The new location in Cali...first event... [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miA5qj5ergM"]BMW M4 Crash @ CARS & COFFEE Blackhawk 2015 - YouTube[/ame]
High performance car + low performance driver = Youtube fun. Not even a hint of counter steering. ut:
That was Kyle's dad. I know because he tried to friend Colin on Facebook too. Like to see him try that in a MINI.
Only thing that would have made that video better is if it had been followed up by a guy drifting a Vespa out of the parking lot haha. Now THAT would be skill
I guess the simple answer is that the driver isn't very experienced but there is a more complex answer that I found interesting when I first read it. Long ago a chassis engineer wrote an article on how many drivers actually drive. Many never get near the limits of tyre grip and so, with modern tyres, they simply have zero experience of a car that doesn't respond linearly to control inputs. As a result, when a slide happens they just subconsciously assume that the car is broken, since it no longer responds 'correctly' to control inputs. For some, the instinctive response is to stop making control inputs and they even have a term for this - 'control abdication'. Apparently research even indicates that some drivers take their hands off the wheel in these circumstances since, 'clearly', the steering is not functioning! For anyone living in areas with permanent winter snow/ice, this may be impossible to believe, but for those of us in areas where snow/ice is non-existent or short-lived, it's not far-fetched. My observation in Britain is that many drivers use maybe only a third of available tyre grip in the dry, maybe more like three-quarters in the wet (no change of speed) and in snow/ice, they crash (or stay at home)! So that M3 driver's complete lack of opposite lock just says novice. Less explainable is that it is only just before hitting the central divider that he brakes - not the best control reaction, but done earlier, he might have regained control before hitting the divider. You can abbreviate all the above to just 'TOOL' but I thought you might enjoy the term 'control abdication' as much as I do.
There are clearly more vehicle operators than drivers on the road, somebody ought to but a block of wood under that gas pedal.