Comments on: Thayer Avenue Raceway

By: Thayer Avenue

Thayer Avenue — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:20:40 +0000

Interesting. I still think it’s driver error here, but interesting nonetheless. I don’t even know if this model/year was part of the recall…

By: caryoreilly

caryoreilly — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:47:20 +0000

Um, did anyone else notice that’s a Toyota?

By: Doofus

Doofus — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:29:42 +0000

The folks on Huntington Rd in Bethesda got the county to put in chokepoints and traffic circles. It stopped the racetrack between Bradley Blvd and Old Georgetown Rd. Not sure if the neighborhood wants to go that far, though.

By: Thayer Avenue

Thayer Avenue — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:00:51 +0000

Off the silver car, no less.

And an update: Word has it that she dropped her phone and was picking it up when the crash happened.

By: Sligo

Sligo — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:59:10 +0000

I think that’s just a combination of the red & blue police lights reflecting off the car.

By: Springvale Roader

Springvale Roader — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:35:45 +0000

A purple car? Is that fiendish master of mischief The Joker on the loose in Silver Spring?

By: Thayer Avenue

Thayer Avenue — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:17:35 +0000

I think RC is right. Being a bus artery makes for a perfect cut-through for everybody else from Hillandale/Langley Park to DTSS.

By: brh

brh — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:18:16 +0000

Well, I will say that I live in the 500 block, and I see the crazy speed going past my complex from both directions, so there’s gotta be something else at play here too…

By: SoCoblogboy

SoCoblogboy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:09:12 +0000

Was wondering if you were gonna get pics for this. The street was blocked as I came home and I was gonna take a couple shots for you w/ my phone, but the camera on it is very lame. Glad someone else came through. Kinda amazing the driver wasn’t hurt worse. Although dark out, she looked in fine shape as the tow truck turned her car right side up. Crazy!

By: RC

RC — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:25:13 +0000

I think we’re also known as a cut-through from University/Piney Branch toward downtown – the bus route. I know I get home that way at times!

So it looks like this car hit the blue car at the left front bumpers, the driver jammed on brakes while car spun sideways into the traffic bump, which hit the flat side of the wheel(s) with enough force to flip it? That would take some serious speed to propel the car that full 10 feet or so from impact into the bump. Was the road icy?