Steve_Mack_CT Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Luckily, no one was seriously injured in this pile up yesterday - :eek:World's costliest crash in Japan: Fleet of Ferraris ruined - The Times of India Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I like how it was noted that the Prius involved was "not thought to have been part of the supercar pack." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Siegfried Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I guess a PRIUS :eek: could become a supercar if it were to be hit by a lighting bolt. All that added on electrical power!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I like how it was noted that the Prius involved was "not thought to have been part of the supercar pack."------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wonder if it was another case of tortoise and the hare. The tortoise blocking or unaware of it's surroundings.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937-44 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The Prius might have been in the way, but the other cars were going 50mph over the speed limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Steve, thanks for pointing that out about the Prius - I somehow missed that this morning. Laughed my *** off, made my afternoon... They pinpointed fault to one guy, I doubt his membership will be renewed in the Ferrari club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The Prius might have been in the way, but the other cars were going 50mph over the speed limit.You'll be happy to know that the Prius was "relatively unharmed".Eight Ferraris wrecked in million-dollar pileup - Yahoo! Autos (includes ABC Morning Show video) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest my3buicks Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I doubt his membership will be renewed in the Ferrari club... LOL What Ferrari Club ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 LOL What Ferrari Club ? Didn't Ferrari run the Blue Parrot, a competitor to Rick's Cafe Americain? Maybe that is the club. I liked the CNET headline for its coverage: It apparently took eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini, and two Mercedes-Benzes to bring down one Prius on a Japanese freeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The Prius might have been in the way, but the other cars were going 50mph over the speed limit.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- True but when a slow driver thinks he is the police things only get worse.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- True but when a slow driver thinks he is the police things only get worse.D.I didn't see anything in the articles I read that suggested that the Prius drive was doing anything unusual much less "self policing" the road.I don't know about you, but a driver coming up behind me doing 50MPH over the limit would probably catch me by surprise as it is not something I'd expect any sane driver to be doing. Especially if, as one news report had it, the roadway was slick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937-44 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Ply33, I agree whole heartily. The Prius driver was probably doing the speed limit. I like what the executive officer had to say "The accident occured at around 10:16 am on the rain-soaked Chugoku Expressway, at the western tip of Honshu island in the Yamaguchi Prefecture.'A Gathering of Narcissists.'According to Mitsuyoshi Isejima, executive officer of the region's Traffic Police Unit, the crash was sparked by the driver of one of the red Ferraris, who swerved into the right lane and skidded, plowing into the median barrier and spinning across the freeway. Cars collided while trying to avoid hitting his car. The drivers are all believed to be foreign car enthusiasts who regularly drive together." Rain soaked road, not familiar with the road, and doing over 50 mph over the limit. Sounds more to me like showoffs that couldn't handle the cars for the conditions, then the fault of someone else like the Prius driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I'm certain the Prius was keeping up with the pack and that's what distracted the Ferrari driver who first deviated from the roadway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 If the Prius driver was keeping up to the pack. All I can say is "Beep Beep" Sounds like a Nash I once heard about!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 If the Prius driver was keeping up to the pack. All I can say is "Beep Beep" Sounds like a Nash I once heard about!!!!Now If they were all driving Metropolitans, that wouldn't have happened...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) Analysis: How the 'World's Most Expensive Car Crash' happenedPlease note that the initial collision was the result of driver error on the part of a 60 year old driver. These weren't irresponsible rich kids at least! (as is so often the case) Edited December 6, 2011 by Dave@Moon added last line (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Now If they were all driving Metropolitans, that wouldn't have happened......Or Model Ts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 "It is likely they were trying to get around the Prius as seen in the photos" - it has often been said that at the front of every Italian traffic jam is a clapped out Fiat Toppolino, overheated. I think the new saying is "At the front of every exotic car pileup in Japan is... a Toyota Prius" :DSorry Dave, couldn't resist that one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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