A Dodge Charger driver found out real quick why you shouldn’t turn traction control off or why you need to have some meat on your tires after he spun out taking a turn not all that fast.
Salt Lake County-area driver and Redditor /u/Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket shared humorous dashcam footage from earlier in August (Aug 29, 2026) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing this Dodge Charger driver totally losing it on slightly damp West Valley City roads.
Check out the dashcam footage below with the original Reddit thread linked here.
The incident happened at the intersection of the Walmart Supercenter driveway and S 5600 W/ SR-172 (Exact location on Google Maps linked here.)
As the dashcam shows, OP is ready to turn left onto 5600 W towards the 201.
It’s raining, but not too hard, which means the roads are damp and drivers should navigate them accordingly.
In front of him is a driver in a Dodge Charger with orange wheels.
For whatever reason- perhaps he turned off his traction control, he has bald tires, or he stabbed the accelerator pedal mid-corner- the Charger spins counter-clockwise, out of control, ending up pointing 90 degrees towards the sidewalk.
Thankfully, OP wasn’t riding his bumper, and everyone else avoids hitting the out-of-control driver.
“I’ve owned a Challenger for 17 years and driven it in the rain and Canadian winter with no issues. Either this person has some bald-a** tires, has the traction control off, or has a heavy foot. Hell, maybe it’s a combination of all of the above,” the top comment from /u/DrifterBG reads.
“These cars are disproportionately driven by dumb 20-year-old kids who can’t handle them because they barely know how to drive in the first place,” /u/UpBeatFix7299 replied.
“The Dodge driver should get a Prius. That seems like the right amount of car for them to handle,” /u/throwawaykarl hilariously added.
In West Valley City, Utah, losing control on a wet road can be cited under Utah Code § 41-6a-528 for reckless driving depending on the circumstances, or potentially as a failure to maintain control under applicable traffic laws. The exact fine and points depend on the citation issued, so there isn’t one universal “wet-road loss of control” penalty.
