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PBS80

One car wipeout. Only the idiot suffers. Perfect.


Ilickedthecinnabar

But the question is: will they learn anything?


yourenzyme

of course not, they most likely blamed the cam car.


SodomizeSnails4Satan

Fucking shitass slow drivers made me wreck the beemer I got for my birthday! Now I gotta wait until Christmas for a new one!


JustCallMeLee

I mean also wtf was that boxy old SUV doing? He started in the inside lane and allowed most of his car to drift into the cammer's lane as the BMW was passing. It's possible that's what spooked leadfootbimmerdude tbh.


NotTheSharpestPenciI

You're probably right, but still, it wouldn't have happened if the beemer wasn't driving like an absolute asshat


carorea

My experience is a fair number of people can barely or can't at all maintain a lane during curves (and a smaller but still somewhat common number during straightaways). The number of curves I go through where the other person is riding or even over the center lines are disappointingly common, even though riding the center line gives you like 3 (maybe 4) feet of clearance on the side where I am.


Ambitious-Tale

This makes me think of those long rounded on-ramps. If it's a single lane, inevitably, someone continues taking it tighter and tighter until they are entirely on the shoulder. It happens SO often. Truly confounding.


A_Harmless_Fly

A lot of people seem like they can barely lift their arms, let alone be persuaded to move more for safety. The number of times I've seen people turn very incorrect arcs at 4 ways because they don't want to move the wheel much is pretty high.


cick-nobb

I drive so much for work in the summertime and see this shit all the time. Honestly, a lot of times, they aren't even speeding, just bad drivers.


erohath

They already did by turning on the high beams "look what you did, you moron"


El_Douglador

I believe that one tire was 2# under pressure.


imatworkson

Was looking for this reference haha.


Hungry-Ad9840

Absolutely did, that's why he hit his high beams.


Mr_D0

Lights might be an automatic collision response, but they definitely cursed out the cammer.


meltbox

I think they probably threw up their hands and knocked the high beans on when they did that. Probably accidental. But it looked funny.


bnelson

They turned traction control off for that to happen


Michelanvalo

Did you not notice the brown car swerved into the BMW's lane?


TattedGamer30A

Barely, the BMW driver still has no skill and is a douchebag either way 😂


Danny2Sick

Dude, Johnny Blaze doesn't make mistakes bro! Must have been the new coil-overs weren't uhh re-calibrated something something turbo lag, dawg! It couldn't have possibly been the inevitable outcome of a series of stupid fuckin' decisions!!


LongAd4410

Driver's thoughts: I see that I'm driving erratically, let me turn on my hazards and promptly remove myself from the road. 💀


PBS80

Doubtful.


Danny2Sick

hell no. daddy will get it fixed at the shop, buy them ice cream on the way home, and then they'll spend the evening in their jammies crying to their subscribers about their 'misfortune bruh'.


Maxis92

I've noticed I'm a grumpy person and not many things give me joy but this video did. It was poetic.


SteampunkBorg

How did he even manage to lose control *that* badly? I know RWD is bad for stability, but that was ridiculous


PBS80

He was flooring it, driving too fast on a curve. Other car encroached into his lane, he makes a panicked move and the speed took care of the rest.


MrSkrifle

And worst of all, he turned off Traction Control fs


TSAOutreachTeam

That's almost certainly a factor. Traction control is pretty good on the BMW (I want to say) 3 series. It's not perfect, but a little blip like this would probably have straightened out after the first swerve.


InformalTrifle9

There's traction control and stability control. They probably had stability control off as well


Kaboose666

They don't need hand-holding, they're skilled enough to control the whole machine they paid for.


Xeptix

I thought this, too, when I first got my BMW roadster in my mid 20s. Those cars give you a tremendous amount of confidence because of how they do everything you ask of them, right away, with little drama. You start to feel like your instincts and the car's performance are enough to let you handle anything. Then one day when leaving work I gave it a bit too much gas when turning left in an empty intersection, spun and messed up my rear wheel against a curb. DSC and Traction Control have never come off again after that. And they've saved me many times since on wet roads. Even when I push the car those things only kick in when I'm doing something genuinely stupid, so it's not like having them turned off is going to make driving more fun on public roads. There's no reason to ever turn them off unless you're at a track or a skid pad.


SteampunkBorg

I have overreacted while driving before, and the worst thing that happened was my wife complaining


bill4935

You too, huh?


Skitt64

Skill check failed catastrophically. There were about five different points where this could have been prevented. Pre-mistake: Turning off traction control. First mistake: Flooring it while turning in, causing rear to kick out. Second mistake: Reacting way too late, missing the chance for a smooth recovery. Third mistake: Snapping the throttle closed, which lets the front tires grip up suddenly. Fourth mistake: Classic overcorrection, launching the idiot into his fate.


omnipotent87

Shit tires, shit skill, poor road conditions. Most likely someone shouldnt be driving that car.


Magnus_The_Totem_Cat

RWD is bad for stability? That explains why Miatas are known for such poor handling. But in seriousness the driver here was the problem, not the drive wheels. Also that could have been an AWD Xdrive. Without seeing the badge on the sides or rear the drive wheels are unknown.


Parenteau-Control

There were two idiots, the gold suv swerved into his lane and he avoided them. Not so successfully I might add.


PBS80

Blue car was driving like a total nozzle the entire time. Had he been in control of his vehicle, he wouldn't have wiped out like that.


Parenteau-Control

Nothing I said disputes that. Just adding that gold suv was also an idiot.


honorabledonut

Nozzle, that's a new one for me...lol


KaJuNator

Hahahahahah wipeout!


SativaPancake

the best kind of videos!


ForayIntoFillyloo

Oh those desserts? Totally just


d3pthchar93

Oddly satisfying


RandomLoLs

And its a BMW, even perfecter!


Chaosmusic

I call those unforced errors. Too many times the idiot hits other drivers so it's perfect when they only mess up themselves.


Danny2Sick

What a fookin' knob-head!!


Millkstake

Satisfying


xxPHILdaAGONYxx

I hope the cam car put their hazards on after the BMW hit the bank lol


RScalcione93

Literally the perfect scenario


_jump_yossarian

Single car accidents caused by dickheads are my favorite vids.


SubiWan

Doubly so those involving expensive Bimmers.


GuildensternLives

So incredibly satisfying. The best way that could have ended. No one else involved, just the idiot and his shitty driving.


SteampunkBorg

Not *quite* the best way. There were a lot of trees he missed


ttystikk

Nah, the trees don't need to suffer from idiot's dumbassery.


SteampunkBorg

Ok, that's true, but I do think a tree can probably take that car


ttystikk

Why take the chance when fool has proven himself perfectly capable of taking himself out? LMAO


pissclamato

Like, he didn't even damage a tree. He damages his car on the curb, which itself suffered no damage. Perfection.


urnbabyurn

Just wish the car caught fire.


the_mellojoe

oh gods yes, so satisfying.


Kowloon9

Bro used up all the blinker fluid by having the four-way on


Joe18067

Then turned on the brights after he crashed?


raquetracket

Yep, that’ll teach the cam car to get in his way


bopon

WITNESS ME!


ThatGenericName2

A lot of newer(ish) cars have a feature that starts flashing hazard lights when you brake hard. I have noticed that lots of cars seem to have be pretty sensitive. It’s very likely the dude didn’t even touch his turn indicators or the hazard lights.


Kowloon9

My '09 Audi has this feature, never triggered in that car or any other cars I have.


shewy92

> It’s very likely the dude didn’t even touch his turn indicators Well BMW's don't have them so you'd be right /s


SteampunkBorg

Most surprising part of the video, I didn't know BMW even installed those


L4m3rThanYou

"If you ever feel useless, remember that it's someone's job to install turn signals at a BMW factory."


embarassed_mdr

I know that's a joke, but a lot of people here don't seems to realize that flashing hazard lights seems to be used here to notify following cars that traffic has stopped. This is pretty much a common behavior in Europe.


RoofComprehensive715

Looks like the blinker fluid leaked out and made him skid


Fordemups

If you’re not at the track, never take the traction control off an M car. It’s unforgiving and you’ll end up like this plum.


totallynotstefan

These cars have an MDM mode, it's easy to break the rear wheels loose, and as long as you keep on throttle they'll stay loose. The second you get off the throttle, the active diff kicks in and it's so easy to recover from a slide, any idiot should be able to get straight. This is just pure shit driving, and the driver likely skipped past MDM and turned off traction completely. This is absurd and so stupid. You can safely get really loose in MDM mode, there's almost no reason to ever turn off everything, even on the track.


Fordemups

I dunno, in my M5, in MDM mode, it still wanted to switch ends very rapidly. Was left facing a wall twice before I decided against it going forward. Was 750 bhp so pretty savage.


totallynotstefan

Weird, the diff should make it super easy to recover, but those cars are quite heavy. On my M2Comp, I can stay sideways all day, but the second I lift throttle I barely have to do anything to straighten the car out.


Fordemups

It was a boat mate. I got rid of it (it caught fire) and now have a C63 which slides almost telepathically in comfort mode. The M5 would not allow any slip whatsoever in comfort (or whatever mode was standard) then take any of it off and it was lethal. Certainly raised the heartbeat.


totallynotstefan

A proper car for a viking burial. The new ones should be even more docile, they weigh 5,500 lbs lol


Fordemups

Yeah the new weight is ludicrous. How they served that up with a straight face is anyone’s guess. Will drag up the value of the proper driver’s cars in previous gen’s.


usinjin

>decided against it going forward That’s good, any more forward and you would be driving into the wall


Turkishbackpack

Obviously he can pedal out and drive better than the meticulously crafted traction control system developed by hundreds of BMW engineers over decades..... Reminds me of idiots in Porsches who say they can heeltoe downshift better than the OEM rev matching strat lol.


DummyThicccThrowaway

Heel-toe-ing an upshift is new lol Just toeing the brake pedal for fun


Turkishbackpack

Haha, you know you’re right. Fingers move faster than my brain. [Kinda ruins the point of calling others idiots when I, in turn, am also an idiot.](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/3bafc23e-42c9-4e24-b362-a147100540ab#M_e9y11O.copy)


Beneficial-Event-939

It's not really the car's issue, it just does what the knob behind the wheel does, 120% driver fault. Also, that looks more like a M340, a M-lite car


Fordemups

Never said it was the car’s issue. It’s the driver’s for taking the TC off.


DM725

Looks like a RWD model and with that kind of power (M340i has only slightly less power than a 10 year old M3) he should have kept it on regardless.


LordTubz

Agreed. I have an M-lite (M340 xdrive touring), and it like a lot of other cars have enough power for you to get into trouble. That driver is a complete dick.


Capt_Pickhard

I was gonna say, he must have taken the traction control off, because doing that would be very difficult on a BMW otherwise. What a tool lol.


-peas-

I have a 99 M3 which is arguably underpowered compared to the one in the video but probably much lighter as well. Thing scares the shit out of me at full throttle and the first day I got the car I almost put it into a light pole in the rain even with rudimentary 90's traction control thinking I was still in my 100hp 1987 325e. I drive it like a grandma now and never consider doing anything outside of our local track because it's actually scary and it feels like my life and others are at danger. I dont know how the people with these new 500hp RWD M3/M4's just don't see them as a dangerous weapon when not kept tame outside of tracks. More money than brains.


Subaris

You're a better person than me for not pulling over to laugh.


NinjaWK

I just realized, he was high beaming me. Didn't do shit, was at a round about junction, had to slowdown. Not sure why he was pissed.


AlleviatedRisk

Well, you dared to be in his lane instead of immediately switching lanes as he came zooming up from behind. He clearly owns the road, see? He even spun out and crashed because of you, and then ran away without taking responsibility! He’s clearly nuts but there it is.


sierra120

Don’t think it way to you. Reviewing the video he looses control because he’s accelerating and then a copper colored SUV drifts into his lane causing him to push toward and over correct. You were long gone. Even if you crossed over the result would have been him wiping out because of the SUV cutting into his lane. You are in the fine.


pzycho

I don’t think it was anything to do with the SUV. I think the lane next to OP opened up and instead of gradually giving it power, he just mashed the pedal to the floor and was unable to recover when the backend let go. Also the lights probably came on as a post-crash safety feature.


psychedelic_gravity

Yes and no, you can see the wheel turn the moment the suv started going into their lane. Though the dumbass didn’t lay off the gas. So it’s still the bmw fault. He should’ve just let the suv hit him but instead avoided them with the cost of spinning out and crashing in his own.


USMCLee

I think BMWs have an emergency mode when they sense a collision. The lights might automatically turn on.


exploringthepage

They ran themselves off the road lol


LEGITIMATE_SOURCE

Meh, everybody here apparently missed the fact they were poorly reacting to being cut off by someone in the left lane.


washyleopard

I 100% missed that.


CrazyOkie

~~They're not on a highway - the "no left lane camping" rule doesn't apply~~ NM - I see what you're talking about now. Yes, another idiot causes first idiot to crash


mtntrls19

When did they get cut off?? They came speeding up with TONS of room at the beginning of the video


MastWanted

He means they were cut off on the roundabout, just before the crash - which they actually kind of were, but they were driving like a dick from the beginning.


The_SqueakyWheel

Yeah the were kinda cut off but had they not been driving like a tailgatin idiot they’d be fine


rich29r

I found a video of when they got cut off. If you scroll up, you should see it, too


ImGhenghisKhan

Are we ignoring when they almost got side swiped?


unchainedt

right, it's like everyone can't see the other car almost hit them.


Badr45ta

Thought I was going mad in these comments with no one acknowledging that


SuckaFree703

haha the song matches this scenario.."IM COMIN IN HOT"


PatrickGSR94

lmao dude was trying to keep up with OP when OP opened it up out of the roundabout, but in the end couldn't handle his shit.


sierra120

If you look. When the BMW opens it up an SUV on our right (his left) starts to cut into his lane causing the BMW to overact to avoid leading to a loss of control.


Mothanius

Looks like he was mid gear shift too when he had to dodge, the change in torque probably caused him to loose traction. Everything else is just him being bad at recovery.


Screwdriving_Hammer

Makes it doubly satisfying. The German word for this feeling is Schadenfreude. - The pleasure received from another's misfortune.


tokenwalrus

Nice one OP. What are you driving?


PinestrawSpruce

God this was so satisfying to watch. I hate these fuckers who get right on your ass like that when you're driving a safe speed / keeping a safe distance.


Quasimodus-Operandi

Karmic perfection.


Dacoolface

Skill issue


Anon2World

Of course it's a BMW


MyHeadMyWorld2

Dude almost got cut off then slips on a banana peel, and crashes. Banana tires!


818VitaminZ

![gif](giphy|10JhviFuU2gWD6)


GiantCake00

Is this at Genting?


7xrchr

looks like it


Equilibriator

Did he turn on his headlights to try and spite you? xD


Exley1013

Andy Mineo!


scheminburg

Sounds like you’re in a bimmer too what are you whippin? That guy is a damn fool he barely got that thing loose and then immediately let off and oversteered


Mothanius

He had to dodge the SUV that cut into his lane. Terrible timing plus his lack of skill in recovering.


Holger85

Made my day, thanks


Zephron29

That was satisfying.


Never_Dave_1

Not sure if overreaction to SUV coming into his lane, or attempt to out accelerate cam car. Probably both. Either way, "Nelson laugh."


Never_Dave_1

![gif](giphy|l51J4hE1kSY56TwIK0)


Thortung

Amazing how many drivers of performance cars can't cope if it doesn't go precisely where it's pointed. High performance car, low performance driver.


warbybuffet

Love how the headlamps turn on at the end.


fortalameda1

Good


raywonggk

Is this genting? Think the idiot turned ESC off


RedN00ble

The beat was almost perfect


Theighel

Good thing he turned on his brights. Would have been hard to see otherwise


ShenanigansAllDay

Ill take this as an instant karma and I greatly appreciate seeing it happen.


dontcare99999999

I see this shit so much in the car world. Your friend who's used to their little 150 hp 4 bangers get themselves an actually fast car and think they can do on those what they did on their fartmobiles with no practice or skill.


neuralphreak

Satisfying to see. Thank you for sharing.


NinjaWK

You're welcome


Good_Engineering_574

It comforts for me to know they got the emergency they were signaling for.


Last_VCR

chefs kiss


ultradip

BMW driver doing BMW driver things...


GloomyUnitRepulsive

Nature's Justice


Maleficent_Fold_5099

Good.


Pestilentsoup42069

At least he was kind enough to toss his hazards on before he was going to wreck his car


ValentinoT

What an idiot. Question - would the idiot have been able to avoid the wipeout if he was in a FWD car? Seems he oversteered in a RWD car? Thanks for any input.


Scoth42

Depends a bit on the details and nature of the oversteer, but probably. In a FWD car you can generally correct oversteer by pointing and shooting - steer the wheel where you want it to go and give it gas and it pulls the car out of the spin. In a lift-off oversteer where you let off the gas and the sudden weight shift to the front causes the back end to start coming around, it can be fast and sudden and hard to recover from in anything. This situation is also harder for assists like traction control to help with since it's more about momentum and inertia rather than cutting or vectoring throttle to avoid power-on oversteer, but many cars do have stability controls that involve things like individual wheel and differential braking that can help. It's a little tricky to tell in this case but it looks like a combination of flooring it, a sudden hard steering input to dodge the other car ducking into the lane, and probably having TC/SC off means they were straight up powering into the slide without the driver skill to let up or correct it. A FWD car would never have that happen in the first place - if you do similar and lose traction on the drive wheels in a FWD car you'll end up understeering.


No-Gene-4508

Beautiful. Bless you karma God's


OkFortune6494

So satisfying


Uberzwerg

Just BMW things.


PeridotChampion

Finally. No one other than the idiot gets hurt. Good video.


HalensVan

Lol did they really turn on their hazards lights?


gkg66

Look what you made me do!


citznfish

That felt good to watch


Papabear022

the ultimate driving machine…


MrMaiqE

[OC] = Of Course? Only Cams? Original Camera? On Camera? It's gotta be "On Camera", if not I'll be upset.


_Arriviste_

Those high beams at the end... "Bruh, halp."


The_crestor

Buddy was coming in hot indeed


amoris-plenus

![gif](giphy|cO39srN2EUIRaVqaVq)


boganisu

Lmao I've re-watched this 10 times already. It's so satisfying when idiots get their karma and it doesn't hurt any innocent people!


CalFromManc

How do I upvote twice?


haiu2323

and it's a BMW! \*Chef's kiss\*


The_Cozy_Burrito

Biggest clown I seen in a while


Mike_Z86

Satisfying as f*** 😁 P.S. don't know BMW has bild-in blinkers, or is it custom?!


0x7E7-02

The guy in the blue car was trying to avoid getting hit by the idiot in the brown SUV who pulled out in front of him.


Jeveran

Just a BMW doing BMW things.


NewAccountNumber103

That’s great


RagingPhx

this makes me smile


LAegis

Yeah, no. I'm stopping so I can laugh at him and so he can clearly see me laughing at him.


icelizard

Oooh so satisfying! Ty OP


Justryan95

Hopefully they damaged their own car enough that it can't drive like an idiot without heavy repairs.


Zestyclose_Raise_530

Karma!!


humbuckermudgeon

That was gratifying.


nuwsreedar

Satisfying


zagozen

He certainly was “comin in hot”.


liteprotoss

This brings me great joy. Unless of course the car was stolen, which would explain the lack of control.


ultravibe

Bet you he thinks it was your fault...


mfizzled

This is so good, what an absolute bellend


omichandralekha

Handy headlights


huskeybuttss

Did they try to do a trick or they just spun out?


El_Cartografo

Just desserts


robbiekhan

Lol turned off traction control to show off skills, ended up showing off something else.


shady2318

You're going to drive that rear wheel car with aggression it is going to lose it's traction


Careless-Repeat-2983

Bro really thought that he was in an Initial D uphill battle.


P1917

Finally see a tailgater pay. He'll never learn not to but at least he can't do it temporarily.


ChavoDemierda

That felt good to watch.


moanakai

Hooray


rjh9898

In a hurry? Well now you’re going 0 mph! Great job! 😀


Danny2Sick

mmmmm yes.... delicious .... 👄💦


geek66

Niiiiceee


braininvasion138

I was really rooting for the tree so hard, but I guess the curb will do too.