Another piece of footage showing a Ford Mustang crashing in the kind of dramatic and avoidable manner that has become almost a meme in automotive culture has spread widely online, adding yet another entry to the extensive catalog of Mustang mishap videos that have made the pony car the involuntary star of a peculiar genre of social media content. The clip shows the driver losing control and making contact with another vehicle or barrier in circumstances that appear to involve poor judgment and excessive speed for the conditions. The driver escaped without serious injury.
The frequency with which Mustang crashes appear in viral videos is more a function of the car’s enormous popularity than any inherent deficiency in the vehicle itself — with hundreds of thousands of examples on the road, statistical probability ensures a steady supply of incidents. Mustang drivers who take their cars to track days, drive them responsibly on public roads, and generally represent the enthusiast community well vastly outnumber those who create the videos that define the public perception. Nonetheless, the stereotype persists and each new viral clip reinforces it further.
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