lolachampcar
Well-Known Member
The real reference point for me is delivering liter class sport bikes to 16 year olds. There have been a few laws put in place sporadically to deal with this issue. The 100 hp European limit (if it still exists) comes to mind but here in the US it's still kinda of a free for all.Exactly what I think. I raced F2000 cars and was a BMWCCA instructor for a few years, stopping a 5000lbs car going 160+mph is no small task. The brakes get a beating. It's not clear from the video what happened. Maybe he just thought that breaking from 160 would be quicker or maybe something really nasty happened, we can't tell.
I was talking to another friend (who is ordering a LR) of the possibility that a few inexperienced guys could screw it for everyone. It takes only one dude wanting to show off and kill a family of four to bring light to the masses that a family car, that can accelerate as hard as a Formula1, are now easily available and mixing it up on the street with regular schmoes in minivans. Will the government eventually put a limit to car performances?
On the other hand, the braking system for a car that can do 0-120mph in ~6sec should be the best possible. Tesla it seems, could have put more aggressive/robust brakes on the Plaid.
The US is amazing in the way that our approach gives us plenty of rope to kill ourselves and prove Darwin really was right.