1,300HP Mercury Comet BRAKE FAILURE CRASH
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Damn that sucks. Bet he’ll install an e-brake if he rebuilds it
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****ing driver said he was riding the brake the whole time.
Because he's an idiot.
"It idles so high, I have to ride the brake to go slow"....
Bro, adjust your ****ing throttle cable. You're driving a death machine, and you don't know how to drive.
A full harness, e-brake and attention to heated brakes are likely high on his re-build list. He was very fortunate it wasn't much worse. Also very fortunate for the opponents of the van he slammed into at 45mph.
Why didn’t he cut the damn ignition off, he didn’t even slow from what I could tell with his foot off the pedal…just kept chugging.
These 2 are world class idiots.
-Throttle sticking
-“Just turned rotors”
-Riding brakes to overpower the engine
-Heavy traffic
Never mentioned the people in the minivan, could have been children in that van. Driver deserves curb stomping and a Mach E
-Throttle sticking
-“Just turned rotors”
-Riding brakes to overpower the engine
-Heavy traffic
Never mentioned the people in the minivan, could have been children in that van. Driver deserves curb stomping and a Mach E
Didn’t someone else post this somewhere? I know I replied to it.
I guess those lap belts didn’t help any 
I posted it in my build thread Brad.....
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Thanks Glenn. I knew I saw it somewhere.
They were effed either way.
You don't wear a harness attached to a rollbar that doesn't flex unless you're wearing a helmet attached to a Hans Device. Otherwise, the only part of your body that moves forward is your head. That's a recipe for a broken or separated neck.
What street-driven cars need is a proper three-point belt.
I'm honestly more surprised an automotive YTer hasn't had a more deadly wreck. Everyone is building 1,000 rwhp cars and doing street pulls, or buying exotics and doing pulls "in mexico." Just takes one loss of traction, sideways, into oncoming traffic and game over.
Based on the number of wrecked mustangs showing up at the mustang engine resellers, it takes a lot less than 1,000 HP for no talent to manifest itself.
That was a brutal watch. The slow mo into the dash and thinking of kids in the minivan.
Could’ve two wheeled it between those cars! And yes cut the ignition man.
Was a gorgeous car tho.
-J
Could’ve two wheeled it between those cars! And yes cut the ignition man.
Was a gorgeous car tho.
-J
That didn't so much have to do with it having 1300hp, or even the hardware selection. That was operator error, pure and simple. If you can smell brakes, you should not be on the road, much less blipping the throttle with a stop light coming up. You pull over, and rectify the issue.
You can have a throttle hang all you want, and even with small brakes and a huge engine. You throw it into neutral (keeping the ignition on to keep steering and brakes) and come to a normal stop, even if the engine is screaming.
One thing that was odd was that with an engine that big, he had a tight enough converter to require him to ride the brakes. Usually if you're making any use of that power you need a bit of throttle to get and keep it moving with a higher stall. But then again this guy has a 632 and a 14-71 on a car with wheelie bars and no desire to take it to the track.
For all the talk of harnesses though, he might be thankful he just bashed his face on the dash. A tight five point would put him at much higher risk for internal decapitation without some sort of head restraint, similar to what Earnhardt had happen.
Lots of speculations here, but I think the biggest take away here is if something is wrong, pull over and fix it.
You can have a throttle hang all you want, and even with small brakes and a huge engine. You throw it into neutral (keeping the ignition on to keep steering and brakes) and come to a normal stop, even if the engine is screaming.
One thing that was odd was that with an engine that big, he had a tight enough converter to require him to ride the brakes. Usually if you're making any use of that power you need a bit of throttle to get and keep it moving with a higher stall. But then again this guy has a 632 and a 14-71 on a car with wheelie bars and no desire to take it to the track.
For all the talk of harnesses though, he might be thankful he just bashed his face on the dash. A tight five point would put him at much higher risk for internal decapitation without some sort of head restraint, similar to what Earnhardt had happen.
Lots of speculations here, but I think the biggest take away here is if something is wrong, pull over and fix it.
The driver Russ stover posted this comment on YouTube
I had a b&m ratchet shifter in my old Camaro and I could downshift anytime I needed to do so. The driver is a fool who shouldn’t be driving cars like that. He knew he was having a throttle concern and kept driving while riding the brakes. He is lucky he didn’t kill anyone.
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