Eli5 why drivers lose control and crash powerful cars, often rentals, so often.

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Eli5 why drivers lose control and crash powerful cars, often rentals, so often.

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Cars depend on traction between the tires and road for control. Unskilled divers don’t usually consider this fact. The Honda Accord they normally drive cannot produce enough power to easily spin its wheels. So when the unskilled driver tries to accelerate a powerful car too quickly and spins the wheels (which in powerful cars usually means the rear wheels) they are caught completely off-guard by the sudden handling changes which occur the moment the drive wheels lose traction.

Inevitably they over-correct, let off the gas too quickly, and crash.