996TWINS

Sounds like and have seen what happens at WSIR at turn 9 with newbies.

gums

Stupid ***.
But he didn't run out of talent, he never had any to begin with.

morsini

Agreed.

007DT

Wow that was nasty....

Interesting at how soon the side curtain deployed. The car must've hit something on the edge of the road and/or it deployed once it rolled so many degrees over (Midair).

I assume he lived based on it being posted. If that is the case, luck was on his side.

cannon1000

I think that the real problem is people having more car than talent. Kids with wealthy parents that buy them these super sports cars and they quickly run out of the skill necessary to handle them at higher speeds. The same thing happens at the track with all us that can finally afford a fast car - and sometimes find out the hard way that we aren't as good as we think we are.

That is exactly the reason I am moving to a slower car without electronic nanny's for the track. I want to learn how to really drive and in a car that will give me a little more margin for error. It's a better (and safer) learning environment.

Of course I think what most of us realize - is driving like this is best saved for the track - not the road.

sbelles

Looks like it happened last year. He probably waited until he got his insurance settlement before posting. Lets hope his agent likes to surf the net at work. Being stupid needs to hurt.

996TWINS

My aunt's neighbors bought their son a Ferrari for his 18th birthday, he died in a crash in less than a month.

Who was stupid in this case?

Mister C

I hear you.

I was on some mountain twisty roads in my 997 a few years ago just having some fun. A sport bike followed me out of the gas station as I started up the first hill. I started pushing it a bit harder and he kept up just fine for a while. I pushed a little harder through the corners and he started falling back, catching up on the straights. A little faster and he started taking crazy chances. Then I went through a few corners that had gravel strewn all over them. Fun time is over pal. I pulled off before he went down.

KaiB

Why on earth would ya'll pick on this guy. The car is at fault here.

He turned the wheel and nothing happened. How could he be blamed for this?

DM993tt

Nice e46 M3's can be had for sub 20g, which is cheaper than a new camry. I'm not blaming parents for anything in this case.

Sterling Doc

Agreed, so why is it so many on & off ramps are made this way in this country?

007DT

They are all clearly marked w/ yellow signs as to the recc. speed. If you deviate from that then...

Also they are designed to accommodate speeds coming off the highway with the assumption ppl are going to slow through the turn. There would be more accidents if the radius was reversed and the sharper part of the curve was directly off of the highway, IMO.

Cheyenne

I always assumed they were practice zones...

Or spots for weeding out the incompetent. I don't actually want to share the road with people who can't negotiate such ramps at street speeds.

Too many people only drive at freeway speeds because everyone else does.

gums

since you claim to be an instructor, Kai, I'll assume that you are unquestionably kidding us.

67King

IMHO, it is more about who pays than how much. Kids who pay for their own cars take better care of them than kids who are given cars. I got my GTO when I was 15 - paid for it myself (been working since 13), paid for all of the restoration work and parts, etc. Drove it with much more respect than I did the hand-me-down VW Rabbit diesel L that I was given. No question the GTO was the nicer car, a whole lot faster, and probably less safe. I had several, um.....off-road excursions with the Rabbit that resulted in many bent control arms, and one bent rear axle beam. No issues with the GTO.

I commend Cannon on his decision to move to a slower car. Agree completely with his logic (though I'm starting to wish I had ABS on my track car).