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Well, Lance Briggs has come clean, has said he was stupid and that he crashed his car, got scared, called in a fake police report (saying it was stolen) and ran from the scene of the accident. He did later call in to the police to admit what he had done.

It reminds me of what I was told by a Skip Barber Racing School driving instructor about people who buy cars like Briggs’ Lamborghini Murcielago… He said “Lots of people buy cars like this [Dodge Viper], then hurt or kill themselves or somebody else soon after because they lost control…”

I kind of wonder if there should be some sort of advanced driving education given to people as a part of the sale of this type of vehicle. When you’re buying a $400,000 car like the Lamborghini, a few $1K’s on lessons of how to control the darned thing can’t be a bad idea. Driving the Viper last year I was amazed by how much grip the car had, it seemed stuck to the road, but paradoxically it was also really easy to get it out of shape and lose control.

As for Briggs, he was obviously stupid – but the law will deal with him. My biggest concern though is why the hell was he driving at 3am when he is meant to be at “work” (for the Chicago Bears) just a few hours later?