Dan Wheldon Dies in Crash in Las Vegas

Post by **Wookiee** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:11 pm

Fifteen-car crash in the Indy 300 in Vegas claims the life of Dan Wheldon. I happened to be watching this and it was a mess. Bloody oval racing.

Post by **Brett** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:13 pm

Never really watched indy racing but thought I pop it on tonight when nothing was on just in time to see a massive 15 car pile up. Sadden to hear that the person involved was a brit who has died from his injuries.

Terrible to see and made even worse when the British commentators just broke down in tears when it was announced. R.I.P.

Post by **The Ginge Reaper** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:16 pm

Man walks on the moon.

Post by **Knots & crosses** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:29 pm

RIP. sad stuff.

Post by **Sheep Shagger** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:29 pm

The Ginger Ninja wrote:Man walks on the moon.

you do realize ninge that by replying with this you actually put people off posting any info they may have for fear of being jumped upon if it had already been posted

Post by **The Ginge Reaper** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:30 pm

nikkiboy wrote:
The Ginger Ninja wrote:Man walks on the moon.
you do realize ninge that by replying with this you actually put people off posting any info they may have for fear of being jumped upon if it had already been posted

There was a thread started five minutes ago about it FFS.

Anyway, here is the crash in question. Obviously don't click if you don't like that sort of thing

Post by **Mr Sheen** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:35 pm

Wookiee wrote:Fifteen-car crash in the Indy 300 in Vegas claims the life of Dan Wheldon. I happened to be watching this and it was a mess. Bloody oval racing.

The US tv coverage was a disgrace. They were endlessly replaying the accident, yet in the the past, the tv companies wouldn't show the replays if they thought the driver had died. After they were aware he had died, they didn't announce it to try and keep viewers watching for ratings purposes.

Finally, reality tv has been able to show a death live on tv. The last taboo has been broken. It makes me sick to think that a driver I'd followed for fifteen years or so has died, but the television reaction makes me ashamed of the human race.

Post by **Brett** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:37 pm

The Ginger Ninja wrote:Man walks on the moon.

Two fucking minutes before I posted it.

can somebody merge the threads please............If only to keep bradders happy

Post by **The Ginge Reaper** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:40 pm

mrsheen wrote:
Wookiee wrote:Fifteen-car crash in the Indy 300 in Vegas claims the life of Dan Wheldon. I happened to be watching this and it was a mess. Bloody oval racing.
The US tv coverage was a disgrace. They were endlessly replaying the accident, yet in the the past, the tv companies wouldn't show the replays if they thought the driver had died. After they were aware he had died, they didn't announce it to try and keep viewers watching for ratings purposes.

Finally, reality tv has been able to show a death live on tv. The last taboo has been broken. It makes me sick to think that a driver I'd followed for fifteen years or so has died, but the television reaction makes me ashamed of the human race.

Sport ain't reality telly, and TV has shown people dying before: Ayrton Senna and Marc Vivien-Foe being two examples.

Post by **DrZoidberg** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:41 pm

was that wheldons car they showed the cockpit cam when it flipped upside down and caught fire near the end of that video?

who the fuck made that call?

Post by **The Ginge Reaper** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:42 pm

DrZoidberg wrote:was that wheldons car they showed the cockpit cam when it flipped upside down and caught fire near the end of that video?

who the fuck made that call?

Dunno, all happened too fast i suppose.

Post by **Brett** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:50 pm

DrZoidberg wrote:was that wheldons car they showed the cockpit cam when it flipped upside down and caught fire near the end of that video?

who the fuck made that call?

If it is then thats disgusting as ESPN are still showing that video

Post by **Mr Sheen** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:53 pm

The Ginger Ninja wrote:
mrsheen wrote:
Wookiee wrote:Fifteen-car crash in the Indy 300 in Vegas claims the life of Dan Wheldon. I happened to be watching this and it was a mess. Bloody oval racing.
The US tv coverage was a disgrace. They were endlessly replaying the accident, yet in the the past, the tv companies wouldn't show the replays if they thought the driver had died. After they were aware he had died, they didn't announce it to try and keep viewers watching for ratings purposes.

Finally, reality tv has been able to show a death live on tv. The last taboo has been broken. It makes me sick to think that a driver I'd followed for fifteen years or so has died, but the television reaction makes me ashamed of the human race.
Sport ain't reality telly, and TV has shown people dying before: Ayrton Senna and Marc Vivien-Foe being two examples.

Dd you watch the US coverage? Senna died after a televised event, but the television was respectful. When it became obvious he wasn't getting out of the car unaided, they cut to a camera shot of the pitlane and stuck to that view until the race restarted. To my knowledge, the accident has never been shown on UK television since shortly after it took placeThat is a huge difference to the disgraceful attitude of ESPN and ABC today.

They exploited someone's death (sky knew he'd passed away 45 mins before it was announced, so ESPN/ABC knowingly showed the death over and over) to keep people watching. The driver parade after the race was timed specifically to finish at the end of their telecast, so don't claim it wasn't manipulated to keep people watching - the very definition of reality tv.

Post by **Mr Sheen** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:14 am

Brett wrote:
DrZoidberg wrote:was that wheldons car they showed the cockpit cam when it flipped upside down and caught fire near the end of that video?

who the fuck made that call?
If it is then thats disgusting as ESPN are still showing that video

They've been disgusting ever since mate. Not seen the video in question (don't want to watch the accident again), but his head hit a metal pole holding the fences up and the front of Pippa Mann's car penetrated his car causing mortal internal injuries as well as the head injuries. He had no chance and I can't see why anyone wants to watch that over and over, nor why a respected broadcaster thinks anyone would.

Post by **Sprocket501** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:54 am

Never heard of him.

Never knew him.

He never knew me.

So, I will not partake in the grief-tourism if that's ok.

Post by **Sprocket501** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:55 am

mrsheen wrote:
Dd you watch the US coverage? Senna died after a televised event, but the television was respectful. When it became obvious he wasn't getting out of the car unaided, they cut to a camera shot of the pitlane and stuck to that view until the race restarted. To my knowledge, the accident has never been shown on UK television since shortly after it took placeThat is a huge difference to the disgraceful attitude of ESPN and ABC today.

They exploited someone's death (sky knew he'd passed away 45 mins before it was announced, so ESPN/ABC knowingly showed the death over and over) to keep people watching. The driver parade after the race was timed specifically to finish at the end of their telecast, so don't claim it wasn't manipulated to keep people watching - the very definition of reality tv.

Calm down, Mrs Heen. None of this has any baring on your life or life of your husband and those closest to you.

You will have forgotten all about it shortly when your 'outrage' is stimulated by something else that has got fuck all to do with you.

Post by **Wookiee** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:27 am

Someone's in a good fucking mood.

Post by **martin71109** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:32 am

Sprocket501 wrote:Never heard of him.

Never knew him.

He never knew me.

So, I will not partake in the grief-tourism if that's ok.

+1

Post by **Knots & crosses** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:33 am

Wookiee wrote:Someone's in a good fucking mood.

it appears she menstruated all weekend.

Post by **Mr Sheen** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:42 pm

Wookiee wrote:Someone's in a good fucking mood.

Good mood, actually.

Racing drivers die. It's a risk they all knowingly take, but it's appalling that it was used for ratings. That is my point. They knew he was dead and kept replaying it. That's surely nothing to be proud of.

Doesn't affect my life as I didn't know him (said hello to him at Croft in about 1997), but doesn't mean I have to be happy that standards have slipped so much that real deaths are exploited by tv.