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Listen to the very very first moment of the video, it's not the note of a car (Italian sports car or not) bumbling along a city street
Serves the fanny right!!
TBF they were saying "he was wearing a baseball cap backwards serves the guy right" - and they have a point.I'm loving some of the comments on this thread along the lines of he had a Lamorghini - serves the guy right
oh well, as you wereServes the fanny right!!
do we think the Maserati GT behind him was just a coincidence?
The engine growl is typical Italian sports car.
well it wasn't exactly idling before it came into view was it, sounds like he slowed down significantly before crashing, so must have been going way too fast before.
doesn't quite cover it, enormous giganto bell ends probably still doesn't quite cover it. What's with the crowd following them? Can't believe I managed to watch a whole 2 mins, "I'm shmee make sure you subscribe" no ta, I can see driver ****tery every time I ride to work, don't need a YouTube channel dedicated to it*.Trying o think of the words to describe it... Bellends is the best I can come up with
Aaaaaand relax
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*plus I can hear shit like this every time there is a big wedding on locally and all the pimple faced youths related to the happy couple hire a supercar for the weekend.
So a central London street with cars parked on both sides and the Mazda with its wheels virtually on the central line, lambo brakes can't stop the car that should be doing 25 mph ish to avoid the Mazda? Shared fault claim
No share fault claim there. Mazda at fault. The Lambor has the right of way. Fact! You cannot simply creep/cut into the main lane just because you are driving slowly. Doing so means the ones on main lane need to slow down for you which prevent the smooth flowing of the traffic.
Try riding your bike and the car slowly creep in front of you then see if you get piss off with the driver's action. You can argue that the driver might not see you on your bike but this is a Lambor that is wide and loud.
My driving instructor used to explain to me about this blind spot all the time because I had the habit of creeping into main lane like driving in the far east. i.e. who dares win, where we simply stick our car out to dare you if you are driving slowly.
As for revving the engine loudly is there a law against loud car engine? Are the bureaucrats going into full spin now? Even if you don't like the loud engine you have to live with it.
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sounds like he slowed down significantly before crashing, so must have been going way too fast before
This. You can clearly hear the revs dropping before the impact.
pdw - Membersounds like he slowed down significantly before crashing, so must have been going way too fast before
This. You can clearly hear the revs dropping before the impact.
No way you can see a creeping car into main lane. Majority of us do not have the ability to response that quickly even if creeping car is slow. I have car t-bone my small car in the far east where the driver clearly saw me but could do nothing because his mind just froze.
Try watching Youtube on Russian car accidents and then try to see if you can predict what will happen. You will be surprised you cannot see them coming. Sometime drivers just freeze even if they can see the car coming their way.
I like watching Russian/Chinese/rest of the world car crash Youtube. 😀
I don't see the point of fast car in UK btw as everyone is driving on horse cart lane from by the gone years so what's the point? You cannot even drive more than 70mph max and my 1.6 Corolla can easily get to 70mph on motorway. On other it's pointless trying to argue with bureaucrats if you get fine.
As for revving the engine loudly is there a law against loud car engine?
Er yes, plenty.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/vca/fcb/cars-and-noise.asp
It was left hand drive so probably a rich Arab so could pay for the damage to all cars out of his spare pocket change. Anyway it wasn't his fault so the bill will come from the driver of the other cars insurance. I don't think the lambo was going that fast. He probably didn't see the other car and just didn't hit the brakes at al there was no sound of tyres partially locking up under the abs. Those things are loud anyway, he probably had it in a lower gear than he needed as he was posing and he probably had a fancy exhaust too.
Not I uncommon to see rich Arabs in the cars they've flown over to London with people spotting expensive cars in London. London is pretty much wholly owned by rich Arabs after all so they see it as their own playground. It was on Fifth Gear last night funnily enough - see how many expensive super cars you can spot around London and post your tally up on twitbook.
footflaps - MemberAs for revving the engine loudly is there a law against loud car engine?
Er yes, plenty.
😆 Surely they past the test otherwise all Italian car makers will go kaput by manufacturing speed monsters. Bloody bureaucrats at work with no common sense. The Lambor is manufactured in Italy hence EU is it not? 🙄
Even an 80s Porsche 911 Targa is bloody loud (by comparison to Subaru boxer engine and this is legal) when you start the engine and as a kid I thought my friend's uncle Targa had plenty of lose bolts in the engine.
Surely they past the test
Probably, but that wasn't what you asked....
footflaps - MemberSurely they past the test
Probably, but that wasn't what you asked....
😆 The useless noise rules I see. 🙄
I bet there will be new rules soon stating that everyone should not drive in winter without winter tyres.
Noise is tested at low RPM - 3500 for bikes, iirc, not sure for other vehicles.
Modern vehicles are designed to be quiet at the engine speeds specified in the tests, with ignition timing and exhaust systems engineered to ensure that they pass.
So they can still be loud at full chat.
Daft really, but that's the law at the mo.
The useless noise rules I see
Not at all useless in that part of town. The noise levels from the visitors and their cars has reached stupid proportions. That there haven't been that many accidents is just lucky so far.
It was in Sloane St, Knightsbridge. According to [url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/10734723/Lamborghini-Aventador-worth-300000-towed-away-after-three-car-crash.html ]this Telegraph article[/url] people were filming it because, well, that's what people seem to do when they see a supercar. My favourite nugget from the article: The actual owner of the car was having lunch with her two daughters at the time. Ouch!
There are other videos on You Tube of this car, UK plates, making a **** of himself.
According to the Supercars of London YT videos (they posted a before and after) they were "racing" a Maserati - or at least as much as you can race a Masser round London
Shermer, that end of Sloane Street is in Chelsea. 🙂
It looks suspiciously like one of those situations that STW struggles with- 2 parties, both in the wrong.
Ah, good to know 🙂
or at least as much as you can race a Masser round London
'There's only two speeds in London- 100mph and stop' © Jasper Carrott
It was in Sloane St, Knightsbridge. According to this Telegraph article people were filming it because, well, that's what people seem to do when they see a supercar. My favourite nugget from the article: The actual owner of the car was having lunch with her two daughters at the time. Ouch!
That was the BMW owner wasnt it?
According to the Supercars of London YT videos (they posted a before and after) they were "racing" a Maserati - or at least as much as you can race a Masser round London
The one in the background of the video?
except it isn't a Fact! It is incorrect. He had priority. There is quite a difference.Mazda at fault. The Lambor has the right of way. Fact!
Apparently this is how it was being driven a few minutes before:
Do people seriously reckon that crash was the result of a car doing <30mph?
If you look he hadn't hit the brakes as he comes into view, he certainly wasn't skidding (he sounds like he's going fast but they do by default). If you analyse the video you see he moves about the length of the parked car (about 5.5m) in about 0.4-0.5 seconds, that's somewhere around 40mph or less (and it clearly looks about that speed).
Car should not have pulled out, Lambo had nowhere to go but should have been able to stop so was probably paying less attention than should have been, but primarily that was caused by the Mazda not looking where it was pulling out.
That was the BMW owner wasnt it?
Yep, you're right! Oops...
Great for the people on the buses. If it weren't a Lambo involved the cars would've been pushed to the kerbs and everything would carry on as normal. And the guys running/cycling behind with video cameras? Not sure why we've developed this awe of expensive baubles.
I'm a bit curious why so many slack jawed yokels are standing around in the last vid.
I'm a bit curious why so many slack jawed STWers are debating who is "at fault" in that bloody video!!
I'm a bit curious why so many slack jawed yokels are standing around in the last vid.
It's a beautiful car that's been damaged and one that people rarely see, let alone see broken.
I'm a bit curious why so many slack jawed STWers are debating who is "at fault" in that bloody video!!
Because it's not clear, by any stretch of the imagination, unless you have preconceived notions and an inability to separate them from reality.
May I be the first to blame Thatcher?
Not if I can blame Hitler first!
/Godwin
[i]Because it's not clear, by any stretch of the imagination, unless you have preconceived notions and an inability to separate them from reality.[/i]
Yeah, but wtf does it matter? You don't know, he doesn't know, they don't know. Thinking you can tell how fast the Lambo is going from a split second of video! Is it just this "programmed to argue" mentality on here?
Bonkers.
Yeah, but wtf does it matter? You don't know, he doesn't know, they don't know. Thinking you can tell how fast the Lambo is going from a split second of video! Is it just this "programmed to argue" mentality on here?
Bonkers.
You can tell how fast it is going in the video. There's a fixed time and a fixed distance covered.
But yes, there's definitely an argumentative mentality on here, it's why I walked away from this place some time ago - I love a good argument but it's very hard not to lose half your life arguing if you're on here.
speed isn't the only indicator of driving with due care and attention
it got launched a fair way.
less than 30? dunno, but being technically below the speed limit means bog all if you're driving like a dick like that driver.
up to the cops, and the insurance to decide.
it's why I walked away from this place some time ago
erm, you do realise that you're still here?
A sports car like that has amazing brakes, even with reaction time and getting air born if he was going 30 mph he took a hell of a way to brake.
erm, you do realise that you're still here?
You do realise that you can walk away and then return?
[i]You can tell how fast it is going in the video. There's a fixed time and a fixed distance covered.[/i]
Really?
Less than 1 second of video elapsed before you see the bonnet and then it's hit the Mazda...
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You're not seriously saying you can measure that 😆
ps. I'm not arguing - just saying you [i]can't[/i] argue!
No I'm looking at the time it takes him to pass the black car on the left. Seeing as he doesn't seem to hit the brakes for some reason (watch his lights), it's a reasonable estimation of his speed entering the first frame, give or take.
Blimey, you are serious,
Night night