Not sure if you guys saw this...
Safest car on the road | Tesla Motors
PLEASE be safe! Luckily no one was hurt in this accident.
Safest car on the road | Tesla Motors
PLEASE be safe! Luckily no one was hurt in this accident.
I agree that the Model S owner is being ignorant.The Tesla owner's letter is somewhat ignorant. He's acting like the M5 is a tin can and the Tesla is a tank. Not that the Tesla isn't a safe and robust car but I'm sure it would have suffered equally extensive damaged had the cars been switched and the Model S was the one bouncing off trees and doing barrel rolls.
That said, what an idiot kid for completely blowing the stop. Granted, from the dash cam footage it didn't seem like the Model S stopped either.
The oncoming traffic and the Tesla didn't have to yield to each other so just because that car proceeded past, it didn't mean the Tesla had stopped for him. You can see in the video the Tesla just rolled right through the stop sign.I agree that the Model S owner is being ignorant.
What I feel is more impressive than the Model S showing little damage (okay let's be real, from the video footage it just got grazed. Not a direct t-bone), is that the M5 owner only came out to be dazed and not severely injured, having rolled over multiple times and slamming into a tree. Probably suffered from a concussion though.
I think the Model S driver probably did stop, because you see the oncoming traffic drive past him, implying that that the oncoming car had right of way. I could be wrong though. Would need the footage from a few seconds before to really know.
The oncoming traffic and the Tesla didn't have to yield to each other so just because that car proceeded past, it didn't mean the Tesla had stopped for him. You can see in the video the Tesla just rolled right through the stop sign.
Don't get me wrong, guys. I'm not convinced myself that the Tesla driver made a full stop, but I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt and not jump to conclusions. At first, I too thought he didn't make a full stop and that he was partially at fault. But who knows...that's why I noted we need to see a the footage from a few seconds before to make any conclusions.If you pause the video at the start you can see he's far enough back from the stop sign to read the stop before the line. That's at least 5 feet or so. So unless he's the type of guy to stop that far back (at an intersection with limited vision, where most people would want to creep forward as much as possible to check for oncoming cars), I think he blew it himself, albeit much more slowly.
You're over thinking it. The guy rolled the stop sign, plain and simple. :tonquesmilie:Don't get me wrong, guys. I'm not convinced myself that the Tesla driver made a full stop, but I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt and not jump to conclusions. At first, I too thought he didn't make a full stop and that he was partially at fault. But who knows...that's why I noted we need to see a the footage from a few seconds before to make any conclusions.
I know, I'm a nice guy...too trusting sometimes lol.You're over thinking it. The guy rolled the stop sign, plain and simple. :tonquesmilie:
He probably also edited his video to start right there cause if he posted the whole thing, it would have showed him not stopping at all. haha
I agree that the Model S owner is being ignorant.
What I feel is more impressive than the Model S showing little damage (okay let's be real, from the video footage it just got grazed. Not a direct t-bone), is that the M5 owner only came out to be dazed and not severely injured, having rolled over multiple times and slamming into a tree. Probably suffered from a concussion though.
I think the Model S driver probably did stop, because you see the oncoming traffic drive past him, implying that that the oncoming car had right of way. I could be wrong though. Would need the footage from a few seconds before to really know.
*Thanks OP for finding the video to go along with last year's post showing still pics of the aftermath of this incident.Having watched the video several times; at 01 seconds, the Tesla clearly strikes the BMW. The Tesla may be "the safest car on the road" but the driver surely is not. This is not to say that the driver of the BMW was being completely reckless speeding and running the stop, but the Tesla struck him. If the Tesla driver had come to a complete stop and checked for on coming traffic, and had he been a safe driver, he would have seen the on coming car and been able to see that the approaching car was not going to be stopping. The Tesla's driver could have waited for the jerk in the BMW to pass and gone on about his evening without the crash.
But what if I want a car to match my Android? Can I buy an M5 BMW in Black? :dunno:And to further reinforce my opinion on similarity of Apple and Tesla fanboys:
Apple and Tesla Motors team up to release iPhone-colored Model S cars