Recent spate of super car crashes in Malaysia

Hot in the news over the last few weeks have been the sudden increase in the number of high profile accidents involving super cars. The super cars that were crashed range from Ferrari 458, Porsche 911, Audi R8 and most recently Lamborghini Aventador driven by the owner's 16 year old son without a license!!

Super car crashed are nothing new and it happens all over the world. The strange thing about this recent trend is that all of a sudden social media is alive with all these postings. All this also boils down to the key point about having the money to buy but not necessarily knowing or having the skill to drive these cars, furthermore these cars shouldn't be driven like it is stolen on the streets since there are too many unknown safety factors and the presence of other traffic.

The roads in Malaysia are not the best and definitely not the safest couple that with the lack of skill to really drive the cars with so much power. 90% of these super cars on the road are bought to show off rather than to drive fast and when it is driven fast the owner doesn't know how to drive it fast in a controlled manner. Showing off is one of the key problems since the driver often will have 500-600hp at their disposal they automatically think that flooring the throttle will allow them to go faster than other cars. Being able to go fast and doing it under the right conditions are 2 different things.

There are numerous videos on Youtube to show stupidity of drivers with their cars. There are many videos showing a stream of cars coming out of a side street (possibly after a gathering or an event) and they start to accelerate hard, the car's tail starts to fish tail and slide all over and the owner cannot control it and ends up crashing it into other cars or in the bush or into a tree while many people are watching. It is not only embarrassing but it also shows the lack of self control and knowledge. There are also videos from Italy showing a guy test driving a Ferrari with some friends and ends up crashing it into a wall when he decides to show what he can do with the car.

The super car's power and torque is tremendous and it has to be treated with respect or it will bite back. The driver sometimes do not anticipate the sudden surge of power or torque which can cause the rear tyres to lose traction making the car fish tail or go side ways and which usually ends up with the driver over correcting the steering or slamming on the brakes which amplifies the problem or creates another problem.

At the end of the day, the driver who has the money to buy such powerful cars really need to get their egos checked and invest the money into driver training before showing what they can do with their powerful machines. there is no glory is crashing and definitely no glory when you kill yourself or others while trying to show off!