Another angle of LaMelo Ball’s car accident
What is Lamelo doing bruh
From the other angle it looked like he wanted to turn left but from this angle he may be looking at reels of himself speeding out of the arena.
I live in Charlotte. Melo has a reputation for being a terrible driver, constantly running red lights, so this doesn’t surprise me at all.
You usually see him flying around Uptown like a maniac in his pink Lambo.
For the life of me, I don’t understand why we don’t prosecute reckless driving more harshly. It’s so easy to kill someone with a car, and anyone acting this brazenly with a deadly object, especially repeatedly, needs the hammer dropped on them
Seriously. I’m not trying to be dramatic, but which is more likely: Public Enemy #1 Ja shooting some fellow moron or LaMelo causing a fatal car accident?
Lmao the million dollar question here
It’s pronounced “LaMelo”
LaMao Ball
Chairman LaMao Bao
…shit that is a damn good question.
Apparently gun deaths and motor vehicle collision deaths are pretty equal in the USA over the last 20 years ~ 40-45,000 die per year for each. ~60% of those firearm deaths only involved a single person. 1 in 6 of the car deaths is someone just out walking.
~ 250 a day, ~ 10 an hour. shits wack. I’m emo.
I can’t remember which European country does it, but they fine you for speeding based on your income.
Edit: after a bit of research it appears to be Finland.
Even if we did, that would be limited to us regular folk. People with money don’t have any real laws governing them.
Sweden and Finland have traffic fines based on the offender’s income taken from their tax return.
Some asshole speeding in their Lambo got a ticket for 200k euros
I love that idea, in the US the wealthy throw fits and pretend they’ll move to the middle of nowhere if someone asks them to pay a little more. They’d rather pay as much in lobbying vs just paying a fucking marginal tax.
This is it and it a worldwide problem.
Gas and car lobbies. If you have a question about why some sort of common sense public safety feature isn’t standard, its because of money. It literally always is
Finland assesses traffic offenses based upon income level, that would be an insane ticket for him lol
If this is a \(1000 ticket (let's pretend it is, because it should be, but it's probably only \)100), and the average income is \(50k, then it's 1/50th of average income. LaMelo is making \)35m this year–add in \(15m in endorsements and we've got a nice clean \)50m to work with: LaMelo’s ticket would be $1,000,000. Honestly, it seems fair.
What are speeding tickets or motor violations to him? Nothing. Ban this dumbass from driving.
Just a couple days ago I saw someone going well over 100 on the freeway swerving through lanes, ended up stuck behind them on the street because we got off at the same except (lol saved so much time didn’t you buddy?), and then they cut me off on the street without using their turn signal and almost got rear ended by me. Legitimately saw them have 10+ close calls with other traffic and me. It was insanity
and they probably talk to their friends about how bad everyone is at driving
america is obsessed with cars. if you kill someone with a gun they will throw you in jail, if you kill someone with a car you will most likely get a slap on the wrist
Try getting someone with dementia off the road if you want to get really terrified.
I’ve seen many clips on IG of him leaving the arena. He either immediately almost crashes or runs a red light in most clips
Edited for clarity
I’ve literally seen in it person. He peels out and usually runs the first red light before the U turn to 77N
He just drives like a maniac and doesn’t seem to give a shit
Same. I’ve seen him in that Lambo a few times in uptown. DaBaby used to be reckless too in that camo scatpack lol.
Haha yeah. I don’t understand why they can’t follow the rules and drive the roads like a normal person. Melo is lucky he didn’t kill that driver. This could have been so much worse. I hope the judge takes away his license. He’s been a menace for years in Uptown.
unfortunately people like this continue to drive without their license.
there’s a video of lil yachty getting arrested because his license was suspended. they don’t care because they can afford the lawyers/tickets and they most likely won’t go to jail.
So many videos, if I’m a cop hes getting a ticket, and if I’m a judge he should lose his license. It’s fucking ridiculous the amount of videos I’ve seen of him reckless driving and I don’t follow him or his team. Thank god the driver isn’t dead cause this could have ended very differently. I hope the driver gets a bag, but I hope dude is taken off the fucking road, for all the drivers in Charlotte’s sake.
That’s an illegal left if that was the plan. It’s a two way street but there are no turns allowed at this intersection.
Source: I live in Charlotte.
Which is funny because he would have taken a left down the wrong way of a one way street
Looking at His phone is my guess
100% on his phone.
There’s no other answer lol. Bet he was slowly drifting for ages. He was way over had had been for a while. Not like he suddenly swerved lol
No way you car drifts like that and you dont respond faster if your paying attention. Dude was prob on his phone
Melo fans really tried to say we were prejudiced against him and that we shouldn’t jump to conclusions EVEN THOUGH WE HAD VIDEO. Now what they going to say?
Yeah I just saw a tiktok from someone who lives in charlotte and literally 2⁄3 of the comments are about how bad of a driver he is
I know he has very identifiable cars, but he must drive around a lot for so many people to have seen his reckless driving
Idk what LaMelo is doing but if I was that driver I’d be hiring the best civil case lawyer I can find. My sciatica would be acting up out of nowhere all of a sudden and I’d be making tons of doctors appointments to get on a record.
Everywhere the doctor touches me would be a pain level 10 out of 10
Have them wheel you into court in a full body cast
It’s like that old episode of the Brady Bunch where Mrs. Brady gets in a fender bender and the guy shows up in court with a massive neck brace
Eurostep
Reading the KD files.
His best, this is exactly what you expect out of him
Texting and driving
Texting, probably
Texting
He was watching Madagascar obviously
Ladistracted
I hate people who can’t stay in their lane
Is this a 3-second violation or a traveling violation?
Over and back
charging, maybe flagrant even
Its clearly a lane violation.
Clear charging foul imo
You kidding? He was moving, that’s a blocking foul!
In the world of traffic law the other car had established legal position
“stay in yo lane boy” -his dad probably
Distracted driving a tank is such a dick move
Had a friend die to a piece of human shaped bullshit who was texting and didn’t realize the light turned red, and ran into her while she was crossing on her turn to cross as a pedestrian.
Fuck people like lamelo ball. The guy is legit bitchmade
The worst part about it is those asshole drivers hardly ever get a lengthy prison sentence
I think the worst part is that someone died.
The worst part is the hypocrisy
lol RIP Norm McDonald
There’s a bit of a trope up here in Canada that if you want to murder someone, just use your car. Penalties for people who kill other drivers or pedestrians are ludicrously lax.
That same sentiment is very common in the states too.
The fear of this happening is why I always wait a few seconds after the light turns red and stare at the cars in the front to make sure none of them are about to pull out and run the light while I’m crossing. It has actually happened a few times where they do drive through. Just once is too many.
Having lived in several major cities for many years, I can tell you I don’t start walking just because the little guy turned white. I wait to see if any dumbasses are about to run a red light or turn right on red without lookin and THEN I start walking.
I’m sorry to hear about that man. May she rest in peace, brother
It’s hilarious to me how much his car was devastated compared to the sedan
Right? The wheel popped off just from that??
It’s the angle he hit. You see he started to turn right at the last second, and the size difference made it so that the sedan pretty much directly hit the driver side wheel, which ripped it out of the axel
Yeah some tank lmao that shit is made out of nothing but plastic
It still punted the sedan 5 feet horizontally while barely slowing down…
the other car moved sideways like 5 feet on impact
that’s a lot of force for the other driver to feel in a head on collision
Those Hummer EVs weigh like 9,000 pounds. The person in that sedan must have been terrified.
They about to get straight paid tho
Showing up to court in a full body cast.
He might be the biggest idiot in the NBA.
He grew up spoiled rich and he sure drives like it.
And this incident won’t change that behavior
Yeah it won’t, he’s got F U money. Pay off whoever he hit and go about his life.
That’s why he needs his license taken asap before he kills someone tbh
No just throw money at the problem and it will go away
I don’t even think he’s malicious, he just seems unfathomably stupid.
It’s interesting because Lonzo doesn’t come across like a moron but LaMelo and LiAngelo have donkey brains
Oldest child
Yeah he had to be the adult to Lamelo, LiAngelo, and Lavar lmao
Lonzo finished high school and did 1 year of college. LaMelo dropped out of school at 15 years old.
Lamelo was a millionaire and celebrity at 13. Lonzo had a somewhat more normal upbringing
Forever 13yrs old. A gift and a curse. Hopefully he has a decent business manager.
Being unfathomly stupid in a oversized vehicle is inherently malicious
That’s not what malicious means
I was gonna say… Reckless? Absolutely. Deplorable? Sure. “Malicious”? Literally not.
It literally isn’t malicious. At all.
Intentions don’t matter if you still endanger people
Stupid babies need the most attention
Agreed. He’s just perpetually immature and spoiled to the point that he has zero sense of responsibility or perspective on the world outside of how it relates to himself.
I hate this fucking dude, that was damn near a straight on head-to-head collision.
This isn’t anything like the shit most of these other idiots get up to. This guy is literally a potential fatal danger on the road, this is hardly the first time he’s been shown driving like a fucking lunatic.
We should be treating him like a repeat drunk driver.
he 100% shouldnt be allowed to drive a literal tank around. look how hard that other car bounces off his hummer. lamelo can keep his license, but needs to drive a smartcar or fiat 500 around at all times lol
Bro got an entourage and you mean none of them would like to drive him to be on the payroll?
Edit: NVM it seems like it’s Lonzo that has lots of company around.
If I had his kind of money, one of the first things I would do would be to hire a driver. I would never touch a steering wheel ever again.
Like imagine he just hit the sole income earner for a family and now they’re out of work.
Bold claim.
Google his hot ones chee-toes foot tattoo. Dude is a fucking moron.
Imagine getting your day ruined by Lamelo and his ugly ass car
This car is so dog shit that a fuckin sedan took off its front wheel lmao
It always makes me laugh when vehicles get annihilated so quickly. They’re so sturdy but the slightest odd angle just completely ripped wheels off.
they’re designed to crumple. Crumpling helps reduce the impact. Old cars that don’t crumple on impact are way more dangerous.
Whenever someone says “Cars nowadays are not as strong as the ones in the past” I always reply with “Thank God.”
yup it’s why people are surviving 80+ mph impacts. If it was the old strong cars, everyone’s dead.
Everyone’s dead but car is good as new with a little panel beating.
I can tell you that they are certainly not designed to lose wheels though. Wheels store a ton of energy, especially large ones with massive tires on them. You don’t want those coming lose and flying down the interstate uncontrollably. They do roll rather well.
Look up Jeep Wrangler crash tests. They are somehow even worse than you can imagine
Often, it’s simply smart design. Think about crashes involving modern Formula One cars: the more of the car that crumples or breaks away, the more impact energy gets absorbed there—so less of it reaches the driver’s survival cell.
NHTSA (federal) guidelines demand they crumple like that.
Old cars were built sturdier and didn’t take as much structural damage but they doesn’t stop the impact force. The force would transfer through the steering column and the steering wheel would impact you like a cannon ball. Tons of death from internal hemorrhaging, even after airbags.
Sucks to have your car totaled but it’s better to disperse that force across the vehicle than your ribcage.
i’d imagine a huge payday for the victim, hopefully
i’d also imagine jail time for this idiot, but let’s be real here
Lamelo never pays anything when he loses a lawsuit, it will be years if ever before this guy sees a dime
How do you not pay a lawsuit?
By refusing to send the money and forcing the victim to waste years escalating it to having the court forcibly take the money from your accounts
Nah, he gets a paycheck. Paychecks are easy to garnish.
It still requires you to find the time to go back to court and have that implemented.
It’s pretty simple to garnish a paycheck. And with the size of the paycheck, that’s all you’d need to do, and it won’t take long.
Stop making stuff up.
Any lawyer will take this on contingency.
Collecting a judgement from a pro athlete making a pay cheque, will be rather simple, when it comes to getting paid from a judgement.
The other person would need a lawyer. Lawyers take a percentage. The alternative would be to hire a lawyer for an hourly fee and just try to put pressure on the Ball people to sign over a couple hundred grad to get you to shut up over it.
I’m happy for the victim. They should be eating well after this.
Do you have a source of him doing this?
Source is trust me bro
Me when I make shit up:
No one gets jail time for accidents unless you’re drunk
He’s like a 6’7” preschooler bruh
Coulda made my day tbh, I drive with a dashcam and woulda started limping after I got out to get his insurance
a collision like that could easily give you neck/back problems for life. this isn’t just some fender bender type accident
This is the opposite of day ruined
Foul baiting while driving smh
Losing a tire to further embellish the contact
How did that hummer axle break. Aren’t they supposed to be heavy duty vehicles.
I think it’s the new EV Hummer. It probably weighs 15 billion pounds
Lmao
No, LaMelo… is there even a Lmao Ball?
This dude can’t even read, how’s he allowed to drive a car?
Seems like a pre-requisite for driving a 1000hp 10,000lb pickup
That breaks apart like it’s made of Legos^™
I thought you were memeing. I cannot believe that thing is 10,000lbs. But it does. That’s like driving an F-350 Dually. Why did the fucking wheel come off so easily lol
Batteries are heavy.
Hint: that’s most people on the road beside you
Texting and driving seems highly likely. Speculation of course.
I drive a commercial vehicle and I commute up and down a 70mph interstate in it. Due to my very high seating position it is really easy for me to look down into other cars (even all but the most ridiculously jacked up pickups), and legitimately more than half of drivers are driving on their phones in their hands even at that speed. It is pretty disturbing.
Not sure if full self driving is actually anywhere close to the near future, but we desperately need something to curb distracted drivers
I used to be against it, and I think the liability part has a lot to be worked out from a legal framework standpoint, but at this point with how normalized just driving with both hands on your fucking phone has become I’ve changed my opinion. It is egregious and obviously people cannot be trusted to wait 15 fucking minutes to check their stupid social medias
100%
I might swerve into your lane woah oh oh
Stay in your own lane cuz I’m about to swerve
Catch me when you hear my Lamborghini go vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom
Texting and driving imo. Hope the other driver gets a huge payday, because there won’t be anyone going to jail that’s for sure.
Lawyers are probably contacting him as we speak or he’s probably about to hire someone to sue LaMelo. Slam dunk case with Lamelo’s history of reckless driving and the footage coming out. They’ll end up settling out of court and hopefully the victim doesn’t have any long term injuries because no amount of money is worth having a fucked up back or injuries that affect your daily routine long term.
Especially with all these cameras Lol. Watch there be some street camera with a clear shot of him holding his phone up
I’d be taking this dumb fuck for MILLIONS
Best comment here
He’d be my retirement plan with all this footage
Generational wealth baby. Garnish his wages for years to come for pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, etc. etc. etc. If he can make millions for dribbling a ball, dude in the other car should get millions for him being such a dumb piece of shit.
My neck and back would be HURTING after that collision.
No you wouldn’t. It would just be a typical insurance claim. Even with injuries. Sorry to burst your fantasy
Real shit though… take away this dumb mfs license.
LaMelo is so dumb I think he’d drive anyway tbh
Wow. Hummers are actual garbage, because how does the wheel just pop off like that?
Because the car is too tall, pretty much the whole force of the crash is going onto the wheel.
Its a shit fake off road vehiclehe lifted with some stupid oversized wheels with a huge off set on them, wheel bearing was already fighting for its life.
“Just pop off”
mate he crashed at high speed into a stopped car
“High speed’
“stopped car”
With the wheel cut all the way to the right and the wheel basically took the whole impact. If the wheel was still straight it probably bounces/rolls right up onto the hood of the other car, but because it takes the impact on the hubcaps it just shattered the whole assembly.
It’s a lifted hummer and it hits it at a quite a decent speed at an awful angle, no shit it pops off
Every injury lawyer licking their lips
Jakey, Jakey, and Jakey ATTORNEYS AT LAW
I’m confused how this even happened
On his phone probably
not paying attention most likely
Or worse, never paid attention
LaMelo is stupid
Stoned driving
Congrats to whoever getting that bag
Have you never been in a car accident? They dont just magically make you rich
This one will tho. He’s in the wrong lane, head on, with no discernible obstruction in the correct lane or hazardous conditions to cause the crash.
And I’d guarantee that data logs from his phone would match having Instagram or TikTok open with the crash timestamp as well.
The egregiousness of the accident does not determine the award, rather the level of damages. Typically you are only getting a big TV ad level payout to offset a life ruining injury.
Ive heard from the insurance industry peeps that the people getting massive payouts in car accidents would trade the payout for their old life back in a heart beat.
Yeah you’re right but damn bro I got this neck pain, back pain, arm pain and I’m taking PT and I need my bills covered
Edit: with the right lawyer and the right “injuries” you can for sure get a payday, source: I’ve got a family member who got hit as a kid and got a payday that paid for his medical school. Any lawyer with this footage is bending over backwards to represent the kia driver lol
Yerp! I got rear ended a few years back. I had some bruising, totaled car. That insurance company was on the phone with me within a week to offer me a couple grand to not sue. I took the money. I wasn’t going to sue anyway. And the dude who hit me was not a millionaire. He was driving door dash. If an NBA player hit me on video? Shit, he’d need a lot more than a few grand to get me to shut up, or I’d be calling Judge Judy.
They do if you call Frank Azar.
Dude was on his phone…
But there’s plenty of videos of him just running through red lights and dashing in city streets.
Police won’t do anything because they could easily stop this behavior and try to get his license suspended.
Dude could kill someone out there so it’s his best benefit. Worst thing to happen to him would be him getting someone killed and now he’s missing out on a potential $400m in earnings
He’s literally drifting into someone’s lane on a CITY street lol…
Lmfao what a fucking idiot
Like stay on your damn lane, What’s Lamelo thinking
I don’t think “thinking” was part of the process here. You can tell he’s kinda just drifting into the wrong lane. Probably texting or fucking around on his phone or something and didn’t realize he had gotten out of his lane.
Dumbass stuff.
Wow LaMelo is out here ruining his city wtf
What a stupid cunt.
The fact the whole axel came out like that shows Hummers are fucking garbage
His playstyle is very similar to his driving. It works much better on court though
That’ll buff right out
Low iq clown
How stupid do you have to be man?
The car was in their lane. LaMelo was not. That’s a basic of driving, how to stay straight in your lane. Pathetic man…guy should be suspended from driving for a while.
Block or Charge?