Bad Accident

[Vit4wd]

This crash occured right after a series of bends, as illustrated in the picture below.

 

So much said about good tyres, low profile tyres, All Wheel Drive (AWD), car with good road holding etc. this car in question still crashed despite being a "Sports Sedan" wearing high end low profile sports tyres.

 

So what is the use of excellent tyres, big rims with low profile tyres, cars with great road holding when it still crashes eventually... under dry road conditions?

 

In contrast, my lousy low end skinny '175' Yokohama Aspec A300 tyres with "poor-grip-in-the-wet" have served me well and stuck on to the road like glue and has never failed me even in wet conditions.

 

 

So what do you think is the cause behind this accident?

- Speeding?

- Lousy tyres?

- Car has poor handling?

 

 

Please drive carefully and be alert at all times. Life is precious!

 

 

 

* I hope the driver is well and unhurt.

[Fitzy]

I must say it's not the car or the tyre at fault. It's the driver who's to be blame for the crash. Maybe he's trying out the bend to see if it suit for F1 in s'pore

[Titanium]

AWD? Subaru Legency?

[Nine_eleven]

the car in your photos isn't AWD.

 

its almost always the driver, seldom the car...

[Holysniper]

it looks like a IS200 to mi..

 

is IS200 it's FR.. rear wheel drive.

[Vit4wd]

Yes, it is Lexus IS200, otherwise known as a Toyota Altezza

 

http://cars.rte.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuse...ar&carID=549676

[Holysniper]

erh wrong. altezza's engine is different from is200

[macrosszero]

Where is it?

 

In slippery conditions skinny tires might actually be better than wide tires - see the rallycars in snow/gravel/mud rallies. They use pretty narrow tires, best exemplified by the ice stages.

 

With any tire, it is the onus of the driver not to exceed the tire's limit. Otherwise you're going to crash all the same.

 

You haven't had an accident because you know to stay within the tire's ability.

[Theoldjaffa]

IS200 is RWD dude...

[Ccssgm]

[Friendstar]

he's doing his national service.

 

proposed F1 track test driver.

[Bluenuts]

Many reason to a car crash.

On the top of the list is always the driver.

Far second is the animal (dogs, cats, etc) that jump in front of the car suddenly.

[Shox87]

haha i agree man. once ur car does over these animals...

[Jian]

some time the driver went too fast chicken out decide not to mess with the bend. jam the brake last min? casuing the car to lost control and crash?

[Aimnfire]

could be because of the road too

the road is not level

but instead it is slightly tilt opposite of the corner direction

 

this is dangerous cause no matter what speed

if u are not carefull

your car tend to veer off

 

eg

bedok corner

[Falc]

IS200 is not considered a sports car. The RS maybe.

 

Anyway, not surprise that it crashes, that's why sporty makes have higher insurance because there are more claims.

[Kanr]

may be he think he is going to recruit himself for the team Ferrier!

[Speedsun]

Given the best handling car in the world to a lousy/careless driver, the best car will still crash. The chances of car crashes mostly depend on the drivers and not only how bad are those cars.