Crashed Ferrari was gift from driver’s dad

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The Ferrari that crashed and burned Friday morning in north Fulton, critically injuring the two people inside, was a gift to the 18-year-old driver from has father.

Channel 2 Action News reported that Akshay Panducherry, 18, of Alpharetta, who was burned over 80 percent of his body, was given the Italian sports car last week...
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Golly, who would have thought giving a car like this to an 18 year old might not be such a great idea?
 
Very sad. (sincerly)
But why does the name Dawrin come to mind?
 
In the name of all things Holy, what would possess a Dad to give his kid a car like that?? I know you Dad's want your kiddos to be cool dudes but really, how was this a good idea even if you could afford it??
 
naturegirl said:
In the name of all things Holy, what would possess a Dad to give his kid a car like that?? I know you Dad's want your kiddos to be cool dudes but really, how was this a good idea even if you could afford it??
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Maybe he didn't love or even like his kid.
 
naturegirl said:
In the name of all things Holy, what would possess a Dad to give his kid a car like that?? I know you Dad's want your kiddos to be cool dudes but really, how was this a good idea even if you could afford it??
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This has become fairly common. Even right here locally, lots of teens getting Bimmers and such from their parents.

As a general rule, dumb move. First off, why give a not-yet-responsible teenager a high performance car to get themselves killed in? Secondly, that doesn't teach them to value their possessions.

Hell...I gave my kid a '97 Honda accord with 130K miles on it when she was almost 18. She's still driving it at 25. Of course it is a Honda that won't die.
 
My kid got a 1996 Ford Bronco, hubby calls it the OJ truck. Had 130,000 miles on it and it's made of steel. We bought in new in 96 and drove the heck out of it. He's pretty safe in that thing, I hope. :pray

He keeps saying he wants to get rid of it because of the gas, I say go ahead, you'll pay more in car payments and insurance than you're spending on gas. He only has class twice a week in Dallas, it doesn't use that much gas.
 
I guess I look at it this way.

A father has almost lost his son. He is probably beating himself up pretty badly about a lot of things right now. It may, or may not, change how he treats his son. Doesn't change what has happened, all I'd hope is that it makes things better for someone.
 
If Dad could afford it, more power to him. Unfortunately, lots of kids die just as dead in Honda Civics when they leave the road at a high rate of speed. This is truly a tragedy, and like Mac said, I'm sure the Dad is second guessing himself as we type. I hope that both kids achieve the best recovery possible.
 
lotstodo said:
If Dad could afford it, more power to him. Unfortunately, lots of kids die just as dead in Honda Civics when they leave the road at a high rate of speed. This is truly a tragedy, and like Mac said, I'm sure the Dad is second guessing himself as we type. I hope that both kids achieve the best recovery possible.
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But the Honda isn't capable of up to 200 mph.
 
unionmom said:
lotstodo said:
If Dad could afford it, more power to him. Unfortunately, lots of kids die just as dead in Honda Civics when they leave the road at a high rate of speed. This is truly a tragedy, and like Mac said, I'm sure the Dad is second guessing himself as we type. I hope that both kids achieve the best recovery possible.
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But the Honda isn't capable of up to 200 mph.
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So? Was he going 200 MPH when he left the road? I seriously doubt it. A Honda Civic is capable of speeds high enough to kill on the same road in the same curve, and that's the point. The driver was 18 years old and out at 4 AM. Ask Colson about 18 year olds out at 4 AM. I think you will find that to be your most likely culprit, not a red sports car. It is not at all unlikely that drugs or alcohol may be involved although that remains to be seen.

A box stock Cadillac CTS-V is capable of the same top speed as the F-430 (actually 2mph faster). Do you think that the type of vehicle he was driving would have been mentioned if it was this Cadillac instead of the Ferrari? It's rare that an 18 year old has a used Ferrari, granted, but it isn't automatically responsible for an 18 year old out at 4am having a near fatal accident. A lot of 18 year old kids have Mustangs and other fast cars and they don't automatically die in high speed crashes. Most are responsible. Some kids are capable of the responsibility of driving and some are not. To me blaming a crash on the fact that he was driving a Ferrari is the same as blaming a shooting on the gun.
 
I don't need to ask Colsen anything ... I worked with a rescue squad in Metro DC before moving here. I've seen it first hand. (And hubby is an officer.) And while there are plenty of people dying in all kinds of cars you can not deny the danger of giving a car like that to an 18 year old. It's a psychological issue that "drives" the actions more in such a car. There is study after study after study out there about it.

And to be clear ... I don't blame the car, I blame the driver. But it is asking for trouble to put a kid in a car like that.
 
Even here in the county, we've had several deaths and major injuries because of teenagers driving high performance cars at high rates of speed. I remember what it's like to be a teenage boy; if there's horsepower under the hood I'd use every one of them. I still do sometimes.

And there's still the other issue...they usually don't appreciate things when you shower them with expensive stuff like that.
 
I have no problem being judgemental.
He got what he deserved.
Gonna be stupid, better be tough.
I don't care how much money you got.
Do stupid things, don't be surprised at the results you get.
 
Wow. That is an 18 year old boy. Teens do stupid things. Do you know if he lives how much he will suffer until they heal and still suffer most of his life because of those burns? If you don't know, to the point he would have almost rather died.
 
One of my former students lost his legs to horrific burns. He was the only one in the car wearing a seatbelt when it did a somersault. The rest of the passengers were ejected. He was burned. The car was no Ferrari. The type of car matters a lot less than the driving or, in the case of my student, the chemicals involved.

Sad story.

The father in this case will blame himself when the reality is that teenaged immaturity and bad luck played the major role.

Admittedly, I never got a car from my parents. I finally bought one after my senior year of college so I could drive something to student teach (a Geo Prizm, 1990 model if anyone is interested). I'm currently on car #2 (Toyota Camry, 2000 model). Ma and Pa squirrel didn't think it was their job to buy me a car. I had to earn the money to buy it all by myself.
 
Waski_the_Squirrel said:
One of my former students lost his legs to horrific burns. He was the only one in the car wearing a seatbelt when it did a somersault. The rest of the passengers were ejected. He was burned. The car was no Ferrari. The type of car matters a lot less than the driving or, in the case of my student, the chemicals involved.

Sad story.

The father in this case will blame himself when the reality is that teenaged immaturity and bad luck played the major role.

Admittedly, I never got a car from my parents. I finally bought one after my senior year of college so I could drive something to student teach (a Geo Prizm, 1990 model if anyone is interested). I'm currently on car #2 (Toyota Camry, 2000 model). Ma and Pa squirrel didn't think it was their job to buy me a car. I had to earn the money to buy it all by myself.
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The car is not the problem, but here is what I see is the problem.
But when you give a teenager a high performance car, you greatly increase the odds of something negative happening.
While we can never totally protect our kids from life, I do feel it is my job to make decisions that help decrease the odds of something negative happening to them, not increase the odds.
This father, in my opinion, by giving his son this type of car, GREATLY increased the odds for something really bad happening.
Sad situation, but that is what happens when bad decisions are made by the adults and then by the kids.
 
stradial said:
The car is not the problem, but here is what I see is the problem.
But when you give a teenager a high performance car, you greatly increase the odds of something negative happening.
While we can never totally protect our kids from life, I do feel it is my job to make decisions that help decrease the odds of something negative happening to them, not increase the odds.
This father, in my opinion, by giving his son this type of car, GREATLY increased the odds for something really bad happening.
Sad situation, but that is what happens when bad decisions are made by the adults and then by the kids.
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Well stated!
 
God bless both boys and please help them and their loved ones through this. :pray Some kids pay a bigger price for their "learning" experiences. I know I did stupid things at 18 (AND later and still do), but the mistakes I made/make are my own because no one ever gave me anything. That, IMO, makes you a wiser person if nothing else. :love
 
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