats the second part of the clip....
from the other marques thread I started yesterday thats the second part of the clip....
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Originally Posted by davegtt
http://members.roadfly.org/dakar2m/aftermath2.mpeg
from the other marques thread I started yesterday thats the second part of the clip....
from the other marques thread I started yesterday thats the second part of the clip....
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Originally Posted by davegtt
http://members.roadfly.org/dakar2m/aftermath2.mpeg
from the other marques thread I started yesterday thats the second part of the clip....
from the other marques thread I started yesterday thats the second part of the clip....
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Had quite a long conversation about this on another forum recently.
I believe they are all slowing down becuase the pace car is out to slow the cars down due to the conditions. The Porsche loses it as the all brake and then Tetsuya does the same but clouts the stationary Porsche.
The crash itself although bad is nothing compared to how upsetting it is to see him dragged out and then for him to be stumbling about as he does - almost to tears when seeing that.
The article quoted also has a pic of him now. Although looking reasonably sophisticated you can see his plastic surgery has been major.
edit/ found the pic
Looks intensive reconstruction to me.
I believe they are all slowing down becuase the pace car is out to slow the cars down due to the conditions. The Porsche loses it as the all brake and then Tetsuya does the same but clouts the stationary Porsche.
The crash itself although bad is nothing compared to how upsetting it is to see him dragged out and then for him to be stumbling about as he does - almost to tears when seeing that.
The article quoted also has a pic of him now. Although looking reasonably sophisticated you can see his plastic surgery has been major.
edit/ found the pic
Looks intensive reconstruction to me.
Last edited by EddScott; 10 November 2004 at 02:43 PM.
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Seems to be a long straight, in which the safety car was out. If the marshals were not informing the drivers of the safety car then he has every right to sue. If they were "flagging" then he's not a very good driver.
Some of the cars in the video did not even appear to have their lights on, despite the appalling conditions!
Some of the cars in the video did not even appear to have their lights on, despite the appalling conditions!
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Agree with a couple of people above me, the way he was handled after the accident is horrific. Where were the medical crews? He was just left on the floor, his suit still smoking, obviously in agony. The guys seemed more interested in attending to the expensive Fiat as opposed to saving the driver's life!!!!!
<Shakes head> I am still horrified every time I see it. One of the only things that has made me speechless.
<Shakes head> I am still horrified every time I see it. One of the only things that has made me speechless.
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Agree with a couple of people above me, the way he was handled after the accident is horrific. Where were the medical crews? He was just left on the floor, his suit still smoking, obviously in agony. The guys seemed more interested in attending to the expensive Fiat as opposed to saving the driver's life!!!!!
<Shakes head> I am still horrified every time I see it. One of the only things that has made me speechless.
<Shakes head> I am still horrified every time I see it. One of the only things that has made me speechless.
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Nasty crash , that clip is up there with the Johnny Herbert accident for shear shock value.
glad the guy lived to tell the tale.
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Nasty crash , that clip is up there with the Johnny Herbert accident for shear shock value.
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