Thread: High speed chase and death.
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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Default Re: High speed chase and death.
Originally Posted by oledoc2u
Beep, that old vid is even shown at pursuit police training. His rearend stepped out because he was stepping on the brakes while turning...abs wasn't up to snuff in those old cars... the left rear quarter caught the duels, the impact opened the drivers door, threw him out and the car continued on...lucky sob... The car was stolen...
Of course. It's all about input.
People are on here saying "hell, my car can do 140 easy". Well, duh!
The question is, how much control do you have at 140? In a Crossfire? Not much.

I would argue that the aerodynamics and balance of the C4 exceeds that of a Crossfire and look what happened with small inputs of steering and brakes.
btw, the Bosch ABS standard on 86 and newer vettes is very good.

Not enough opinions? Here's another.
If you're going to try to outrun a modern police dept at those speeds, you'ld better be in a C6 or equivalent supercar. Even so, good luck with it. Rant completed.
 
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