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6 hours ago, Meatloaf63 said:

The booths on the US side are for people entering from Canada aren’t they?

There are multiple booths on the US side. There are booths where you pay the toll to cross on the outgoing traffic side. There are also booths in the incoming traffic side from Canada. 

8 hours ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

 

Should have just waited and said "I don't know"... just a sad and frenetic situation.

Yeah. Except I had inside information at the time of the incident 

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So more and more looking like just another day in Niagara Falls, US.

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I'm 5 min north of bridge, US side. Very heavy LEO presence in this AO.   Also, I have fair amount of VBIED experience. IF I go down there--eyes on--I'll update.   Finally, and as

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1 minute ago, mrags said:

There are multiple booths on the US side. There are booths where you pay the toll to cross on the outgoing traffic side. There are also booths in the incoming traffic side from Canada. 

Gotcha, been a long time since I crossed that bridge.

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Just now, Meatloaf63 said:

Gotcha, been a long time since I crossed that bridge.

I know it pretty good. Based on the pics I saw it appeared to be in the US side heading into Canada. A few things I didn’t know is the car flew through the air several hundred feet. So at this point I don’t know where it took off from or where it landed. Etc. I just know the picks I saw didn’t appear to be the incoming lanes into the US. I also don’t think the car would have been able to get up to speed fast enough from the Canadian side of the bridge to the US side. 

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7 hours ago, mrags said:

I know it pretty good. Based on the pics I saw it appeared to be in the US side heading into Canada. A few things I didn’t know is the car flew through the air several hundred feet. So at this point I don’t know where it took off from or where it landed. Etc. I just know the picks I saw didn’t appear to be the incoming lanes into the US. I also don’t think the car would have been able to get up to speed fast enough from the Canadian side of the bridge to the US side. 

He never passed the inspection booths. He was in the wrong lane and approached the bridge from the US side. 

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9 hours ago, mrags said:

I know it pretty good. Based on the pics I saw it appeared to be in the US side heading into Canada. A few things I didn’t know is the car flew through the air several hundred feet. So at this point I don’t know where it took off from or where it landed. Etc. I just know the picks I saw didn’t appear to be the incoming lanes into the US. I also don’t think the car would have been able to get up to speed fast enough from the Canadian side of the bridge to the US side. 

 

2 hours ago, damj said:

He never passed the inspection booths. He was in the wrong lane and approached the bridge from the US side. 

 

 

He was never on the bridge or even intentionally approaching the checkpoint from either side, wrong way or not.  The vehicle in question has a top speed of approximately 200mph, and gained speed with the stuck accelerator going up Main Street.  It ramped off the median where Main turns off towards the bridge, cleared the fence, and landed in the secondary screening area where they search cars on the US intake side.

 

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On 11/23/2023 at 9:03 AM, Nextmanup said:

Actual footage of the jump prior to crash...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DC Tom really needs to spend some time here. 🤨

 

You must have slept through the ethics and philosophy classes in your four years at 845 Kenmore Avenue.

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17 hours ago, damj said:

We have a contact that knows the family of the driver.  Apparently the accelerator stuck and he went into the plaza at the end of the bridge, went airborne and the car exploded when it crashed

This is a known issue. But unless something else went wrong applying the brakes should stopped the car. The brakes will override the accelerator (that was from multiple mechanics that specialize in all VW products esp Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini) 
 

 

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2 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

This is a known issue. But unless something else went wrong applying the brakes should stopped the car. The brakes will override the accelerator (that was from multiple mechanics that specialize in all VW products esp Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini) 
 

 

Throw it in neutral? Slam the brakes? I don’t know, hard to say when panic sets in if it wasn’t a medical condition.

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58 minutes ago, Meatloaf63 said:

Throw it in neutral? Slam the brakes? I don’t know, hard to say when panic sets in if it wasn’t a medical condition.

That. And maybe there was someone driving that was like, no way I’m going to blow the motor in my $100-300 car 

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1 minute ago, mrags said:

That. And maybe there was someone driving that was like, no way I’m going to blow the motor in my $100-300 car 

Had it happen on an old GTO I had in college, the bolt that held the gas pedal on the nut came off and it slid into the carpet, got up to 100 mph on a residential street, with only a couple hundred yards left. I kind of spazzed and stomped on the gas pedal about 10!times before it broke free🤦‍♂️in the moment I didn’t even think about sliding into neutral. Happens so quick not much time to think. My two passengers pretty much crapped their pants.

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59 minutes ago, Ted Striker said:

 

It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.

 

It's an entirely different kind of flying....

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