Bugatti crash today
Discussion
This is developing, there can't be too many Bugatti owners out there; hope all ok and it's no one on here. Condolences to all involved:
https://news.sky.com/story/bedfordshire-man-in-his...
https://news.sky.com/story/bedfordshire-man-in-his...
Byker28i said:
Matty3 said:
Very, very sad news. The Bugatti driver is very well known in Historic racing. Condolences to his family.
Not Edmund Burgess? I really hope not, I've often met him as Prescott, great chap. He rolled his car at the hairpin about 10 years back when his brakes failed...I will let official sources publish name.
The problem is that no matter how good a performance car is or its driver, most people on the roads are car users, not car drivers. Do we have details of what actually happened yet?
Some car users, cannot even comprehend, let alone see how fast a car (even if it is traveling within the posted limits) can appear around them.
It does require car `drivers', to keep this at the forefront of their concentration, when going quickly on public roads, But sometimes what has happened still `just happens'
Some car users, cannot even comprehend, let alone see how fast a car (even if it is traveling within the posted limits) can appear around them.
It does require car `drivers', to keep this at the forefront of their concentration, when going quickly on public roads, But sometimes what has happened still `just happens'
Pan Pan Pan said:
The problem is that no matter how good a performance car is or its driver, most people on the roads are car users, not car drivers. Do we have details of what actually happened yet?
Some car users, cannot even comprehend, let alone see how fast a car (even if it is traveling within the posted limits) can appear around them.
It does require car `drivers', to keep this at the forefront of their concentration, when going quickly on public roads, But sometimes what has happened still `just happens'
From the article it says that he collided with an ambulance on a blue light call. Not a Veyron/Chiron either so not an 'easy' to drive modern car so I wouldn't be so quick to blame the Bugatti driver. Maybe just a case of wrong place at the wrong time. Some car users, cannot even comprehend, let alone see how fast a car (even if it is traveling within the posted limits) can appear around them.
It does require car `drivers', to keep this at the forefront of their concentration, when going quickly on public roads, But sometimes what has happened still `just happens'
My thoughts are with all involved, especially the crew of the ambulance. Whatever the actual circumstances, these people do an incredibly hard job imo.
Driving at any speed on our crowded, inattentive and frankly rather stupid, roads is not easy. Any collision of classic vs modern is only going to have one outcome and an ambulence is extremely heavy and robust
Driving at any speed on our crowded, inattentive and frankly rather stupid, roads is not easy. Any collision of classic vs modern is only going to have one outcome and an ambulence is extremely heavy and robust
I learned who it was a few hours ago. Tragic and the usual rags are telling a story about how expensive the car is thought to be worth rather than the man himself.
I’m often left aghast at how people are killed under normal circumstances (however unlucky) given what they chose to do for a living. I guess it’s why racetracks, co trolled environments are the place to be if it goes wrong.
I’m often left aghast at how people are killed under normal circumstances (however unlucky) given what they chose to do for a living. I guess it’s why racetracks, co trolled environments are the place to be if it goes wrong.
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