2 Dead in Viper Crash: :(

[musclenutz]

Yes, I drive "at a high rate of speed" some times. When I do that I am stupid.

This web site has the 10 breaths built in. The Alley does not. I post there too. Haven't seen you over there much.

Good enuff..i admit i am an ass sometimes too

 

[viperbuck93]

I second that!

 

[1BADGTS]

Their are bad cops and good...I was pulled over while turning into the cemetery where my ex wife's parents were buried by a state trooper who could have been Barney Fife's twin if he hadn't been so rude . He jumped out and demanded my license and i simply asked 'what did i do'..he said'just hand me your license' to which i replied'not until you tell me what i did'..he then stepped right into my face and said'are you questioning my authority?'..i said..no,i am questioning your intelligence if you don't get out of my face'...(i thought the law was they had to tell you first''i was wrong as i later found out')..anyway,he said i was speeding 66 in a 55..i know i wasn't but the next day my lawyer called and said he had overheard the officer talking to the judge who was handling my custody case and the trooper told the Judge he almost had to fight a hothead(me) the day before..lawyer recommended i just pay the ticket so as not to hurt my custody case. That's one time i really wanted to fight the ticket. But i have also known some fine and honest Law enforcement people.

Many friends of mine are cops and NJ State Troopers (so i see first hand the way they drive )if my cousen (whose a trooper) gets stopped by a local he greets the cop with good evening officer Trooper so and so NJ State Police can i help you with something(showing him his badge ) .The cops like sorry to pull you over Trooper.Thats the end of it no matter if hes stopped for doing 125 in a 50 whatever.It drives me nuts but i guess every job has perks.

 

[Kala]

Uh, guys,

I revived this thread to see if anyone had any news on the cause of this tragedy. Fifteen posts later - nothing.

There's some posts to comment sections of the OC register from a family member... + article below

sissylee0513

3:55 PM on March 22, 2010
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/stepp-240295-sheriff-department.html?pic=4#
I would first like to say to Lou nice post and to all those with condolences for the family we thank you....Yes I said we. No one in life is perfect and no one but the Lord above will ever know 100% of what happened that day, so many of you are out her bashing Terry our loved one. Let point out to you yes he was an officer of the law, but he was a man, a son, a brother, a father, a husband, a nephew, a grandson and a cousin. And he was loved by all of his family, as was Dave and there are dozens of us hurting and you have no clue as to how it hurts his family, me us when you post these things about him. No matter what happened we are burying two totally awesome men and our lives have been forever changed, please try to remember that before you decide to jump the gun or pass judgment especially when only the Lord above has all the facts.

R.I.P Terry and Dave you will be missed our lives are richer for having you two apart of them.
Love Tammy


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Deputy mourned after car crash

Terry Stepp, 20-year veteran with Sheriff’s Department, killed in car accident Saturday in Huntington Beach.

March 25, 2010|By Michael Miller

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http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20

In the days after an Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy was killed in a Huntington Beach car accident, colleagues remembered him as a “stand-up guy” who brought a cheerful attitude to work and devoted himself to the department’s youth program.
Terry Stepp, 44, of Wildomar died Saturday evening at UC Irvine Medical Center shortly after a one-car accident near Goldenwest Street and Pecan Avenue. His father-in-law, Huntington Beach resident David Kerr, was a passenger in the car and died at the scene.
A 20-year veteran of the sheriff’s department, Stepp started as a police officer in San Clemente before the city’s department merged with the county. Two weeks before his death, he was transferred to a beat at John Wayne Airport, sheriff’s department spokesman Jim Amormino said.







Amormino described Stepp, whose wife works as a dispatcher for the department, as an upbeat man who worked closely with the Explorer youth program.
“He was an all-around good guy,” Amormino said. “It’s really a tragedy.”
According to fellow spokesman John McDonald, Stepp received the department’s Medal of Courage in 2006 after he helped to remove hundreds of pounds of explosives from a tractor trailer in Anaheim.
“It’s a big loss,” McDonald said. “He had a lot of friends here.”
Stepp’s funeral is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at Calvary Chapel Pacific Coast, 6400 Westminster Blvd., Westminster.

 

[white out]

Really glad to see that this was the same thread from a few months ago and not another fatality. Still, RIP to the occupants.

Nick

 

[CAP]

There's some posts to comment sections of the OC register from a family member... + article below

Hey Kala,

I just thought there might be further info (other than only the lord knows) on the cause, based on this:

"The accident is still under investigation by Investigator Dennis Fulton." - March 21, 2010

- but maybe not.

 

[BolsOut]

I do not sugar coat my opinions. Harsh reality is delivered as harsh reality. Stupid acts are labeled as such. And so on.

Dave6666- thanks for being the vocal rep for the shallow end of the gene pool. I just looked and, sure enough, your picture is next to the definition of HUA in the dictionary.

Seriously, you guys that attack these individuals that died tragically just because they are cops are DCHBGS. I'd spell that last word out but I think you get the idea.

Lets have a heart, let these guys rest in peace, and close this thread.
God Bless 'em.

 

[Flash1034]

I agree if they were driving at a high rate of speed,they shouldn't have been doing that. My problem with statements like yours is you jump to your own conclusions without really knowing any facts and another problem..these folks are dead...and they have families. Just go ahead and get the last word. I will let this go if only out of respect for these men's families. I am sorry if you have never been guilty of anything 'stupid' . You are a special human being .Funny thing is i do agree with a lot of what you have said.Just think a little compassion for your fellow man would be in order. I have not one more thing to say on this and God bless you brother.

Well put. Some of these self righteous posters on this forum apparently never do anything illegal or "stupid" when they drive. Let's leave the poor dead guys alone. If you dont have anything good to say...don't say anything. My two cents.

Flash

 

[dave6666]

Well put. Some of these self righteous posters on this forum apparently never do anything illegal or "stupid" when they drive. Let's leave the poor dead guys alone. If you dont have anything good to say...don't say anything. My two cents.

Flash

You just made King of all Morons. I CLEARLY state that I drive stupidly in my post if you had the simple skill of being able to read.

 

[bluesrt]

oh boy here we go

 

[dave6666]

oh boy here we go

What's our count?

 

[musclenutz]

What's our count?

Dave,if you you're just gonna keep playing nasty,i am just gonna pull up my pants and go home!

i have lost count!

 

[musclenutz]

You just made King of all Morons. I CLEARLY state that I drive stupidly in my post if you had the simple skill of being able to read.

Flash,he did admit he was stupid

Look! this has gone coast to coast!

 

[VIPER GTSR 91]

Important... I'm not here to make friends, or impress people so they like me.

Also important... Let's run down the list of possible AND LIKELY accident causes that result in this press release by officials:

An Orange County sheriff's deputy and his father-in-law were killed Saturday night after driving at a "high rate of speed" in a Dodge Viper, officials said.

List...

Stupidity. Being stoooooooooooooooooopid.

The ONLY place that doesn't apply is a closed course. If you are driving at a high rate of speed on a public road regardless of road or traffic conditions or whatever and you wreck, then you are guilty of being STUPID. Ever see a 2ft oak tree 10 feet off course at a track? Ever see participants not wearing helmets at a track? Hmm.

It amazes me how people will defend themselves defending the dead by saying that I wasn't there and I don't know what happened. I don't have to have been there to know that driving at a high rate of speed on a public road is stupid!!! It applies every time, when I do it, when you do it, when you get caught, when you don't. Stupid EVERY time and they were stupid. The root cause of their wreck was being STUPID!!!

Well said Dave, and best reply yet. One exception though, the huge oak tree at VIR right next to the hairpin turn !!

 

[musclenutz]

Many friends of mine are cops and NJ State Troopers (so i see first hand the way they drive )if my cousen (whose a trooper) gets stopped by a local he greets the cop with good evening officer Trooper so and so NJ State Police can i help you with something(showing him his badge ) .The cops like sorry to pull you over Trooper.Thats the end of it no matter if hes stopped for doing 125 in a 50 whatever.It drives me nuts but i guess every job has perks.

Yeah,that sounds like a sucky place to be a driver! I have had a few run-ins with police,but all in all they have usually been fair to me .That's just my experience with law enforcement. I wouldn't want to live in a place where they didn't respect their own laws though.

 

[bluesrt]

sorry guys had to stepp out for a while post 48 i think

 

[Flash1034]

Flash,he did admit he was stupid

Look! this has gone coast to coast!

Yup, he did (and is). Im done with this thread.

Flash

 

[ZYellow01RT]

"At a high rate of speed" Another guy with a badge whos above the law. And wonder how many speeding tickets he wrote in the last week.

Sounds like you've been stopped a few times.

 

[Lee00blacksilverGTS]

I'm going to close this, everything that could be said has been said.