3 Teens Killed in Speeding Challenger

I haven't read the story, but I've got the gist of it.

Now for the story of a teenager who crashed and lived...
As you may have heard on my fix the caprice thread, I was screwing around in a parking lot and hit a pole at 35-40 mph. I wanted that specific car because it had the LT1 corvette engine in it and it looked better than the 91-93s. The car has power to burn a set of 295s pulling off of a stop sign stock. Again, I wanted the car. My parents both had a 91 Roadmaster, Impala (non SS), Caprice wagon, and Olds Custom cruiser wagon. They never had one with the LT-1 like me. Again, I wanted the car. The fact that I crashed had little to do with the actual car. I am convinced that had I owned a 95 Mitsu Eclipse GS-T like I wanted at one point, I would have done the same thing.

Now, the kid being 16, having a fast car, and a few friends to show off with had a choice. Floor the gas in a safe spot for a few seconds and get up to speed quickly then go ONLY 5 over. That would would be the safe thing to do while being able to impress your friends. Or, do what I did. Try to impress your friends by doing something extendedly dangerous because you have done it before and got away with it. I'm willing to bet 1 million that he did the second option. Just like I did. The difference between us? I hit a pole dead center at only 40 mph and never left the road. He left the road because he was going too fast. Both cases were in cars too fast for what the person driving it could handle, and the driver's fault for doing something reckless. It's not one or the other, they are both equally to blame.

Now, I have since learned to respect the power of only 260 horses in a car like that, and drove it like a normal human being after it was fixed until the transmission line popped off and fried the 3rd/4th clutch. I've never driven the barracuda like that, nor will I. Even after I get the engine rebuilt, the most I will ever do in that car is a burnout. Or break the speed limit a little... just to see where the gearing ends. :D The kid didn't respect the value of the car either, 30K is a lot of money. The only reason I drove the way I drove in the caprice was because it was 2500. Easily replaceable and cheap. A 2011 Challenger not so much.

Sum up: no respect for the value of the car, (so probably spoiled), too much power for a newer driver, the kid being stupid. This is from someone who's crashed recently and still remembers why and how. Trust me on this, I probably thought a lot like the kid did at the time. Thus, I'm quite certain I know why it happened.

*note, I've had my drivers license for a little over a year now. And I'm almost convinced it was an act of God that I hit the car where I hit it, and that I thought it would be a good idea to fasten my seatbelt before doing that, "because, ya know I might hit something doing this... (just in case something goes wrong.)" *two thoughts simultaneously :D*