SageBrush
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So much speculation in this thread.
Like this ?
i think if an officer were involved, OP would have been listed as "at fault".
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So much speculation in this thread.
i think if an officer were involved, OP would have been listed as "at fault".
Sure, but there are "assumptions" that take place when filing a police report. the dashcam footage doesn't help OP IMO.Like this ?
Defensive driving is the best kind of driving. You can't control other drivers, but you can keep yourself aware of what they are doing. Maybe that's the motorcyclist in me.
One thing I'm pretty certain of is that they certainly aren't the best tire you can put on an M3 even for the strengths you mentioned.The MXM4 tires are champions of range and efficiency, but literally nothing else. They have no grip which most people might say "they're not racing around corners" but stopping power in emergency braking is compromised too. They skid even in warm dry sunny weather.
He was downvoted for implying that the driver who was stopped at the intersection and rear-ended was in any way at fault.Not sure why you got so many downvotes.
I don't ride a bike. But, after I was once rear-ended on a freeway and my brother was T-boned in an intersection, I have definitely been looking at the rear-view mirror (rear camera on the Tesla screen) whenever I come to a full stop and briefly pausing after the light turns green at an intersection.
He was downvoted for implying that the driver who was stopped at the intersection and rear-ended was in any way at fault.
Also agree. And the wife whom has handled thousands of such cases of 30 years thinks too fast for conditions and "in general" if you rear-end someone, insurance companies and police are going to assume you are at fault unless you can show otherwise; malfunction, driver intentionally causing accident in front of you (yes, it does happen).Agree with what most in this thread shared. You were driving too fast for the conditions. You passed every car in the video.
I see. I didn’t read it that way but I guess it could be misinterpreted.
I read it as, for the sake of the front car’s safety, s/he could have scooted forward if it was safe to do so. Given my experiences of being rear-ended, and not wanting my Tesla to be labeled as “a repaired”, I certainly would have.
When stopping you generally are paying attention in front of you. The front car braked with plenty of time (braking for a total of six seconds from the eight second mark), the OP wasn't paying attention at all. Not only did the OP brake late, but didn't even try to swerve to the right for which there would have been plenty of room. Even autopilot would have been a safer driver here than the OP.
I was in a similar accident as the OP recently in wet conditions like these, but in my case, the driver I hit was at fault.
I was in a similar accident as the OP recently in wet conditions like these, but in my case, the driver I hit was at fault.
You wrote that you didn't know how the other poster got so many downvotes... it was that they blamed the leading car, which has zero blame in this situation.You misread what I wrote.
Curious to get more details on how the driver YOU rear-ended was at fault.
The ABS cut in which means the brakes were working fine.
It's the tyres which stop you, not the brakes.
Model 3 brakes are definitely not as "meaty" as BMW (for example) and the 18" tires are also not designed for best wet brake performance (and will get worse as the tread wears).
The original CR model 3 test showed 152' 60MPH to 0 stopping, (Motortrend on the 19" tires got 119ft). Motortrend BMW 330i was 103' as a comparison. I think Tesla made some software improvements after the original CR test. But at the end of the day - it is still your fault (in my opinion) - wet pavement - lots of variables - as the driver you need to allow for that ...if you heard the ABS working - the car was breaking as hard as it could - sorry that you had the accident - and hopefully no one was hurt.
Most people use AutoPilot. AutoPilot would have prevented the crash.
I do my best editing after I press send!Very performing?
Don't stress it. I got what you're saying and I totally agree. I too, was rear-ended by an inattentive driver, gong 50+mph on the Eisenhower Freeway in Chicago. I was backed up in the right lane exiting, while the car behind was a rental and the driver was rubbernecking another accident. Saw her a fraction of a second before she hit me, and I released the brake, turned the steering wheel, and was about to pull into the breakdown lane, but she hit me first. She never braked. I still have neck pain 30 years later.Not sure why you got so many downvotes.
I don't ride a bike. But, after I was once rear-ended on a freeway and my brother was T-boned in an intersection, I have definitely been looking at the rear-view mirror (rear camera on the Tesla screen) whenever I come to a full stop and briefly pausing after the light turns green at an intersection.
I see. I didn’t read it that way but I guess it could be misinterpreted.
I read it as, for the sake of the front car’s safety, s/he could have scooted forward if it was safe to do so. Given my experiences of being rear-ended, and not wanting my Tesla to be labeled as “a repaired”, I certainly would have.