Things could’ve been a lot worse as the Ford narrowly avoided hitting pedestrians
by Stephen Rivers
April 15, 2023 at 21:01
by Stephen Rivers
Pour one out for one more Ford Mustang that crashed at the hands of a sub-par driver. Thankfully for the driver in question, the worst part of this situation is a police interaction and a damaged pony car. He ended up just barely missing a group of pedestrians during the accident.
We’re not totally sure why but these days, Mustangs and poor driving behavior seem to go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly. There was a recent incident where one smacked into a Dodge Challenger and fled the scene. Last December another one drove straight into an innocent Hyundai while drag racing a Corvette on the highway. Even when they’re on their own they get hurt.
In this particular case the driver seems to have been holding a decent slide in one direction before failing to control the reigns properly. The Ford changes direction, weight shifts towards the passenger side, and the driver doesn’t save it. While it looks as though he’s about to hit people on the side of the road, they all just clear the path in time.
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The result is a very broken axle and what was at least detainment by the police. We see the damage and the driver in handcuffs later in the video though there’s no source here so there’s no telling if the police ended up arresting the driver or ultimately let them go.
This type of Mustang on human interaction is so typical that internet commenters have resorted to treating it as part of the natural order. “Here we see the Ford Mustang in its natural habitat stalking its prey. It’s [sic] intended victims lived to see another day. The mustang however has severely wounded itself in the struggle to catch its quarry,” said Redditor Nunyabiznezz1216 on the original post.
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What’s wild is that situations almost exactly like this one aren’t very rare in their own right. Early this year another white Mustang avoided hitting people but smacked the same corner of his car on a curb in a failed power slide attempt. This is one of those situations where we hope the driver doesn’t try to get back on the horse.