[Responsibility2nd]

I've always heard the Dodge Viper was very dangerous. Photo of a pile of Carrera at the link.

[NormsRevenge]

The Chevette, Yugo and Pinto fan clubs thank you for posting this.

[NormsRevenge]

Some say the brain is connected to the foot.

Some , well, no lessons will be learned from this.

Another horrific crash will occur,,

Man is better off on hoof and ski..

Than stomping on the tail of a supercharged auto.

[diverteach]

They only made Plymouth Superbirds for one year for that same reason.

[Arlis]

Same is true of a McLaren......

While I drive an almost new Porsche, it’s one of the most forgiving one’s they make. Not as fast as the GT but plenty fast - and a lot more fun to drive........ and just the opposite on the dangerous scale from the GT.

[Cowboy Bob]

When did they start calling “fishtailing” “drifting?”

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The fact that the car burst into flames is bizarre. That usually only happens in the movies.

[BBB333]

The old standard applies:

‘Just because a man drives a Ferrari, it does not make him a Ferrari driver.’

[ßuddaßudd]

. . and he liked to go fast: In a three-year period, he'd gotten five speeding tickets, Radar reports
Was he allowed to keep his license ?

[GBA]

"Along came a Spyder and picked up a rider
Took him down the road to eternity"

[Moltke]

It has a lot of traction until it has...no traction...mid-engined, so low polar moment of inertia...and a-spinning you go.

A 3000 pound car with 620+ hp and the above characteristics is not for everyone.

[Catphish]

So sad, but at least he and the guy driving killed themselves before they killed anyway else.

[Venturer]

This was no movie with stunt guys. This was an actor who got too close to his movies. How man other kids have been caught in the Fast and Furious mind set. How many dollars have been spent trying to turn Toyotas and Honda’s into race cars.

These movies have a result. The results got this man killed.

[IYAS9YAS]

•A curve may also be a factor: A source tells NBC News the car was only traveling around 45mph when it crashed,

I call BS. No way that kind of damage and fire comes from a 45 MPH crash.

[McGruff]

Drive like hell. You’ll get there faster.

[TexasCajun]

I guess since Paul Walker played an outlaw racer in movies, he thought he was one in real life?

[eclecticEel]

Wait, he died when he was only going 45? What a deathtrap, there’s no reason anyone should die at those speeds.

[1Old Pro]

All cars are dangerous when exceeding the speed limits by more than 100%

[RayChuang88]

The Porsche Carrera GT was one of the very last Porsche models that lacks the modern vehicle stability and traction controls designed to keep drivers from dangerous oversteer or understeer. Indeed, if you drive the current-model Porsche 911 GT3 or 911 Turbo, it’s very hard to get into a dangerous handling situation due to modern stability and tracition controls on the drivetrain.

[BenLurkin]

the road where the crash occurred is covered in reflective dots.

Quick! Sue the taxpayers who own the road!

[TruthWillWin]

James Dean died crashing his 1955 Porsche Speedster.