---
title: "Watch This Speeding BMW Driver Have Himself a Nice Little Highway Crash"
description: "Instant karma's gonna get you."
date: "2017-10-30"
modified: "2017-10-30"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/15595/watch-this-speeding-bmw-driver-have-himself-a-nice-little-highway-crash"
categories:
  - "BMW News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "3 Series"
  - "BMW"
  - "Crash"
  - "E46"
  - "karma"
  - "speeding"
---

# Watch This Speeding BMW Driver Have Himself a Nice Little Highway Crash

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/10/new-bmw.jpg>)
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There are countless reasons to save it for the track, but even if you're too self-involved to care about public safety, the thought of mucking it up and crashing in front of everyone on the road [(and in many cases, on the internet)](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9872/video-shows-moron-speeding-crashing-his-new-subaru-wrx-sti>) to see should keep some of your more reckless impulses at bay. That's why [this video](<https://www.facebook.com/viralhog/videos/1970106256592036/>) of a BMW driver whipping through a crowded highway at high speeds before losing it and wrecking is so very satisfying—there's no guilt mixed in with the schadenfreude, because in the end he only takes himself out.

It's a fact of life that there are [certain stereotypes attached to drivers](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/15579/you-can-buy-steve-jobs-2000-bmw-z8-and-the-motorola-car-phone-he-hated>) of certain brands, and while there *are* BMW drivers who stick to the speed limit and use their turn signals, this guy isn't doing anything for the cause. He appears to have mounted a Go Pro-style camera to the sunroof of his [E46 3 Series](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/14740/this-bmw-m3-e46-is-packing-a-viper-v-10>) to record a high-speed, highly illegal jaunt down a public road. Starting at around 30 seconds, he merges onto a two-lane divided highway with no shoulder and absolutely floors it, weaving between cars at around 90 mph.

https://youtube.com/embed/t-AHInnacEk

([Here's another link](<https://www.facebook.com/viralhog/videos/1970106256592036/>) if the video is taken down.)

But as he pushes it past 100, he changes lanes too sharply to avoid traffic and immediately begins to spin. He careens across the road, [striking the guardrail](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/14358/a-pennsylvania-driver-somehow-survived-this-nightmare-guardrail-crash>) on both sides and narrowly missing another car before sliding harmlessly to a stop. Compounding his idiocy is the fact that he's [not wearing a seatbelt,](<https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/1221/tbt-family-cruising-in-a-time-before-seatbelts>) so he's incredibly lucky the first impact didn't toss him into the passenger's seat and cause him to lose control entirely.

Remember: If you do a stupid thing in a car and record it, we will point at you and laugh. It's the way of the Internet.

## 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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