The Story begins on 30 December 2007, in my dear old town of South Tucson. Two guys in a Dodge Magnum, confront a couple of other guys who had cut them off. And from the looks of it, the 'Ragers' weren't to happy with the innocent folks, and decided to make mistake #1... One of the two men had a gun in the car with them, and threatened the innocents with the gun..

Now Mistake #2 was doing this within visual range of a South Tucson Police Department Patrol unit.. and sure as shooting, the folks who tried to attack the innocents went from "Hunter" To "Hunted."

Now the South Tucson Patrol Unit started to give chase, but in the officer's proper wisdom the South Tucson Police Officer decided NOT to pursue at High Speed.. Yet the 'ragers' speed off at speeds upwards approaching 100 mph...

Now 100 mph on a freeway is one thing, but 100 mph on local suburban city streets, is foolhardy..

Oh, Did I mention that a lot of streets here in Tucson and South Tucson have one other thing to help keep high speeds in check? It's a little something they call...'Speed bumps.'

So you can imagine these two reckless road ragers trying to get away from cops at speeds approaching 100 mph in their Dodge Magnum when they run across a speed bump that runs across the entire width of 38th Street?

Can we say the Magnum was launched into the air, just like the General Lee on the Dukes of Hazzard, but unlike the General Lee, the Magnum's landing wasn't that smooth..

After the Magnum and it's two Darwin Inclined victims left the speed bump the car shot into a chain link fence and immediately flipped right onto it's roof top, after it tumbled headlong into a house..

The Good news is that the Homeowners weren't home when the "Bo and Luke wannabes" came crashing through their house.. But sadly our "Bo and Luke" ended up going to the hospital, and one of them is now in fact Dead, and the other isn't much better...

So then Let's recap.. and of course we'll go over the points..

1. Reproduction - Well one "Road rager" is dead already.. and the other is bad off, but if he dies, well that's the first 2 for 1 Holiday hit for 2008..

2. Excellence.. Now this one is iffy, as this was two guys who had pulled a gun on someone else then turned around being the ones being chased by the cops..But when you run a car through a suburban neighborhood potmarked with Speed bumps at 100 mph, well you can imagine the lack of wisdom here.

Self-Selection - Again this one is iffy at best, and in fact had the one road rager not pulled a gun in front of a police unit, well they would be still alive.. but still this one is perhaps the most borderline..

Maturity- Let's face it, both of these guy had to be over 16 to drive a car, and even though 1 of them is dead now, I'm guessing that they were both over 16.. Check.

Veracity.. when you do a look at any Tucson News Station or Local Paper, this one stands out.. so this can be verified (I went with the NBC Local station but it was also on our other stations as well.)

But in closing I say this.. if you are going to act out your road rage.. One thing comes to mind.. Don't do a Bo and Luke Duke stunt with a cop chasing you else you'll end up like these two clowns..

and to think.. what a way to start off 2008...

Submitted on 01/02/2008

Submitted by: Paul Bender
Reference: http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=7563851&nav=menu216_3 1 January 2008

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Chip said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Paul, we do appreciate the submission. I am of two minds for this story. Contrary to your write up the police did pursue the Dodge only breaking it off after they lost sight of it. Criminals dying while fleeing is a common story but this one has such detail that it is hard to ignore. I am going to stay neutral and let my fellow moderators take a look. Thanks again.

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Although, as Chip indicated, running from the cops is fairly common, I do think this one is worth holding on to. If these mooks were locals they should have known better than to hit 100mph on a street with speed bumps. If they hadn't gone airborne and lost control they likely would have "bottomed out" and ripped the oil pan and/or transmission out from under the car. Thanks for a great writeup, Paul.

James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
What puts this one over the edge is the sheer arrogance of these two jamokes. Usually, criminals fleeing the law do so from desperation, but I'll wager these two thought they had the law licked! I'll go DA. I ALWAYS vote DA when arrogant mooks get theirs! Thanks, Paul!

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