---
title: "Does This Video Show a ‘Ghost Car’ Appear from Nowhere and Cause an Accident?"
description: "We want to believe."
date: "2017-10-20"
modified: "2017-10-20"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/15323/does-this-video-show-a-ghost-car-appear-from-nowhere-and-cause-an-accident"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Accident"
  - "Crash"
  - "Dash Cam"
  - "ghost"
  - "Singapore"
---

# Does This Video Show a ‘Ghost Car’ Appear from Nowhere and Cause an Accident?

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The human eye is a funny thing. It's among the most complex in nature, and yet, sometimes it cannot be trusted. Take this clip that purports to show a ["ghost car"](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/14756/the-mysterious-ghost-jaguar-e-type-is-headed-to-auction>) appearing out of thin air to cause an accident at an intersection, for instance. What's really going on here?

The [dash cam](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/15065/deputys-dash-cam-video-from-the-california-wildfires-is-like-riding-through-hell>) video was recorded last week in Singapore and uploaded to Facebook. It shows a white [BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/10092/bmw-hasnt-built-a-new-6-series-coupe-since-february-2017>) slowly easing into an intersection to make a right turn. Like the British, Singaporeans drive on the opposite side of the road from the United States, so this setup is the same as a left turn into cross traffic here at home.

As the BMW driver pauses to let an oncoming van pass, the path looks clear and everything seems normal. But as he accelerates to complete the turn, a small compact car appears to materialize out of the ether and crosses directly in front of the 6 Series, causing a T-bone collision. It's an utterly unremarkable accident—except, where on Earth did that little car come from?

The account that uploaded the video described it as a [*Back to the Future* situation](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/14783/this-perfect-back-to-the-future-delorean-time-machine-replica-in-wisconsin-is-driven-daily>) where the ghost car simply time-hopped to the exact wrong spot, but as usual, reality is a little less exciting than that. If you look closely, you can see its roof glint in the sun on the far side of the road as it heads towards the camera starting at around 9 seconds. For the rest of the clip, the movements of the camera car and the BMW sync up exactly to block the "ghost car" from view.

Between that and the deep shadows in the far lane where the car was driving, it's pretty clear that this is one big optical illusion. Of course, we say *pretty* clear because this still doesn't explain why the BMW driver accelerated into what should have been a very obvious accident from his vantage point. What can we say? We want to believe.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

### Author social links  
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