Oscar contender Phoenix flips car, walks away

[KIISQueen]

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Joaquin Phoenix's car overturned on a canyon road and collided with another vehicle after his brakes went out, but there were no reports of injury, police said.

Phoenix, the 31-year-old star of the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line," was driving eastbound above Sunset Strip about 2:50 p.m. when he realized his brakes were not working, said Officer Jason Lee, a police spokesman.

Phoenix lost control of his car, which overturned and hit another vehicle also headed eastbound, Lee said.

His publicist, Susan Patricola, said in a statement that Phoenix was wearing his seat belt and walked away from the scene after being helped out of his vehicle by a passer-by.

Earlier this month, Phoenix won a Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy for portraying country legend Cash.

Phoenix is nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, which will be handed out Sunday. Patricola told Us Weekly magazine that he will be at the awards ceremony despite the car accident.

[Bires]

His brakes went out? Do modern cars even do that?

[Jeffbx]

Only in Hollywood after too many (tequilas, lines, blunts, pills, blows to the head - pick one).

[Memo]

Well, doesn't say he was driving a modern car and even so modern cars can **** up to.

Oh and here's the link:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/27/people.phoenix.ap/index.html :rolleyes:

[esme]

His brakes went out? Do modern cars even do that?


maybe there's an ex involved ....:shifty:

[Grimm]

His brakes went out? Do modern cars even do that?
It happend to me in an Oldsmobile. The master cylinder failed. I found out as I was exiting the freeway at 70 mph, downhill, toward a stopsign that i normaly would have had plenty of time to stop at.:eek:
Technicaly, the brakes were working, but the hydraulic assist that makes it possible for a normal person to use the brakes were gone.
I was able to stop the vehical, but only because I had very strong legs, weighed about 220 and had a lot of adrenaline. The mechanic couldn't believe that I was able to stop the car. Modern cars need the hydraulic assist for most people to effectively brake the car.

So it is possible for a modern car to lose brakes.

[DarkFury]

So it is possible for a modern car to lose breaks.
So if your "brakes" break... are they now called brokens? :hihi:


Yah... we know. (just messin' wit cha...)


TYPOS SUCK! :heh: :wavey:

[Grimm]

So if your "brakes" break... are they now called brokens? :hihi:


Yah... we know. (just messin' wit cha...)


TYPOS SUCK! :heh: :wavey:
If you had any idea how many times my words had switched letters and you don't see them you wouldn't say anything about the few instances they slip through. I blame my dyslexia. I tell my fingers to type abcd, but it comes out adbc or abdc. It's not fat fingering or spelling, the order of the letters just gets switched.

[DarkFury]

If you had any idea how many times my words had switched letters and you don't see them you wouldn't say anything about the few instances they slip through. I blame my dyslexia. I tell my fingers to type abcd, but it comes out adbc or abdc. It's not fat fingering or spelling, the order of the letters just gets switched.
Hence I said... "just messin' wit cha".


Trust me, I don't keep tabs on every instance. But Brakes versus breaks is kinda funny if you think about it. (hence "Brokens" ) :heh:

[Bires]

Theirs to much two say between you too. Your funny.

[Grimm]

Theirs to much two say between you too. Your funny.
DF, I say we flame him, you bring the gas, I'll get a torch.

[ArkiStan]

Learn some Engrish guys!!

[DarkFury]

DF, I say we flame him, you bring the gas, I'll get a torch.
Don't forget the "Nipple Burner 3000"....

http://www.pregnancy.org/phpBB2/images/smiles/violent5.gif

I had mothballed it ever since that guy CPUgeek kept usin' up all the fuel in it...

[Bires]

http://members.cox.net/bires/internetpics/flamethrower-meyou.jpg

[esme]

Don't forget the "Nipple Burner 3000"....

http://www.pregnancy.org/phpBB2/images/smiles/violent5.gif

I had mothballed it ever since that guy CPUgeek kept usin' up all the fuel in it...


sounds like a kinky toy or something .....:laugh: .....just kidding!

[DarkFury]

sounds like a kinky toy or something .....:laugh: .....just kidding!
You don't know the half of it...

Wanna give it a try? :naughty: :D