The new Ford Focus RS is apparently so easy to drive that even your mom can drift it. Well the following driver clearly didn’t get that memo when trying to drift his Focus RS leaving a car event.
The car’s noted ‘Drift’ mode certainly makes it much easier to control when sideways than most other cars but that doesn’t make it idiot proof. This particular Focus RS driver came within feet of crashing into a car after being a little too excited with the throttle.
Making things all the worse for the driver were the dozens of cameras pointed his way and the hundreds of onlookers watching his every move.
While it’s funny to watch, it’s worth remembering that it’s difficult to find a car’s limit without going over the limit once or twice and credit where credit’s due, the driver did at least admit defeat early enough in the slide to slam on the brakes before hitting a nearby Mercedes-Benz.
An abandoned parking lot, factory or racetrack is probably a more appropriate place to test out the car’s limits…