Seen many videos of fast cars (mustangs especially lol) accelerating in a straight line and then losing control and going into the curb/crowd. What would cause it to do that when the wheels are just pointed straight ahead?
How does one prevent or control this?
In: Engineering
It’s not the car that lost control, its the driver. In virtually every case the car likely had it’s driver aids turned off. When you accelerate really hard in a car with alot of power it will break traction and spin it’s wheels. With all driver aids off, it is up to the driver to manage throttle and steering to keep the car going in the direction it needs to go. As the wheels spin they will grab and lose traction unequally and at unpredictable times, the driver needs to be able to quickly countersteer the car to keep it in line. Many(most) people do not have the skills needed to keep a very powerful car under control without driver aids. End result, they lose control and hit something.
tl;dr: People are dumb and turn off the things in their car that stop their dumb actions from having real world consequences, then do dumb things in their car and encounter real world consequences.
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