They Died at an Absurd Speed at Niagara Falls. Why Did Their Vehicle Let Them?
Briefly

Indeed, when you watch the video released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the car hitting a median as nearby vehicles crawl into tollbooths, you can't help but admire how fast the Bentley Flying Spur is going when it launches upward as if shot from a cannon.
Why on earth would someone want to own a car-one meant to be driven on regular old roads in, for example, upstate New York, where its driver operated a small local chain of hardware stores-that can go a reported 175 miles per hour?
Why would an automaker manufacture a car with so much engine power that it requires an eight-speed transmission? The obvious answer is: because people pay a lot of money for it.
Read at Slate Magazine
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