tin-man needs some advice.......

[tin-man]

Originally Posted by patrickt

A lot of the one-car accidents that I see out on my favorite driving roads often have skid marks that look like this. I mean I see marks like this a lot. You can surmise that the guy came in to the curve a little fast, and instead of pushing through it, he lifted off the throttle, and maybe even touched his brakes. The weight transferred to the front of his car and his rear got loose and came right around on him. He then runs off the road on the inside (and of course crosses in to and through the oncoming lane). Now there are a ton of ways to wreck, but if I had to guess, I would say this scenario is the most common "spirited driving" mistake. Most of us have done it at one time or another.

and it wasnt even a Cobra. That said, I have never experienced such an incident in all my 50 years of driving. Maybe the dude was a) drunk or b) a first time driver, or both, don't know, was there a follow up on this or an accident report? Anyway Patrickt, thanks for the input, it visually tells a tale. But it begs the question why just one set of skid marks, it would seem to me if I was driving I would have crushed the hell outa the breakpedal and thus there would have been two sets of skid marks, one from the front wheels and certainly one set from the rear wheels while they spun round, am I right? But then I guess we need factor in the response time and if the dude was drunk then it would explain the single set of skid marks, happened too fast. Just my two cents guys, just my two cents.

Why am I getting the feeling I got more than a tiger by the tail? But then again, if the the Cobra was so bad to drive why do many people have them and enjoy driving them? I know, I know, because they got situational experience...cuz Jamo told em so. Jamo, no offense, just seemed to fit. tin-man