Porsche test driver killed .....

[sawood12]

I fail to understand why it matters what the reason for the crash is. Assuming he was driving very fast on an Autobahn as long as he wasn't putting any body elses life in danger I see no problem in anything he was or might have been doing. Cars don't crash themselves, there is always a reason - tyre blow-out, loss of control, driver falling asleep, in any case the driver was a big boy, knew the risks, was experienced and skilled enough to be doing what he was doing. That to me is just one of those unfortunate things. Could happen to any of us on our daily commute into work any day.

 

[idwoodvale]

So with the information we seem to have thus far....

Man crashes car and is tragically killed. Car is a porsche. Driver was a test driver for porsche. No one actually knows the details so lengthy debate ensues. All a bit 'Porsche Club GB Daily Mirror Forum' if you ask me.

The guy crashed a car and died seems to be the only hard fact here. I'm sorry for him and whoever he left behind.

 

[TTM]

ORIGINAL: spic01
Most of the news reporters are saying that the vehicle was thought to be under some sort of endurance test, with the word Endurance in mind and the fact that it happened around 02.45hrs on a road with no speed limit,do you realy think speed wasnt a main factor in this accident no matter what the cause ......?

Even if it was the case, why would it matter?

 

[Hilux]

A second test driver for the luxury sports car company was following the man in a four-door prototype

Panamera?

 

[idwoodvale]

ORIGINAL: TTM

ORIGINAL: spic01
Most of the news reporters are saying that the vehicle was thought to be under some sort of endurance test, with the word Endurance in mind and the fact that it happened around 02.45hrs on a road with no speed limit,do you realy think speed wasnt a main factor in this accident no matter what the cause ......?

Even if it was the case, why would it matter?

I agree. Speed, driver error etc... common factors in many accidents. Why are some people bent on pushing the point that he might have been speeding. Would that really shock you? Would that make a difference? We seem to be debating the issue of whether this man or Porsche in some way brought this on him/themselves.

 

[333pg333]

There's a lot of time in court to come from this...

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9090213.013/porsche-test-driver-dies-testing-pre-production-911

 

[sawood12]

Well look at it this way, it does seem that Porsche do embark on a pretty extensive and exhaustive testing programme before their cars are brought to market. Comforting to know if you are looking to buy a brand new model that it has been extensively tested - and I don't mean a few glory laps of the Nordschleiff, but a programme of extensive testing in real world conditions where the cars are used and abused, probably way above and beyond the needs of the industry. I suspect that Porsche probably do far more testing of this naure with their products before they are brought to market than most permium sportscar manufacturers. Thankfully accidents of this nature and severity are rare.

 

[333pg333]

All the same, I don't think I'd be sleeping so well if I was involved with that design guard rail shown in the pics. Apparently questions have been asked of it before this.

 

[Gary C]

Saw the results of a similar accident on the M6 about 15 years ago. A lorry had hit the barrier and raised it, a car then went under and the barrier took the roof off the car killing the driver. Yet still people were driving at upto 70mph in thick fog.

Sad day for the family.

 

[stevespic]

May be i went about this whole post the wrong way ? May be i should have started the post with How much more performance do we want form the supercar manufacturers of today...... i thank them for there efforts to date but as far as peromance goes i would be more than happy with the veyron. These are cars not planes or space traveling vehicles so why keep pushing the performance onwards.

 

[944Turbo]

might have fallen asleep

 

[barks944]

http://www.vxronline.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=41380

Some more pics. Couldnt really see it from the pictures on pistonheads but the car went straight under a barrier.

 

[333pg333]

ORIGINAL: spic01

May be i went about this whole post the wrong way ? May be i should have started the post with How much more performance do we want form the supercar manufacturers of today...... i thank them for there efforts to date but as far as peromance goes i would be more than happy with the veyron. These are cars not planes or space traveling vehicles so why keep pushing the performance onwards.

That's what I thought you meant and I agree Steve. When is too much enough? It's like money. You have these Gazillionaires with more money than their entire extended family could ever spend, yet they keep going as they don't know how to stop and smell the roses. Of course we all love the technology and the latest and greatest from our favourite Marque, but 250kmh is pretty quick on a public road. 250mph is irrelevant.

 

[RSGulp]

ORIGINAL: 333pg333

ORIGINAL: spic01

May be i went about this whole post the wrong way ? May be i should have started the post with How much more performance do we want form the supercar manufacturers of today......   i thank them for there efforts to date but as far as peromance goes i would be more than happy with the veyron. These are cars not planes or space traveling vehicles so why keep pushing the performance onwards. 

That's what I thought you meant and I agree Steve. When is too much enough? It's like money. You have these Gazillionaires with more money than their entire extended family could ever spend, yet they keep going as they don't know how to stop and smell the roses. Of course we all love the technology and the latest and greatest from our favourite Marque, but 250kmh is pretty quick on a public road. 250mph is irrelevant.

I'm sure I've read somewhere that when the first automobiles were invented, owners of horse drawn carriages believed a human would suffocate if he travelled at more than 12mph. In 1860 a horse galloping at 10mph was 'enough'. They couldn't even comprehend that the car would go on to be easily capable of everyday speeds of 100mph, supercars capable of 200mph+ and aeroplanes under human control much, much more.

Granted, with our current road systems and driving attitudes 100 - 150mph seems 'enough'. But who's to say in the future personal vehicles won't propel people around continents at 500mph+?

Progress - bring it on I say. []

 

[DivineE]

Gutted to hear a fellow enthusiast has died, always shakes me to the core when I hear something like that.. good car, good driver but still he died.

Still you cant live for ever. I'll within reason do everything I can to stay alive as long as possible but everyone's got to die some time, deaths not that big a thing in the scale of things. Pleanty more humans and animals where I came from! Just going to make sure I enjoy my bit of life as much as possible because I don't know when it will end and there's no point living in a padded cell when you could still die of an olive pip!