Man distracted by bird drives Bugatti Veyron into marsh

[Matt34]

LA MARQUE, Texas – A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/The-Galveston-County-Daily-News/photo//091113/480/e41ba5427b314babb6e6e4b05bc997ea//s:/ap/20091113/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_lagoon_bugatti

 

[jamie2112]

LMFAO what a tool....the bird made me do it............. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

hehahehahehahehahehahehahehahhehaheha

 

[dkane360]

haha wow that sucks

 

[JerryLove]

It's not like the things don't break well.

Perhaps the cellphone is a major portion of the problem?

 

[Adam]

It's not like the things don't break well.

I think that was the problem.

 

[jamie2112]

Perhaps the cellphone is a major portion of the problem?

I believe it could have been.............

 

[CraigV]

What’s most disturbing is the fact that such an idiot is able to afford to drive such a vehicle. I feel sorry for the car, and the people who built it.

 

[chris357]

those dont have blue tooth?

 

[Quickley17]

They DO have bluetooth, as well as real-time, always operating, full car diagnostics that send an error message if anything goes amiss. I wonder what the people watching the Bugatti computers in Molsheim saw when that car went in the drink...

 

[njedpx3]

Down in my neck of the "woods" ....

It was close to Galveston and pelicans can be distracting when you are going 100+ and talking on the cell phone

Think about it by a reasonable car instead and spend the rest on an HT system. Jeesh with a $2 miion car he probably already has a phenomenal HT system or two.

Later,

Forest Man

 

[bandphan]

The only thing that distracts me while I drive is that big pink elephant in the back seat

 

[PSWii60]

It's an ugly car anyway

 

[jinjuku]

I may have to come to this guys defense. When I was 19 I hit a low flying duck (mallard) as it was flying perpendicular to my wind shield. All I saw was two duck feet and the rest of the bottom of the duck flattened out for a second and then immediately launched off on a trajectory that I am still not sure to this day entirely dictated by physics. Surreal.

Unfortunately I wasn't driving a Bugatti Veryon, it was a 86 Nissan Sentra Hatch with spoiler.

 

[gmichael]

So the bird flipped him to the lake?

 

[PSWii60]

Unfortunately I wasn't driving a Bugatti Veryon, it was a 86 Nissan Sentra Hatch with spoiler.

Well at least you had the spoiler in common

 

[CraigV]

Well at least you had the spoiler in common

Yeah, because a spoiler can turn any car into a sports car Cracks me up when I see one on something like a Camry

 

[jinjuku]

Yeah, because a spoiler can turn any car into a sports car Cracks me up when I see one on something like a Camry

Eh, it was a factory spoiler and my first car.

 

[njedpx3]

Yeah, because a spoiler can turn any car into a sports car Cracks me up when I see one on something like a Camry

Or even better an Avalon

I didn't add one to my S2000 so I guess its not a sports car

Later,

Forest Man

 

[CraigV]

Eh, it was a factory spoiler and my first car.

Sorry man, I wasn’t trying to bust your chops. I just think about all these guys who spends countless $ on things like spoilers, air dams, fender fairings…etal and think they’re really improving the performance of their Honda Civic. If you’re going for a certain look, then more power to you, but only certain cars can actually benefit from such air stream modifications.

 

[cschang]

An old family friend of my Parents owns a Veyron. My Father had the opportunity to ride in it and said it handles razor sharp with crazy acceleration. He turned down the chance to actually drive it.

I am going to send him the link to send to his friend...that should cause a cringe or two.