Comments on: Soccer Players and Fast Cars: A Sometimes Dangerous Mix http://cultureofsoccer.com/2009/12/30/soccer-players-and-fast-cars-a-sometimes-dangerous-mix/ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sam Kelly http://cultureofsoccer.com/2009/12/30/soccer-players-and-fast-cars-a-sometimes-dangerous-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-115242 Sam Kelly Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:54:39 +0000 http://cultureofsoccer.com/?p=876#comment-115242 Thanks for the plug in the first paragraph! Just a note regarding the title here - Buonanotte's dad's car was 'only' a Peugot 206. It's not always the speed that kills... A very underplayed part of that story, in the Argentine press, has been the fact that Buonanotte was the only person in the car wearing a seatbelt. His is perhaps less a tale of a rich young man disconnected from reality - in Argentina the main cause of death for people under the age of 35 is traffic accidents. Unfortunately, it's all too common whether the perpetrator's a footballer or a normal person... Thanks for the plug in the first paragraph! Just a note regarding the title here – Buonanotte’s dad’s car was ‘only’ a Peugot 206. It’s not always the speed that kills…

A very underplayed part of that story, in the Argentine press, has been the fact that Buonanotte was the only person in the car wearing a seatbelt. His is perhaps less a tale of a rich young man disconnected from reality – in Argentina the main cause of death for people under the age of 35 is traffic accidents. Unfortunately, it’s all too common whether the perpetrator’s a footballer or a normal person…

]]> By: Micah http://cultureofsoccer.com/2009/12/30/soccer-players-and-fast-cars-a-sometimes-dangerous-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-115234 Micah Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:00:31 +0000 http://cultureofsoccer.com/?p=876#comment-115234 Interesting story. What is it with footballers and car wrecks? I had never heard about the Kluivert incident before. One wonders had he not been famous would he gave gotten off with such a light sentence. Wreckless and drunk are one in the same in my book. Interesting story. What is it with footballers and car wrecks? I had never heard about the Kluivert incident before. One wonders had he not been famous would he gave gotten off with such a light sentence. Wreckless and drunk are one in the same in my book.

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