RIP Anton Yelchin (age 27)
June 19th, 2016 at 8:02:29 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Anton Yelchin was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, USSR, to a Jewish family. An extraordinarily talented teenager, I first saw him when he was age 15, playing the teenage version of David Duchovny's character in House of D. David Duchovny ... Tom Warshaw Anton Yelchin ... Tommy Warshaw Robin Williams ... Pappass Téa Leoni ... Mrs. Warshaw Erykah Badu ... Lady / Bernadette Frank Langella ... Reverend Duncan His biggest role was Chekov in the Star Trek reboot, Charlie Brewster in the Fright Night (2011) remakes. Sadly he died today in a freak accident where he was crushed by his own car while alone in his own driveway. They did not say if any drugs were involved. |
June 19th, 2016 at 8:17:02 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | New Star Trek next month, it's Heath Ledger all over again. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
June 19th, 2016 at 9:22:56 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18629 |
http://gizmodo.com/anton-yelchin-death-jeep-cherokees-were-recalled-for-c-1782255236?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 19th, 2016 at 9:38:27 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Did you read the comments? It was in neutral when it hit him. He had it in neutral when he left the car, it's his fault, not the shifters. He didn't exit the car when it was in drive, which is what the recall is about. The affected vehicles, equipped with an eight-speed automatic transmission and a monostable gear selector, may not adequately warn the driver when driver’s door is opened and the vehicle is not in PARK, allowing them to exit the vehicle while the vehicle is still in gear. His vehicle was not in gear. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
June 19th, 2016 at 10:20:03 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18629 | They can't possibly be done with the investigation yet. Rolling down a steep driveway could cause the shifter to end up in a different position on impact perhaps? Maybe he backed in? Maybe he has a circular drive at the top where the car does a full circle, so it all enters and leaves going forward? Maybe his dog jumped in and sent it downhill? Who really knows yet. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 20th, 2016 at 3:16:03 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
This is why you should always, always, always set the parking brake when you park a car. It is how I was taught. Most of these things are driver error. Same as the Toyota unintended-acceleration scare of a few years back. I heard that one and soon as I did believed people were stepping on the wrong pedal. In the end that was what was happening. The President is a fink. |
June 20th, 2016 at 5:50:58 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
A famous handsome young man with potential to earn possibly hundreds of millions of dollars. Who can resist a lawsuit? |
June 20th, 2016 at 10:48:37 AM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | My guess is that he put the Jeep in "park" but it was actually only halfway in as he jumped out to check his mail. The shift lever slipped into reverse, and he was pinned when he saw the vehicle rolling, and thought he could stop it by pushing on the rear hatch. Sad. It will dampen the experience of seeing the new Star Trek movie when it opens in July. |
June 20th, 2016 at 2:02:58 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18629 | I would hope to die quickly in such a case, if I'm not going to survive. If a car ever falls on me, it won't be because I didn't take precautions. Another car might slam into it, knocking it off its blocks. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 20th, 2016 at 2:23:27 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | This happened to an old lady my dad used to know. She had a huge Cadillac and could barely see over the wheel to drive it. She put the car in neutral and was so small she didn't see it was moving backwards when she got out. The door knocked her down and the front wheel ran over her shoe. She wasn't hurt, but we laughed about it for years. When you saw her coming, it looked like nobody was driving, she looked through the wheel instead of over it. How she never killed anybody is amazing. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |