Nov 14, 2007 11:01:36 AM
- Porsche-Jeck
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Fatal accident with AUDI R8
http://www.oberberg-aktuell.de/show-article.php?iRubrikID=1&iArticleID=69083
Sounds like the typical deadly mix: testdrive with a high powered sportscar, strong rain, tricky corner, too much speed + no seatbelt
What happened: long right bend on a (Autobahn-like designed) road - driver doesn't manage the turn, hence bumps into the armco at the left side (separating the lane from the oncoming traffic), car bounces to the opposite, "shaves" a roadsign some 150m after the first impact, bumps sideways into a crash-wall and comes to a halt on top of the armco.
Police assumed that the side impact killed the driver. They also are quite sure that the driver didn't use the safety belt
AUDI is about to examine the wreck (I guess for R&D purposes).
Sounds like the old story: driving a potent sportscar makes some people believe that improved driving skills are part of the package and that the limits of driving physics can be expanded with such a fine car