This trial of the Viper is quite interesting to me. It's something that I think about a lot while I'm driving around town. As I'm powering into traffic, or when I slip the rear end a bit around a corner, I find myself wondering about Viper's and powerful cars in general lacking traction control. They really do take skill to drive when the throttle gets depressed more than halfway (1/4 way for viper (= ) I spun mine a few months ago for doing nothing more than breaking too hard heading into a turn, for example, and I've been driving more than 300 horsepower since 95, and motorcycles before that.
I'm happy that we have cars like the Viper, that are right on the edge, a bit raw. I don't want to be protected from myself! It's always tragic when someone dies...always...it is so sad...The anger from the loss finds a target. It's great that Viper escaped this time, but will it always?
I drive my ACR around, and I'm proud of the fact that it's one of the last sports cars that will ever be built without ABS and TCS. I love that! At the same time, sometimes, when I'm accelerating on the freeway up to 140 (easing into traffic), I wonder if I'm going to meet my end in this car...I look around at the A-pillar, at the window and the ceiling, and sometimes wish for a helmet...I don't think you are allowed to wear a helmet in a car in California--I think a cop told me that once. Clearly the ACR (and maybe the GTS) were desiged with enough room for a helmet...I bet those guys would have survived if they were wearing them...
I'm going to find out more about that...But in the meantime, here's to crazy cars, and doing what you love! Viva Viper, Viva sports cars!
, if the viper has problems than the majority of the auto's out there on the marker are death traps on wheels. 
