Shocking Ferrari Crash

Blimey. :eek:

Dude in the car with cam was so lucky he didn't pull away quick. Wonder why the Ferarri jumped the lights & why it was doing that speed.
RIP to those lost/affected. :(
 
that speed toward ANY junction, regardless of the red light is insanity

mechanical failure or a "watch this!"failure? (or just brain failure because he had a girl with him)
 
Wow just wow at that horrific crash...RIP to all that lost their lives and just desserts for the driver of the Ferrari as he lost his life too.

Shocking absolutely shocking.
 
[TW]Fox;21932462 said:
Whilst I agree with the sentiment that internet pitchforking is fundamentally pointless in this case, and obviously it isn't 'murder', he quite obviously *was* a maniac.

You don't accidently travel at over 100mph in a city centre. You make a concious decision to do so - and such a decision marks you out as a reckless maniac.

It isn't a 'mistake'. Booting your car off a roundabout and losing the back is a 'mistake'. Getting a bit carried away up a sliproad is a 'mistake'. Travelling at 3 figures through the centre of a city is not a 'mistake'. Its a calculated decision.
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Vespasian777 said:
He was a maniac. Him being a maniac was the cause of the accident. I am well aware of the fact that me not liking it, is not going to change the fact that he is dead. Although as I have made quite clear, his death isn't the problem. It is the death of the sensible, law abiding motorists, none of whom were children by the grace of God.
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OK I concede, he was a maniac.
 
Not sure you can label him as a maniac: Merriem-websters dictionary lists the definition of a maniac as:

"an individual affected with or exhibiting insanity"

I'm not sure doing those speeds is insane; definition of insanity is:

1: a severely disordered state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as paranoid schizophrenia)
2: unsoundness of mind or lack of the ability to understand that prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or that releases one from criminal or civil responsibility

Either way, it's a moot point. The guy was clearly a ******* idiot for doing those speeds approaching a junction, in a built up area and running a red light. Unfortunately it was an accident, caused by effectively a wrong decision which has cost innocent lives. Which let's be honest, is the biggest travisty here. RIP to those who lost their lives.
 
sorry for the innocent people who lost their lives :(

but could not believe the first comment
What a waste of life, and a Ferrari.
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Who the FULLY STAR OUT SWEAR WORDS cares about the car!:mad:
 
Rybo89 said:
Na balls, about 90-100mph at a guess. If it was 155-160+ i am pretty sure the car would be completly obliterated.
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Thats what I thought, the taxi doesn't look like it was hit by something doing ~155mph but the video does look like >100mph.
 
I'm shocked at how well the taxi stood up from the side impact, i guess he hit him so fast lots of the energy didn't get transfered into the taxi itself but stayed with the ferrari which kept on going.
 
Firestar_3x said:
I'm shocked at how well the taxi stood up from the side impact, i guess he hit him so fast lots of the energy didn't get transfered into the taxi itself but stayed with the ferrari which kept on going.
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My rudimentary knowledge of physics is telling me it doesn't quite work like that :p
 
The ferarri is probably designed to absorb a lot of impact damage into the shell, tho it still won't protect you at those kinda speeds.
 
Firestar_3x said:
I'm shocked at how well the taxi stood up from the side impact, i guess he hit him so fast lots of the energy didn't get transfered into the taxi itself but stayed with the ferrari which kept on going.
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Yeah pretty much, higher energy events like this that will overcome the reactive grip offered by the tyres, the roll moment means you only have 2 tyres reacting the sideforce aswell.

Problem is the occupants are then moving towards the area of deformation. :mad:
 
Haggisman said:
My rudimentary knowledge of physics is telling me it doesn't quite work like that :p
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My Physics is poor however I’m not sure, the peak impulse will be high, however the duration of the impulse and total energy transfer will be short.

The Ferrari effectively knocked the taxi out of the way, not all of the Ferrari's momentum and force was used up in crashing into the taxi, if it had the results would have been even more catastrophic and the Ferrari would have stopped after hitting the taxi.

Clearly it's the change in your body’s velocity and quick peak resulting in high loads which kills you which goes up the harder you hit something, however what i'm interested in learning is what effect the Ferrari's speed had on the crash.

Say he hit them side on doing 60mph instead of 90.

Jonnycoupe said:
Yeah pretty much, higher energy events like this that will overcome the reactive grip offered by the tyres, the roll moment means you only have 2 tyres reacting the sideforce aswell.

Problem is the occupants are then moving towards the area of deformation. :mad:
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Thought so, lots of variables at play, suppose that's why the anatomy of a car crash is so complex.
 
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Jonnycoupe said:
Yeah pretty much, higher energy events like this that will overcome the reactive grip offered by the tyres, the roll moment means you only have 2 tyres reacting the sideforce aswell.

Problem is the occupants are then moving towards the area of deformation. :mad:
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But surely you'd still have the same amount of energy going into damaging the taxi up until the point where the tyres let go?

Firestar_3x said:
My Physics is poor however I’m not sure, the peak impulse will be high, however the duration of the impulse and total energy transfer will be short.

The Ferrari effectively knocked the taxi out of the way, not all of the Ferrari's momentum and force was used up in crashing into the taxi, if it had the results would have been even more catastrophic and the Ferrari would have stopped after hitting the taxi.
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I would have thought that would be more dependent on the angle of impact - i.e. if the Ferrari hit towards the front/back then the taxi would spin, and so take a smaller proportion of the energy in damage, and the rest as kinetic, whereas a central impact would result in the taxi taking more energy of the impact as damage (as I would imagine it takes more energy to slide a car sideways than to spin it?).

Of course as I said - rudimentary knowledge of physics and I'm not a crash investigator!
 
hilly said:
Not sure you can label him as a maniac: Merriem-websters dictionary lists the definition of a maniac as:

"an individual affected with or exhibiting insanity"

I'm not sure doing those speeds is insane; definition of insanity is:

1: a severely disordered state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as paranoid schizophrenia)
2: unsoundness of mind or lack of the ability to understand that prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or that releases one from criminal or civil responsibility

Either way, it's a moot point. The guy was clearly a ******* idiot for doing those speeds approaching a junction, in a built up area and running a red light. Unfortunately it was an accident, caused by effectively a wrong decision which has cost innocent lives. Which let's be honest, is the biggest travisty here. RIP to those who lost their lives.
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ffs.
 
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