Tiger Woods investigation shows no evidence of deceleration

[True Dough]

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The Tiger Woods crash investigation has unearthed some troubling evidence ... because law enforcement sources tell us they believe Tiger never hit the brakes as he careened off the road and there's no evidence he took his foot off the gas either.

The investigation has been going full steam since the accident nearly a month ago. The Sheriff's Dept. has been looking at the SUV, the crash site and many other pieces of evidence. They are also retrieving data from the SUV's black box. So far, we're told investigators believe Tiger did nothing to prevent the crash once he lost control of the vehicle.

Sources with direct knowledge say investigators have looked at various videos ... from the hotel where he started the ill-fated drive to various surveillance cameras along the way.

We're told before Tiger got to the scene of the crash he had been driving "normal" and not speeding, but the evidence indicates he accelerated and was speeding when he lost control.

https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/20/tiger-woods-crash-probe-shows-no-evidence-of-deceleration/

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Seems like he just snapped and suddenly just didn't GAF ...

Can't say the thought has never occurred to me ...

[dem4decades]

2. Funny I read that as the investigation wasn't decelerating, not the vehicle.

Not Tiger fan but hope he can play with his son again.

[exboyfil]

3. Could he have fell asleep?

while driving. It seems like he was overworked. I wish the people around him had insisted on a driver/bodyguard. For someone worth nearly a billion dollars, this seems to make a lot of sense. $200K/yr. including benefits for security and an opportunity to rest would be great value for someone like him.

This does smell to high heaven though:

"That said, the Sheriff never attempted to get a warrant to draw blood in order to test for medications."

Even if he was the only one injured, you have the matter of civil costs (vehicle owned by the tournament and the damage he did in the crash).

[True Dough]

11. That seems plausible

I'd do the job for $150K. A $50K discount for my mediocre bodyguarding abilities.

[Ron Green]

4. This SOB is lucky he didn't kill somebody walking or on a bike.

[exboyfil]

5. Or did a head on

I wouldn't use the SOB derogatory for him though.

[brush]

8. SOB? Seriously? It's a dangerous, downhill section where multiple accidents...

have happened to local drivers even. Are all those people involved in the other accidents SOBs also?

[malaise]

14. I had a long discussion with a good friend in the US

He says way too many people drive high end rentals on roads they know nothing about and operate as if it's their neighborhood home stretch.
I am always in the slow lane on unfamiliar roads and highways.

[Dan]

6. Sometimes,

When driving you just lose your concentration, it happens.

But having said that, maybe what happens was a cry for help.

[brush]

7. It's a tricky stretch of road where multiple accidents have happened...

involving local drivers even. Accidents happen. He was unfamiliar with the road, a downhill section, easy to gain speed on, and with a sweeping curve.

I'm betting their highway dept. is working on ways to make that section of road safer.

[msongs]

9. the laws of physics apply to everyone, even famous celebrities nt

[jalan48]

10. A blood test was never given to check for drugs in his system. The officer on the scene said

there was no indication of alcohol/drug use and that was it.

[winstars]

12. Yeah, no indication of possible drug/alcohol use except for no skid marks anywhere! LOL

Anybody else that crashes out like that, careening over the median and over two oncoming lanes of traffic into essentially the woods get tested by the LA Sheriff's Department. They love that kinda case. Especially a person of color. Been on that road many times, sorry it ain't that bad.

Does the Sheriffs Department unload and carefully stack and then transport all accident victims belongings before the damaged vehicle is towed??? Because a Deputy Sheriff at one point looked like Tiger's freaking caddy with a set of golf clubs slung on his back as he walked from the damaged car to a cruiser... Along with his suitcases and hand luggage....

I don't know if he was impaired or not but we will never know because of the VIP treatment he received...

I really don't care, I am glad he's doing fine now but I do know he got treated a bit different than if he was a person of color from the area. For sure. No doubt.

[Chainfire]

13. The FHP would have checked me for everything for everything under the sun.

They usually do in single car accidents. It is like Mel Brooks said, "Its good to be da king."

[bahboo]

15. wondering if he fell asleep...

it was quite early, right....

[Mr.Bill]

16. I wonder if he got distracted

with his phone, or the some of the crap they have on dashboards of cars now. Especially since it was s strange car to him. He could have just been programming some radio stations or something like that.

[krawhitham]

17. Fell asleep or needs some help

[helpisontheway]

18. I read that he seemed agitated when he left his hotel that morning

A director of a show being filmed at the hotel said Tiger almost hit him as he was leaving the hotel. He said that before the accident. I think he might have been distracted and running late.