[Newsbot]

Title: Spectacular Lamborghini crash caught on dash-cam video
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2014-12-23 17:28:37
Canadian

[Regina]

Hey douche bag. It's a mid engine car and the ass end always wants to be in front when you hit the gas.

[andyt]

The car crashed because the driver made a sharp turn of the wheel to try to zig zag past the slower cars. The lower moment of inertia of a mid engine car means the car will respond much quicker to steering inputs, and can oversteer if the driver is not skilled. Mid engine cars also can turn tail in a corner if you lift off the gas, ie trailing throttle oversteer, when the weight is transferred to the front, so you want to keep your foot in it during cornering, at least until you are exiting the corner.

Cars try to flip ends on straight line acceleration when the rear tires lose traction - a mid engine car typically has a 60/40 r/f weight distribution, so it's harder to lose break traction during acceleration than a rwd car with most of the weight up front. Dragsters are now all mid engine, because they are much safer.

[Jabberwalker]

Yikes!

So, what is the guy with the dash cam and the other numbskull ahead of him doing cruising along in the left lane? There was no reason for either of them to be in that lane and that was a factor in the accident.

Lane discipline is deplorable around here too ["... even in this family!" he said with a whisper.]

[Thanos]

As the designated misanthrope I absolutely love it when these things happen. The hammer-strike of karmic justice is always awesome to behold. The drivers were 27 and 19 years old according to the article. Yeah, their parents really did a bang-up job in raising a couple of good citizens.

[Jabberwalker]

Too much money is bad for the young. Period.

[Thanos]

Too much money is bad for anyone, regardless of their age. Good thing they didn't kill someone. I'd hate it if we found out that Canadian courts are as susceptible to some bullshit 'affluenza' psychiatrist/defense lawyer trickery as American courts now are.

[Xort]

Wet road and fast driving. Small chance of the driving being punished beyond the self inflicted, sadly.

EDIT: Depending on the year of the car, the driver would have also almost surely turned off the electronic stability control which would have prevented that crash. I wonder if that information would factor into an investigation?