Fashionable automobiles’ launch management could make for some severe thrills, however because it seems, launching your automotive might be extra harmful than you’d assume. For instance, this Audi RS7 driver managed to launch his automotive backwards, operating into the person filming him.

The brief clip, posted to Instagram by consumer @carstodayntomorrow, begins with the automotive sitting idle with its engine RPM in a spread that most individuals would affiliate with a launch try. Quickly after, the motive force let off the brakes, anticipating the automotive to shoot ahead, however the reverse occurred. The RS7 flew backwards, operating into the person that was presupposed to be recording the launch.

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Maybe the illuminated reverse lights ought to’ve spelled imminent catastrophe for the cameraman, however we’ll give him the advantage of the doubt because it’s daytime within the video and the lights might’ve been troublesome to see. On prime of that, even when the lights have been seen, most individuals wouldn’t anticipate a automotive to launch in reverse, assuming the superior software program even let it accomplish that within the first place. Upon nearer inspection, it seems the motive force was manually launching the automotive somewhat than utilizing the launch management program, which is probably going why the automotive allowed him to go in reverse.

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Fortunately, the cameraman was somewhat near the RS7, so it didn’t have sufficient time to rise up to a very harmful velocity earlier than affect. Whereas no particulars are identified for certain, it doesn’t seem as if the cameraman suffered any severe accidents (assuming any accidents have been sustained in any respect), as he could be heard laughing as he promptly will get again up from his knocked-down state.