Who knows what was on their "mind"?Were they trying to turn into that gate or upcoming street? That was really odd.
The key word is in the title.... "fail"They almost did it. Why are they continue going in reverse?
I tried that kind of stunts,but only on snow,not even once on the dry or wet (fl from rain) road,and not on public ones.i want to see them try the reversing to 180 turn driving forward, dunno whats it is called in english that evasive driving maneuver, in among my "crew" we just called it the James Bond turn.
Saw i guy totally destroy the gearbox in a stolen BMW 323 trying to do it.
I have only done it on snow witch was pretty cool not least since i was driving a brand new car to and from the ferry as my colleagues drove other cars off the ferry.
The officers was not impressed wit it i was told afterwards, but i just replied " did it ever look as if i was out of control and in danger of hitting something" and they had to agree that no i pretty much nailed it every time.
We call it a "J Turn", not sure why but probably not after James!i want to see them try the reversing to 180 turn driving forward, dunno whats it is called in english that evasive driving maneuver, in among my "crew" we just called it the James Bond turn.
Might depend on the gearbox, if like mine it doesn't have proper synchromesh on 1st then going from reverse to 1st while moving would not be good, especially if you were going a bit fast for 1st. Using 2nd would probably be fine, and the right gear for the speed, but I suspect most people who don't know what they are doing would use 1st.On the dry i think you need some power and or some speed at least, on snow its possible to do it at a low speed and without too much load on the mechanics of the car.
It could also be "my friend" in the stolen BMW did it all wrong, but that poor car dident last long.
The car i was driving in was a brand new one not even hit the dealership yet, but no fierce teeth grinding or clunk sounds when i was driving, i recon the snow and maybe me being better at "dancing" on the pedals than my "friend" in the stolen BMW.
I think when done right that evasive maneuver in a car are not that hard on the drivetrain, not even on dry tarmac, the tires are probably the part that suffer the most as you do spin them.
Also i just got to think the car i did it in was FWD the BMW on the other hand are RWD, i am not sure if the procedure are the same for the 2 kind of cars, i learned it myself in my own car the 1.6 Opel Kaddet GT i drove back then, also a FWD car.
The ferry line when i started got 30.000 DKkr in damages on cars every month, we then started to do inspection on the cars before and after we handled them, and it turned out for a long time we paid for dents and what not the trucking company and other made, at least it dropped to near zero.
And those truckers, they would smoke tires on a car drivning in between 2 lines of other parked new cars, thats how careless they where, i cant say i ever saw any of us sailor guys do the same in the cars, though i was just on one of four or five crews manning the 3 ferry's.
Its make sense,in my country,mostly poor,and people are inventing and doing things other might not do,they manage to find solution for some problem real quick and fix something without too much right tools.Might depend on the gearbox, if like mine it doesn't have proper synchromesh on 1st then going from reverse to 1st while moving would not be good, especially if you were going a bit fast for 1st. Using 2nd would probably be fine, and the right gear for the speed, but I suspect most people who don't know what they are doing would use 1st.On the dry i think you need some power and or some speed at least, on snow its possible to do it at a low speed and without too much load on the mechanics of the car.
It could also be "my friend" in the stolen BMW did it all wrong, but that poor car dident last long.
The car i was driving in was a brand new one not even hit the dealership yet, but no fierce teeth grinding or clunk sounds when i was driving, i recon the snow and maybe me being better at "dancing" on the pedals than my "friend" in the stolen BMW.
I think when done right that evasive maneuver in a car are not that hard on the drivetrain, not even on dry tarmac, the tires are probably the part that suffer the most as you do spin them.
Also i just got to think the car i did it in was FWD the BMW on the other hand are RWD, i am not sure if the procedure are the same for the 2 kind of cars, i learned it myself in my own car the 1.6 Opel Kaddet GT i drove back then, also a FWD car.
The ferry line when i started got 30.000 DKkr in damages on cars every month, we then started to do inspection on the cars before and after we handled them, and it turned out for a long time we paid for dents and what not the trucking company and other made, at least it dropped to near zero.
And those truckers, they would smoke tires on a car drivning in between 2 lines of other parked new cars, thats how careless they where, i cant say i ever saw any of us sailor guys do the same in the cars, though i was just on one of four or five crews manning the 3 ferry's.
Probably not possible to do a J-turn with any of the latest cars now that electronic stability control is mandatory and electronic handbrakes are normal!Yes you will have to neutralize the gearbox when going from revers to 1 or 2 gear, i did so by use of the brakes having all 4 tires stopped for a split second as i changed gears as the car spin around, so no grinding switching the gear, and when you dump the clutch to go forward you are halfway there and the front wheels pull you around and in the other direction.
Come to think off it doing the same in a RWD car some things might have to change, but i have never really driven RWD cars other than my first car the volvo 121 Amzone.
Also found in my Opel on snow you can actually also use the handbrake to bring the sliding rear end back in control, really too bad i dident have a dashcam back then in the 90ties, i was doing the automotive ballet with that car on the harbor in Aarhus on my annual winter driving courses.
It's more difficult in a short wheelbase car, almost impossible in something like a Lotus Elise where the engine is in the middle so the engine's weight doesn't slow the spin.i embarassed myself in the miata trying to make a quick 180 on a wide road in houston... didn't see the sand in the road before i started my turn, and ended up doing a full 360 instead of just a 180. at least i didn't stall it, so i was able to get going again quickly, but yeah, that was not my proudest moment.