# Ariel Atom Crash (Belgium) **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 4, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825 "2008-06-04T05:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/1 "2008-06-04T05:17:38Z")
Copied from [rr-ax.com](http://rr-ax.com) [http://www.roadrace-autox.com/bbs/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=8819&posts=23&start=1](http://www.roadrace-autox.com/bbs/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=8819&posts=23&start=1) It states technical malfunction, but I highly doubt that. I would like to know how fast the impact was. ---
**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/2 "2008-06-04T05:59:17Z")
That looks painful. But, I’d still drive one. ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/3 "2008-06-04T07:09:52Z")
ouch… sent it to my buddy Brad that has one. Sweet cars as long as you don’t hit brick walls ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/4 "2008-06-04T07:23:41Z")
I says he just broke both legs…but get a good look at that steering wheel? New grill anyone? ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/5 "2008-06-04T07:30:04Z")
Apparently the throttle got stuck wide open and he had to crash the car intentionally head-on to minimize the damage to himself and the passenger. ---
**Author:** ![ZEX350Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/87869e/32.png) [@ZEX350Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZEX350Z)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/6 "2008-06-04T07:34:12Z")
> [@Happy Birthday Surshot007..not adam lol](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-birthday-surshot007-not-adam-lol/36682/3): > > Apparently the throttle got stuck wide open and he had to crash the car intentionally head-on to minimize the damage to himself and the passenger. I’m sure it was spur of the moment but possibly turning the key to the “OFF” position may have been a better choice? :doh: ---
**Author:** ![ZEX350Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/87869e/32.png) [@ZEX350Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZEX350Z)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/7 "2008-06-04T07:41:26Z")
> [@Happy Birthday Surshot007..not adam lol](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-birthday-surshot007-not-adam-lol/36682/3): > > Apparently the throttle got stuck wide open and he had to crash the car intentionally head-on to minimize the damage to himself and the passenger. I’m sure it was spur of the moment but possibly turning the key to the “OFF” position may have been a better choice? :doh: ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/8 "2008-06-04T08:45:41Z")
> [@Got some shit tonight V. Greece POlice](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-some-shit-tonight-v-greece-police/36673/8): > > I’m sure it was spur of the moment but possibly turning the key to the “OFF” position may have been a better choice? > > :doh: they accelerate so fast… Not sure exactly how much time he had to think ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/9 "2008-06-04T18:43:30Z")
sux, but I’d still rock it. Bad ass little buggy. Top Gear did a road test & stated it was the fastest accelerating stock car ever tested by them. Most fun, too. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/10 "2008-06-04T19:34:13Z")
Yuppie go cart :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![tegSimple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@tegSimple](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tegSimple)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/11 "2008-06-05T10:44:23Z")
sucks to be the driver of that go kart ---
**Author:** ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/12 "2008-06-07T12:39:11Z")
I call :bs > [@Atom Driver](#): > > The car moved like a rocket and at first I couldn’t get it out of gear. Meanwhile we were at travelling at massive speed and 50 meters from a T-crossing. The rear Alcon brakes were no match for the overpowered wheels, so I could only decide on how best to crash it into a concrete wall. Turning to the right would have been too dramatic for my passenger, and turning left for me, so I hit it front on to make sure the chassis could absorb as much energy as possible. He says he couldn’t get it out of gear… but what about clutching in!?! He makes himself out to be an experienced track driver, isn’t going “two feet in” when sh!t goes wrong just an instinct for any of us that track? If he had enough time to think about **_how best to crash into a concrete wall_** maybe he should have thought about **_how NOT to crash into it in the first place._** I think he WAS fin’ around on the street and is trying to cover it up. I mean, why else have somebody post it on a forum for you. -TJ ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ariel-atom-crash-belgium/197825/13 "2008-06-07T14:01:49Z")
I agree 100% TJ, no fucking way was that mechanical error, unless by mechanical error he meant anal-cranium insertion