Even though the crash does look like a typical move somebody makes when they're startled by obstructions in the road (drivers instinctively turn the wheel toward whichever hand is dominant), I'm still hoping somebody did an immediate blood alcohol test on the driver.
I hate to say this, but when I first saw the crash and rewound to try to make out the sign on the car & saw it was a France 2 vehicle, I instantly thought of Princess Diana's crash. The investigation showed her French driver had ingested an ungodly amount of booze in her Parisian hotel's bar downstairs right before she stepped into the car that night.
Evidently Hooglander & Flecha's respective teams are doing their own investigations to be sure their riders' interests are served and at least one of 'em is not ruling out legal action. Via UK's The Guardian, Team Sky May Sue Over Flecha Car Crash
[T]his years race hasn’t been as brutal as you might expect in terms of sending riders home. Through nine stages, 2011 is just a touch above the 15-year-average, and well below what you’d expect for such a full field. Certainly the GC contenders have been overrepresented in the early departures, but that higher visibility doesn’t necessarily reflect a more destructive event... It’s certainly felt like a more dangerous race, and viewer reactions (mine included) have helped foster that sense. But looking at the numbers, it’s pretty clear that reaction is not reflective of a greater number of crashes, but more a result of a greater public awareness of and affection for the athletes involved.
It may be that we're just seeing more of the crashes captured in more spectacularly vivid fashion on camera this year. And it also may be that everybody (players, race commentators & fans at home) have been seriously spooked after Leopard Trek's Wouter Weylandt died at the Giro two months ago. He was the first rider to die in a major tour since since Fabio Casartelli was killed in the 1995 TdF - a lot of the riders in this Tour were toddlers when that one happened. Everyone's on edge since the Giro, so our perspective on the crashes is magnified by that.