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SEATTLE – Lamborghinis may be faster out of the gate, but it appears that Hyundai SUVs may have the edge when it comes to braking, at least in one instance. Motorist Kelly Davis snapped this picture of a traffic accident on Interstate 5 near Seattle Monday morning. The Hyundai Santa Fe hit the brakes in traffic, and the Lamborghini behind it wasn’t able to stop that quickly, sliding under the Hyundai. No one was hurt in the accident.
Yes, well, someone’s pride sure got dinged. [Thanks to Don1967 for the link]
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One can only imagine the insurance situation!
Still, brakes don’t convince me to get an SUV.
Someone was either driving distracted, tailgating, or they possess reflexes far too inadequate to pilot that sort of machine…
“Someone was either driving distracted, tailgating, or they possess reflexes far too inadequate to pilot that sort of machine…”
Or – and possibly more plausible – they were traveling at too high a rate of speed.
#1 That guy’s insurance is gonna skyrocket LOL
He was behind the Hyundai so he is automatically at fault. Add to that – its a super sports car and no judge in the world is not going to believe you weren’t speeding.
#2 I wonder if the Hyundai driver planned this??? I remember a friend telling me a long time about insurance scamming by getting in front of expensive cars and slamming on the brakes.
This photo could be used as a marketing tool by Hyundai to prove the safety of the vehicle…
HYUNDAI…So tough WE CAN RUN WITH THE BULLS !
Someone was either driving distracted, tailgating, or they possess reflexes far too inadequate to pilot that sort of machine…
It reminds me of this old cigar advert …
Hey, Sitting…
Yup, that’s me; a sucker for a pretty pair of legs!
You see, children, when a Lamborghini loves a Hyundai very, very much …
Is it me or is the Hyundai’s rear end remarkably unscathed after the crash? Just one more marketing point to buy a Hyundai other than good brakes…
“The Hyundai Santa Fe hit the brakes in traffic, and the Lamborghini behind it wasn’t able to stop that quickly, sliding under the Hyundai.”
This is of course, a patently false statement. The car was able, the driver failed. Yet, the person writing this, their editor, and the owners of the media outlet really are that stupid, incompetent, and untrustworthy. Maybe being able to state the definition of integrity should be put on the SAT test and all the kiddos should know it will be on the test.
The Hyundai Santa Fe hit the brakes in traffic, and the Lamborghini behind it wasn’t able to stop that quickly, sliding under the Hyundai.
It wasn’t able to stop?? Uh, sure it was able to stop. It just didn’t due very likely to distraction or poor driver decision.
More proof that you have to fail an IQ test to write for many newspapers.
That’s nothing. I recently got t-boned by a Corolla whose brakes were probably even worse than the Lambo’s. The Corolla’s brakes were so bad that they actually caused it to accelerate through a red light into the side of me. I wouldn’t have believed it if it hadn’t happen to me, but I can now say with certainty that Corollas have inadequate brakes.
^ LOL
Once I got passed by a GT3 going about 90 on a 55 on a divided four lane road with no lights, but lots of intersections, and lots of cops for that matter. It didn’t faze me, I figured that guy has probably got it under control in that vehicle. About a half mile later, up a slightly blind hill to an intersection, I was going to make the u-turn to get back to my road, there is an Isuzu Trooper with the front passenger side demolished sitting in the median. About a half-mile down the road is the idiot in his now destroyed 911 on the rh shoulder. The poor girl in the Trooper had no idea what had happened. Normally, the obvious culprit in an accident on a dry, straight road is the inexperienced college-age girl in the SUV, however in this case, the blame falls squarely on the middle-aged jackass in the 911.
So a Hyundai goes into a bar and he’s got this Lamborghini sticking out of his ass…
Under most circumstances, a rear end collision is the fault of the driver at the rear. Tailgating. Adequate brakes, inadequate driver.
Is it me or is the Hyundai’s rear end remarkably unscathed after the crash?
It’s due to the differences in bumper height. In rear end collisions involving a car striking an SUV, it’s not uncommon for the car to slide underneath the SUV. Particularly if both cars are pitched forward under heavy braking, the SUV’s rear end is already lifted slightly, while the nose of the car is diving, leaving a nice gap for the car to fill.
I would expect that the Hyundai has some significant damage to components underneath the car. You don’t see damage to the bumper or elsewhere because the Lambo never touched them.
Where’s Baruth on this one? Perhaps if the Lambo had a bazillion onboard computers it could have avoided the accident….
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorial-the-truth-about-driver-training-and-the-myth-of-active-safety/
The guy in the Lambo was probably text-messaging his girlfriend about the great new car he just picked up. A few minutes after he got out of his car after the mishap, his girlfriend likely got another text message — ignore last message ..!!!<
Hmm.. the end result is going to be interesting.
A Lamborghini SUV (possibly a reincarnation of the LM002)? A supercar badged as Hyundai? Biology has never been so interesting.
tagbert wins.
Tools who drive Lambo’s are all without exception “alpha” class idiots who think they deserve to be in front of you. I bet the Lambo driver was tail gating and not paying adequate attention to traffic.
Tail gaters have demonstrably the lowest IQ on the roads. Evolution in action.
Darn it.. I also realized I used the term “interesting” twice. Oh well.
@vanderaj
“Tools who drive Lambo’s are all without exception ‘alpha’ class idiots who think they deserve to be in front of you. I bet the Lambo driver was tail gating and not paying adequate attention to traffic.”
While tailgaters don’t deserve driver’s licenses, that comment is very ignorant. I see just as many people in junkers tailgating and trying to get ahead of everyone.
Ricers are even worse. Their cars are usually underpowered and yet they still try to cut people off dangerously.
“I would expect that the Hyundai has some significant damage to components underneath the car. You don’t see damage to the bumper or elsewhere because the Lambo never touched them.”
As the owner of a Santa Fe I was intrigued by this photo. Considering the generally tidy and robustly-built undercarriage, and the fact that the wheels appear to be on top of the Lambo, it is conceivable that the Santa Fe could have gotten off lightly.
All I know is that if someone did this to me, they’d better bring flowers.
No rear end deformation, no debris, no marks on the road…..
Why isn’t anyone wondering if the idiotic SUV owner reversed up and on top of the Lambo from dead stop?
I’ve seen one accident like this at lights and it was because the SUV owner put the car into Park to wait at lights and then selected Reverse (thinking they’d selected Netural and could move once for Drive). Bam.
Considering the generally tidy and robustly-built undercarriage, and the fact that the wheels appear to be on top of the Lambo, it is conceivable that the Santa Fe could have gotten off lightly.
From the look of things, the Lambo made it past the B-pillar of the Hyundai. So it was probably going pretty fast. While it’s possible that the Hyundai may have gotten lucky and managed to slide along the hood of the Lambo without doing much, I’d be more likely to think that the frame is bent and stuff beneath the car is broken.
The underside of your car was not designed to be hit like that. No one’s is. The thing that’s awful about this is that the damage may be severe, but not costly enough to total it out, which is not good news for the Hyundai owner.
Why isn’t anyone wondering if the idiotic SUV owner reversed up and on top of the Lambo from dead stop?
Not likely. Interstate 5 is a multi-lane freeway, so this probably occurred in stop-and-go traffic. Unless the Hyundai cut it off, the Lambo was probably tailgating.
Again, these things occur when cars rear end SUV’s, because of the bumper height differences, which are increased when cars are diving under hard braking.
Hyundai driver: “You owe me a new bumper and a new gas tank! And…and dinner, at least, and probably a movie!”
I’d be miffed about the additional dents in the rear quarter panel caused by swinging the Lambo-door open.
Not surprising – I saw a Chevy Beretta scoop up a Taurus once the same way. All you need is a slopey-front fascia to wedge under a lightly-sprung, braking vehicle in front.