Watch A Fleeing Camaro Driver Learn What Oversteer Is

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For many non-car people, having a fast car must seem like more than enough to get away from police. After all, to them you just plant that foot on the accelerator and everything is magically over. But for those of us who know vehicles, we’re aware the driver’s skill is a much more important factor. That’s why this Camaro driver doesn’t get away from Arkansas State Police.

Watch a cop crash while trying to chase down a C6 Corvette.

Oh, the guy tries, maybe a little too hard. After a trooper zeroes in on him as he’s turning left out of a parking lot in Fort Smith, he tries to play things cool and queues up to turn left. But when the trooper does the same, this guy gets out of the left turn lane and burns rubber, the trooper in hot pursuit with his lights and sirens going.

It’s obvious right then and there the convertible Camaro is the faster car. A lot of things go into a vehicle being first, including horsepower, torque, gearing, wet weight, aerodynamics, etc. But perhaps the most crucial factor is the driver.

This guy gives us a great example of how that works. He does great on the straightaway. As the road curves, he loses some ground to the trooper. But it’s when he takes a hard left onto a side road that things get away from him.

He’s probably never really tried to whip through a turn like that in his Camaro or any high-powered, rear-wheel-drive car before. He doesn’t get what oversteer is and how to throttle steer his way out of the spin he starts entering after he was supposed to complete his turn.

Instead, the guy spins the Camaro right around so it comes nose-to-nose with the ASP cruiser and impacts hard. It’s enough to stop the dashcam from recording for a second and stop the pursuit immediately.

Never lift and know your vehicle’s limits.

Image via Police Pursuits/YouTube

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