PSA: M3 Flips in Rain Soaked Crash. Careful out there in the rain fellas

[AndyK.]

Guess it is really true. Drivers in China are not so good in driving.
I've been to China/Taiwan before and trust me, they drive terrible and reckless.

[zzzmmm]

Originally Posted by DMafia46

dude hits the brakes and whatever steering he had was gone gameover

I agree but to me it looks like he loses it THEN hits the brakes AFTER slide has begun...TOAST.
I just wet myself watching that, ouch. A new set of tires much cheaper along with slowing the F down in the rain with STANDING WATER on a FLAT roadway...deadly. I see this all the time in the rain in TX, espec the billy bad ass trucks.

[ATX78703]

Originally Posted by Mo_power

i feel like if i get a dash-cam then crazy sh*t will happen

Yeah, I saw this video and for some reason the actual crash and the reckless driver did not spark my interest at all.

However, i can't stop thinking about A) why was this guy recording this B) did he know something / provoke something out of that m3 driver and C) Should I get a dash cam and just leave it on all the time? The dash cam videos are exploding, going viral right now.

[dagolfpro]

For those who's asking, why the dude was recording this? I was in Taiwan earlier this year. The thing I noticed whenever I was on a bus or taxi, almost everyone of them had a camera installed on the windshield facing forward and on the bus, another camera pointing back towards the passengers. It's their way of documentation.

[NoM3ForMe]

Originally Posted by TeKNiC3

Wow..looks like the passenger door popped open.

Aren't cars in HK/Taiwan RHD?

If that is the case, it would be the driver-side door.

[luckistryke]

Did the passenger door popped open during the crash?

[phx08]

Originally Posted by Taipei-TT

I live and drive in Taiwan. This happens all too often. Some guys have lots of money for expensive cars that seem to come with the impression that their car is not subject to the laws of physics.

This is driver error pure and simple. Too fat for conditions, too abrupt in maneuvering, and quite likely bad tires due to high cost of replacement tires in Taiwan. Hope everyone is ok and lessons learned.

Whoa now we're bringing obesity into the mix?

I agree with everyone else here, for some reason this driver thought his car defied the rules of simple physics.

[doug_999]

Originally Posted by Echo M3

If you have ever aquaplaned before, you will know that there is nothing even remotely predictable about it. The best way to prevent an incident like the video in the OP is to not make sudden maneuvers when there is any puddling, make sure that you have plenty of tread depth if you plan on doing any driving in the rain, and keep the wheel absolutely straight if you feel the car 'planing. Aside from that, all you can do is just pray that you gain traction before you smash into something.

You missed the most important part about preventing an incident like this. SLOW DOWN.

[Ash83]

Hope Driver/Passenger are OK

[Kayani_1]

+1

Wow.....looked like he feel a sleep or super slow reactions good 2-3 second he made no correction. He could have recovered or might have just grazed the wall instead of flipping.

Not the same situation but it was dry and I was passing a group of slow cars accelerating hard and as I come around them a truck 3 to 4 car lengths going perfectly fine speeds slams on his brakes for no apparent reason. I am still not sure if he was intentionally trying to cause a wreck or maybe he just all of a sudden decided to change lanes without giving any signal....still puzzled. Because there was no one in front of him I slammed on the brakes with ABS kicking in at full and swerved to the left with rear almost side ways I corrected it just in time to avoid that truck while passing him on the right.

It all happened in less then 4-5 seconds. I am glad I was not indecisive or slow in my reaction that day. Because I could have rear ended that truck or went off the road.

Anyways lesson learned not to be too aggressive while driving because of morons in large pickup trucks.

Originally Posted by IFX

Weird, signal was on indicating he was making an aggressive lane change (by looking at speed) But he kinda just gradually went into the wall.. ? I don't know what Im trying to say, it just looks like he fell asleep. lol

[x5m power]

He probably had bad tires and rear wheel drive deadly combo. That's why I stick with x drive, rear wheel drive is deadly. They why I bought X5m all the power of the M with all tires diggin....

[Sandye90m3]

Person videotaping should be the right two lanes -.- I'm predicting the M3 driver got fed up and wanted to cut the person of hence the signal or maybe trying to compensate but who knows.

[C.saint]

what happens when you have too much money to spend and not enough common sense.

[Rich_Jenkins]

Originally Posted by C.saint

what happens when you have too much money to spend and not enough common sense.

Yep.

[Enter Faster]

That's what happens when an inexperienced driver turns dsc off and drives like a moron on public roads.

[Amaproracin]

When in doubt gas it!!!!

Could have been totally not so bad if he or she would have laid into the gas and turned into it (the slide) to bust out a 360. The impact if any would not have been that bad..... IMO

[E92///M3]

dynamic inertia boys and girls. it's not your friend when driving.

[F80M]

He came so fast on a hard raining day...what do you expect?


Stupid I would say...

[qlking]

looks like the grammar in this thread is worse than the accident lol

[jwickers]

I just imagined Jeremy Clarkson at the wheel shouting POWER SLIIIIIIDE the whole way.

[DarkMatter]

Originally Posted by Sean@PYSpeed.com

Looks like the crash was in asia?

Yep. Has to be said "Asian drivers." (anybody going this fast in the rain will learn this lesson)

[rmani]

Originally Posted by vezax

I cringed when I saw that. Hopefully the driver/passengers weren't hurt.

says they were ok thankfully. scary stuff.