Running the colonies was not the issue. The issue was the French Indian war. Basically it was the French supporting the native Americans vs the colonists supported by England. The French were mostly in the north, mostly what is Canada these days. The English were mostly more southern, mostly what is USA these days. The issue was where exactly those lines were drawn. The French wanted more southern territory because it had more resources but the English also wanted that land because again resources. The French worked with the native Americans mostly cause the English treated the natives as sub-humans which drastically increased the cost of war for the English. My understanding is England didn’t actually want the war but the colonists refused to scede any land and that refusal led to battles and caused the war. Once France started fighting with colonists England couldn’t just sit back and ignore it. The colonists not peacefully dealing with the land rights negotiations and dragging England into a costly war was the “car crash”.

To further strain the metaphor, basically the kids got into an argument with the neighbors kids over who could play in the neighborhood park. To solve the argument they decided to have a car race, the kids beat the neighbors kids but couldn’t stop fast enough and ran into a tree.