Monaco is known for a few things: casinos, rich people, yachts. But it is known among car enthusiasts because of its popularity Formula 1 street circuit. If you visit, you can get it back that circuit, right down to its surprisingly tight Casino Square hairpin. But think twice or thrice about the car you choose to honor your ‘lap’, or else you could end up as an over-ambitious driver. Citroen Ami.
Many people are recording when this Citroen Ami is tearing up the corner of Casino Square, and a few of those corners have been shared on Twitter by World Bollard Association users. When the driver decides to go down the hill to the corner at what could be the top speed or higher of the little Citroen, it will tip over, slamming into one of the poles on the sidewalk, knocking pedestrians. sets cannot become bowling pins.
— World Bollard Association™ (@WorldBollard)
March 12, 2023
There are several factors that have come together for this dramatic wreck. One of the most important is the fact that the Ami has been pushed beyond its limits. The tram reaches a top speed of 28 mph from the factory, as it is billed as a low-speed city car. It actually has a special classification in France that allows people to drive it without a license, making it more like a car. golf cart or scooter. It was also designed based on the idea of a slow moving vehicle for the narrow streets of the city, extremely narrow but still quite tall. It’s not exactly meant to quickly make corners. As some have pointed out, the British car TV show Thursday cake proved the car of unstable when cornering, almost rolling the car turns sideways.
Then has its own corner. The Ami is being driven in the same direction as the Formula 1 track, downhill into the hairpin. Chances are it was at or even over that 28 mph speed limit thanks to gravity. This also means that when the drunken little car starts to turn, it will be tilted slightly further than most corners. So with higher speeds and skewed turns, the result is practically inevitable.
If you find yourself looking to travel around Monaco, remember that a glorified golf cart cannot function as a proper automobile.
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