That's gonna buff right out! [Aventador crash]

[Jodell88]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfS8iz2NaLE

 

[Pardus]

*Vehicle has been filmed being driven aggressively in the past with flames firing out of its uprated exhaust
*Parked BMW and Mazda 5 worth a fraction of the price also involved in yesterday's accident on Sloane Street
*Lamborghini apparently involved in collision with Mazda, with the supercar then hitting stationary BMW
*Dozens of curious bystanders surrounded Lamborghini to take pictures and film badly-damaged matte black car

 

[PliotronX]

That poor blond girl he was trying to impress is probably traumatized now.

 

[manimal]

was on my phone so couldnt hear very well. Was the lambos engine still on after the crash? What kind of idiot would leave the car running after an accident>

 

[slayer202]

he wasn't going that fast...guy pulled out in front of him

 

[Puppies04]

Wouldn't have happened if the steering wheel was on the correct side.....because of reasons.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

To me that video mostly demonstrates how different hypercars are from regular cars in terms of their width, height, visibility and fragility. If that accident had involved even something like a 911, it wouldn't have been nearly as dramatic or damaging. It's intrinsically tricky and risky driving something like an Aventador in traffic, and the stakes are obviously very high because we're talking about repairing a $400K car. I think I would assign the blame for this as about 70-30, with the Mazda primarily at fault, but the only reason that assignment is so critical is the insane fragility and cost of the Aventador. I wouldn't be shocked if it costs $75K to fix that Lambo.

 

[vshah]

he wasn't going that fast...guy pulled out in front of him

that's what it looks like to me

 

[halik]

The Mazda pulled out in front of him, across 2 lanes. Clearly at fault.

Given that he only ended up like 2-3 car lengths ahead, he was driving maybe 40mph. Certainly not reckless in my book.

 

[Bill Brasky]

The Mazda pulled out in front of him, across 2 lanes. Clearly at fault.

Given that he only ended up like 2-3 car lengths ahead, he was driving maybe 40mph. Certainly not reckless in my book.

edit: Oh this is in London. I'd say it depends on the speed limit of the street.

 

[Puppies04]

To me that video mostly demonstrates how different hypercars are from regular cars in terms of their width, height, visibility and fragility. If that accident had involved even something like a 911, it wouldn't have been nearly as dramatic or damaging. It's intrinsically tricky and risky driving something like an Aventador in traffic, and the stakes are obviously very high because we're talking about repairing a $400K car. I think I would assign the blame for this as about 70-30, with the Mazda primarily at fault, but the only reason that assignment is so critical is the insane fragility and cost of the Aventador. I wouldn't be shocked if it costs $75K to fix that Lambo.

Perhaps you have some retarded driving laws where you live but trust me in London the fault was 100% with the person who pulled across a lane into another one causing someone to hit them. The lambo wasn't speeding or doing anything else illegal so he deserves none of the blame. The cost of his car has nothing to do with anything and the visibility is perfectly adequate to drive safely if people don't pull out on you.

$75k is probably the minimum it will cost to repair the car could easily be £75k.

 

[MrPickins]

Perhaps you have some retarded driving laws where you live but trust me in London the fault was 100% with the person who pulled across a lane into another one causing someone to hit them. The lambo wasn't speeding or doing anything else illegal so he deserves none of the blame. The cost of his car has nothing to do with anything and the visibility is perfectly adequate to drive safely if people don't pull out on you.

$75k is probably the minimum it will cost to repair the car could easily be £75k.

Are you sure of this? I don't know the speed limit there, but he seemed to be driving pretty fast for the conditions.

 

[halik]

Are you sure of this? I don't know the speed limit there, but he seemed to be driving pretty fast for the conditions.

Regardless the condition, the mazda pulled out into the second (ie FAR) lane.

 

[_Rick_]

He pulled into that lane, because that was the lane he wanted to go into. The other one was the lane going the other way. Still, he came from the right.

But that Lambo is matte black, very wide, and difficult to judge the speed of, and he very much looked to be going too fast. That's a braking distance I have at 50mph, without crashing into anything.

From what little evidence we have, this looks like mutual fault, but then we see neither the run-up of the Lambo or that of the Mazda. With that, it might be easier to understand where the malfunction happened.

 

[halik]

He pulled into that lane, because that was the lane he wanted to go into. The other one was the lane going the other way. Still, he came from the right.

But that Lambo is matte black, very wide, and difficult to judge the speed of, and he very much looked to be going too fast. That's a braking distance I have at 50mph, without crashing into anything.

From what little evidence we have, this looks like mutual fault, but then we see neither the run-up of the Lambo or that of the Mazda. With that, it might be easier to understand where the malfunction happened.

In the U.S. you are to pull into the nearest lane to you.

 

[_Rick_]

In the U.S. you are to pull into the nearest lane to you.

That's madness!

If I turn left, I have have to turn into the lane of oncoming traffic?

That sounds so wrong.

 

[rstrohkirch]

You turn into the closest available lane when you have more than 1 lane available to you. Obviously this is for lanes of traffic flowing in the same direction. What I think he means is that it kind of looks like there are two available lanes in the video and the Mazda pulled into the far one. But as you watch the video and the camera pans back to the right where the accident occurred, you can see strips in the middle lane. This makes me think that there were two lanes that started a merged back a bit from where the accident happened.

 

[master_shake_]

that dude in the hatch is so fuuuuucked.

hope you like insurance cause they gonna love you

 

[halik]

That's madness!

If I turn left, I have have to turn into the lane of oncoming traffic?

That sounds so wrong.

The nearest lane in the direction of the traffic obviously, so left to the lane nearest center, right to the lane farther away from center. This is to minimize retards like the mazda driver, pulling out across the entire road.

 

[Mark R]

The Mazda pulled out in front of him, across 2 lanes. Clearly at fault.

Given that he only ended up like 2-3 car lengths ahead, he was driving maybe 40mph. Certainly not reckless in my book.

Yup. Fairly clear cut. The mazda had come from a road with give way (yield) markings, so should have waited behind the line until the lambo had gone past.

Now, in London, it can be difficult to turn right because of oncoming traffic, so it's quite common for people to just randomly pull out of side roads (like the mazda did), but they usually only block one lane, which is the one they have better visibility of. They don't just pull out across the whole road.

That road would have a 30 limit, so the lambo was probably going too fast. In general, you'd be ill advised to do much over 20 on a road like that with so many pedestrians, parked cars and side-raods.

 

[Schmide]

They're all driving on the wrong side of the road. Case closed

 

[shortylickens]

You know, I think its funny that if someone was being an asshole in a really nice vehicle, I could probably chuck a heavy bolt or nut at them and cause 10 grand in damage.

I need to visit the hardware store some time today.........

 

[_Rick_]

The nearest lane in the direction of the traffic obviously, so left to the lane nearest center, right to the lane farther away from center. This is to minimize retards like the mazda driver, pulling out across the entire road.

That is a two way, two lane road though.
So he pulled into exactly the lane he should have pulled into.

 

[Miramonti]

The mazda was at fault but a good driver would have been able to prevent it, particularly with how fvcking slow that mazda was going. No tears.

 

[Fern]

That is a two way, two lane road though.
So he pulled into exactly the lane he should have pulled into.

Yep.

Fern