Gumball Lamborghinis cause camper to jack knife in Interstate 5

[nsany(atl)]

From yesterday's LA news report

Gumball 2008: Excursion spins out & crashes on I-5

Gumball Lamborghinis cause camper to jack knife in Interstate 5
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wMkK_DVzjo



5 South Past S El Camino Real Traffic Collision - Ambulance Responding 1:13 PM
Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: Page 993, Grid 6A
Blocking South 5 Just North of Calafia, Blocking Right of Lane of On Ramp 1:14 PM
Overturned Trailor 1:14 PM
2 Vehicles Invld 1:14 PM
Per Dupe Caller 3 Vehicles Involved, No Injury S 1:14 PM
Message/Item Delivered Sta 91 1:15 PM
Sev Lamborghis Caused this Traffic Collision 1:17 PM
Please Have Sta 18 Close Ecr On Ramp to South 5 1:24 PM
Message/Item Delivered San Clemente With Med and Reg 1:27 PM
Sta 18 Copys Closure at Ecr On Ramp to South 5 1:27 PM
Request Traffic Advise, for 45 Mins-1 Hr 1:28 PM
Message/Item Delivered Control Cpys Traffic Advise Ecr On Ramp to South 5 for 1 Hr 1:31 PM
CHP Unit on Scene 1:35 PM
Partially Blocking #4 Lane 1:46 PM
CHP Unit on Scene 1:49 PM
CHP Unit on Scene

[speedminded]

How did they cause this accident again? I'm willing to bet just about anything the Excursion sped up, even if it's just 10 mph, and the the lack of a sway control kit and/or manual electric brake control on the trailer allowed it to fish tail and lose control.

Saying neighboring cars caused an accident is like putting the blame on a hot chick walking down the sidewalk because you rearended the car in front of you.

[hydro]

This sounds like a weak attempt at stiffening the penalties for Gumballers.

[AnthonyF]

I didnt see anyone near him. He moved to the left to get out of the way. He prob got a little out of control and instead of punching the gas, he hit the brakes.

-Ant.

[Gutling]

Lol there is not a car around that excursion, driving ftl

[jamied311]

The best comment...
"If you cant drive and pay attention to the road, no matter what type of cars are driving around, you shouldn't be driving. You especially shouldn't be driving an excursion with a camper."

[4dmin]

lol funny vid

[EJ25RUN]

his own fault.

[WhiteAccord]

Yeah guy was an idiot.. There were no cars around him.

[willum14pb]

****ing worthless driver.

[matthewAPM]

WTF?! the lambo was like 2 lanes over! haha

[The Youngn]

Its called Snaking and what the guy was supposed to do to correct it is slowly brake until the camper settles down. Learned that from Top Gear when the guys went on that camping "holiday"

[IndianStig]

LOL AT ******S BLAMING THE PPL WITH NICE CARS.

[sleepys4]

LOL very funny vid. Good find, ****ty driver ftl.

[SLOWR/T]

Its the guys fault. If you watch he jerks it hard to the right for no reason.

[speedminded]

Its called Snaking and what the guy was supposed to do to correct it is slowly brake until the camper settles down. Learned that from Top Gear when the guys went on that camping "holiday"You can't brake out of that unless you are braking with the trailer only. You have to floor it to get it to straighten up, just like a FWD if the rear end is loose, then easily let off the gas while the other foot is gently on the brakes...that is if the trailer has brakes. Ideally you want to be able to control the brake bias on the trailer and use it to slow down the vehicle down then there is no way for it to "snake" as you say. :goodjob:

[Nittanys1]

i don't see where anyone but the driver of the SUV caused the accident...

[Cool Cat Racing]

I've had several trailers start to sway like that on me. I normally tow a 42" trailer with 3 cars on it but I've got a separate trailer controller. When it starts to sway I just hit the manual button and the trailer falls right back in line. If you're towing something that heavy and don't have separate controls you're just asking for stuff like this. Its clearly his fault as he swerved on his own while the other cars were maintaining their lane. Some people just have no business towing anything, just because you have the vehicle doesn't mean you should.

[OnURleft]

dumbass driver. Lambo did nothing

[tdurr]

wuts really funny is the fact that after he started swaying everyone in the race ****ing guns it just so they wont be behind him when he spun out lol

[alpine_aw11]

Definitely his fault. Probably some dumb old man who flipped his **** when he saw cars flying by him multiple lanes away.