KTown_Collision "line of sight" visibility test

Ongoing investigation:
http://www.midnightridazz.com/forums.php?topicId=17444

The LAPD has released a "preliminary investigation" to the media across the country that claims
that there was a "blind curve" that obscured the driver's view of the group.

This video is PRIMARILY to establish line of site. At the time of the crash 30-50 people were on their bikes many of which

They also claim that they can't determine if the driver was speeding past the 40mph limit.
So, we made this video to show that the "line of sight" was well into the 600 ft range and drove it at 40 mph.

If the driver was not speeding, then how was is possible to have so much carnage including one person who
was launched into the seat of the car through the windshield?

The speed limit on Jefferson just west of the crash is 40mph
(it is 35mph 50 feet east of the crash scene)

According to http://www.forensicdynamics.com/stopdistcalc
At 40mph, stopping distance is 76 feet.

The video above was shot last night at 10:30pm
In the video my top speed driving was 40mph
3 people were holding 4 standard blinky lights for this experiment

The street light above the crash location was not working on the night of the crash and was also not working during the filming of this video the very next night

Distances are verified using landmarks such as the telephone poles to the right of the road this google map of the crash scene:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=203510485387914549896.0004a...

The camera is placed in the passenger's seat eye level which means that the line of sight of the camera is actually not as good as a person sitting in the driver's seat would have. You can also see that the blinky lights are spread out from the parking / right turn lane inside the solid line and the number 2 lane (right lane.) Had people been in the number one lane the line of sight would have been even clearer.

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