Mallard Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/12/dead-lamborghini-crash-disney-auto-attraction/25691401/ Even the_Buster didn't wreck doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted April 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 It was the instructor who was killed. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/12/us/florida-disney-driving-experience-death/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiOn19s Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 Generally in those situations the passenger is the instructor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 I'm curious about how this happened. There is some speculation that they were running the course clockwise and in that direction there was an open guardrail end that could easily collect a car where as if they were running the course counterclockwise even if they hit the guardrail they wouldn't have hit the end. Real bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 I did the Richard Petty Driving Experience (NASCAR) at Didney back in 2007. Small track, we obviously went counter-clockwise making a bunch of left turns which the track is designed for. Jalopnik's got an aerial view of the Lambo, and it looked like it slid the passenger's door into the edge of the guardrail at a 45* angle. :no: Very sad indeed. http://jalopnik.com/lambo-crash-at-disney-world-track-kills-passenger-1697421901 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahd-ler Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 http://www.gofundme.com/garyterrymemorial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 They were running the wrong direction: http://jalopnik.com/driver-going-wrong-way-around-disney-world-speedway-bef-1697619507 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robochan Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Google turned this up. "Tr@ck*$t@r" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKilbourne Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Stuff like this sucks. Maybe they should put cages in these cars, so that if they get an inexperienced driver losing it they stand a better chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Stuff like this sucks. Maybe they should put cages in these cars, so that if they get an inexperienced driver losing it they stand a better chance. I don't think a cage would have saved him sliding sideways into the pointy end of a barrier not meant for cars traveling that direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I don't think a cage would have saved him sliding sideways into the pointy end of a barrier not meant for cars traveling that direction. +1, this is why they design courses to run certain directions. There are courses that can run both directions but they do not have barriers that point an open end toward or parallel to a road surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I don't think a cage would have saved him sliding sideways into the pointy end of a barrier not meant for cars traveling that direction. Agreed. Looks to me like maybe he got confused and thought he was supposed to take the turn-off? Otherwise, I can't figure how you lose it like that on the straight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 There were GoPro's all over the car. They said the car started spinning and the instructor grabbed the wheel to try to correct, but it was too late. They spun 3 times before hitting the guardrail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I don't think a cage would have saved him sliding sideways into the pointy end of a barrier not meant for cars traveling that direction. how they could not have some type of water barrier or impact zone or something at the end of that rail is beyond me. http://elderlee.ehclients.com/images/landing/Impact_Attenuators.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Hindsight is 20/20, but it all goes back to: 1)track was designed and budgeted for a certain type of racing. 2)Inexperienced driver and the decision to go the wrong way on said track. If someone did a "Driving Experience" at Tuttle Mall and died from hitting an obstacle, everyone would wonder what could've been done differently. Still doesn't change that people took risks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 If someone did a "Driving Experience" at Tuttle Mall and died from hitting an obstacle, everyone would wonder what could've been done differently. Still doesn't change that people took risks. I see what you did there.....he he he Here is the thing that irks me - The track was obviously designed by someone who knew the basics of track design and safety and laid it out to run in only one direction. Judging from the comments I am seeing on this regarding people's personal experience it was run in the safe direction for a while and then someone decided to run one type of car in the safe direction and another type of car in the opposite direction. Clearly whomever made that decision was not familiar with safety or track design and may have been done (and this is just me speculating) to help increase the maintenance intervals of the surface. Disney is not a racing company, they are a theme park and they kind of fell down on the specialized safety concerns that go into managing any kind of racing surface. The only good news to come out of this is that work around the campfire is that the attraction is going to close for good and become a parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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