There have only been 200 Bugatti Veyron’s built but now there are only 199 running around the streets. At a cost of £900,000 or $1.6 million, it’s a bit more expensive that a Ford Fiesta and with a top speed of over 250 miles per hour, it’s a bit faster too.
So who was the guy in the video driving the Veyron who told police that a low flying pelican had distracted him, causing him to drive into a salt marsh lake just south of Houston, Texas?
A low flying Pelican? Flying pigs more like.
The guy had the stupidity to tell police that the ‘low flying pelican’ had startled him so much that he dropped his mobile phone and drifted off the road whilst he reached down to pick it up. Is using mobiles whilst driving not against the law in the USA?
Anyway, the French-built supercar is now decidedly water-logged and I would imagine that as the water is extremely salty, the Veyron will not be much use after its ‘swim’.
The crash was actually captured on film by a couple of car enthusiasts who were on a parallel road and who filmed the Veyron as it swerved off the road - see the crash and the aftermath at the links below. You can just imagine his insurers studying the video very carefully to try and establish if the driver was indeed on his mobile when the crash happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkdQTuJHjXQ&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_rn-HM
1 comment:
Enthusiasts my ass haha the numpties thought it was a labbo...typical of a yank driver though, i konw it looks a bit james bondish but come on!!
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