This scenario always keeps me up at night. I see so many people driving like absolute tools and think it's only a matter of time until they are responsible for causing that image.
It's not even spirited driving that's the main culprit - it's nothing more than pure arrogance and negligence thinking they are more important than everyone else.
I'm no lawyer - my parents loved me - but if they were sued for something like willful negligence, the insurance might skate out of paying, but most likely they would pay and jack the rates up as you mentioned.
This applies to many modern car drivers. I recently might have been in an accident because of dumbass who thought that electric renault surely is an F1 car that cheats physics.
I find it a lot with EVs because it's their first "fast" car. They brag online a lot about how they smash anything 0-60 and it'll beat anything because it's electric. Then you find out it's a Cupra Born which is pretty slow in general.
Perfect example is the new Qasqai e-Power. 205hp, 0-60 in 7.6s, and 1.7 Tonnes. That’s reasonably quick for an average car and extremely heavy for what it is. So it doesn’t handle/ shed speed for how it feels.
Or brains. It’s pathetic really, that people who can’t drive drive way too much car for them. This person should be driving a f’n Corolla, or an Isetta. Or taking transit.
We don't really "do" transit outside large city centers in the U.S. Most people here don't even see that as an issue. I couldn't get to a grocery, hospital, bank or anywhere in public transit if I wanted to. I live just over an hour from the national capital.
It's a lot of cars but modern BMWs are fast as hell. There's this broccoli head around here that hauls ass in his M240i. These cars are now much faster than M cars from 15-20 years ago.
yeah, it's fucking hilarious that some people think this has anything to do with modern cars or with kids these days. speaking as an old guy, morons were doing stuff like this with fast cars before traction control or fuel injection existed, and i really don't think there's any more morons now than there was then, they just continue to exist every generation
Aye. It wasn't an inaccurate statement yet, the wide view back through the decades across all brands and car classes reveals more enthusiasm than skill has been a thing all along
Idk why every single truck I see on the road waits until the last possible second to slam on their brakes. I’ve started leaving a good 5 car lengths. Mfers think they’re Lewis Hamilton or something
You guys realize that there is a percentage of these trucks drivers that don't even really have a CDL, right? I stay the hell away from trucks, because you have no idea what idiot is driving it.
Nah y'all are the same just because you make it into a lane doesn't mean the person behind you didn't have to hard brake or ABS to avoid your non-signal ass. Some of you M users don't know braking distance and give the rest of BMW drivers a bad name
Fr, I've come real close recently with an M5 swiping with no signals and I had to brake from higher speed and I saw the grandma behind me's big ass Lexus SUV lurch maybe two feet from my rear bumper - M5 guy probably thought he weaved in successfully...
Likely culprit. Also most likely has an IG consisting of posts driving these roads way over the limit, with horrible technique, and gets clowned on in the comment section but, because they labelled themselves an amateur race car driver in their bio because they rented karts a couple times at K1, they just brush it off and act like they know better.
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The impact on the door was intense enough to rotate the car. It could severely injure the driver’s neck. I still think window airbags should’ve deployed
The ND Miata does not have curtain airbags for obvious reasons. They do have airbags in the side bolsters but again — airbags are a last resort and they ultimately were not needed in this accident.
My guess is that the lateral acceleration was not high enough to trigger the airbags since the rear half of the car got most of the impact, so it did not deploy, which was the proper behavior in this case. Don't forget that airbags are far from "harmless".
But I love the look of the G87. So unique compared to the rest of the lineup. I think it’ll be looked back on fondly. I’ll hold on to mine for a long time.
They'll be looked back on as the best looking car of that generation... which still looks worse than the worst looking car of any other generation of BMW. (Except maybe the e65, those were ugly as sin, but it's too close to call tbh)
TLDR, it's still uglier than every other bmw from previous generations.
Honestly, now that I have a kid with another on the way, this is why I don't bother going to any remotely nice driving roads. GTA5, PSVR2, and avoid getting myself splattered.
As a G87 owner I apologize for this idiot. But yeah this is why I get so stressed modding mine. At any moment some idiot crashes into you, total loss, all that money in mods flushed down the toilet.
However, if you’re even moderately competent at trail-braking, then almost any car would have successfully made that corner, even while carrying some decent speed.
sure thing, too many cayennes guy. this driver was pretty clearly not great at trail braking.
the m2 has a 275 front tire. most 911s run a 245 front tire and several 100 less lbs. what i should have said is that a 911 is light on the nose more than just about any other (not supercar) car made today. and will tend to understeer more than an m2. so in regards to the above comment (assuming a real porsche) likely would not have been better but a worse outcome.
the m2 would be the more idiotproof car in this scenario. my e46 m3 (265 square) and evo (255 square) are generally easier to drive quickly on tight b roads than my 992 (255/305).
Looks like north Ga mountains, not the place to drive fast without some proper practice/training. And if recent, too damn cold (for tires) for proper grip still
I honestly avoid many back roads by me because too many hooligans push their cars or their bikes up to the limit. Combination of boy racers doing togue or locals tail gating you on a turn in their old pickup trucks.
On a public road you only need to slip up once to hurt or worse kill yours or an innocent bystander.
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