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Be careful out there! [tesla accident]
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Hank42
Legacy Supporter
I think this is like a one in a million, but caught on camera really makes me want to be extra careful next time I take the car somewhere.
Tam
Well-Known Member
He calculated: "the car did this in 4.3 seconds. that’s only 35 mph".
I wouldn't think that is fast enough for such a fiery fatal collision.
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AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
As near as I can tell, the vehicle traveled about 230 feet (from the entry side of the intersection to the impact tree (25.749113940211892, -80.28493806980926) ) in what looks like less than 3 seconds based on the video (8:41:01 to 8:41:03.75 about). You can determine the location of the impact from the position of the tree with the distinct (old) scar, relative to the driveway, in the Twitter thread.
For 3 seconds, that's an average speed of 53mph over that interval, without a lot of precision on the time (which is important). The speed limit is 30mph. I would guess the car hit the bump (really a rise of the road he was on up to the intersection) at 60-70mph - but difficult to know precisely of course. And the exact times matter a lot for that average speed but it definitely does not exceed 3 seconds.
A lot of the speeds of accidents posted here are wildly exaggerated. In this case the estimates of speed in the thread seem very low, and I don't think I'm exaggerating with the above calculation. An accident where you hit an immovable tree at 50mph with a 4000 pound car, likely sideways, is going to be very serious.
The final speeds determined by the police will eventually be in the accident report.
It looks like the car scraped steel substantially on the pavement after launching into the air.
Very sad to see.
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A screenshot of the 3 as it passes the videographer. Looks like the car may have been lowered with custom wide wheels, which may have contributed to how it launched and pancaked the bottom when it landed, leading to what appears to be a battery pack failure. Not to mention the suspension could also have failed leading to the car veering off to the left after it squat landed.
The video is too grainy and riddled with artifacts to deduce that. It looks like aero 18”s to me.
AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
I think it's likely the sparks seen right upon the landing were from steel on pavement (perhaps from the pack - hard to tell) and may have damaged the pack but not led to failure. What led to complete pack failure was nearly certainly the (sideways, I think) impact with the tree, though.
lUtriaNt
Member
Anyone able to send a link to the twitter??
Edit: Got it... For some reason is shows up for .5 second then disappears when I reload the page
Looks the the twitter and youtube were deleted
Edit: Got it... For some reason is shows up for .5 second then disappears when I reload the page
Looks the the twitter and youtube were deleted
Tam
Well-Known Member
I don't see any significant surface unevenness at the intersection that could cause the car to airborne unless hitting a road shoulder with the accelerator pedal floored all the way down to beat the change of traffic light signal.
thesmokingman
Active Member
I saw this on reddit I believe or it might have been the youtube shorts. The car launched over the intersection and when it came down sparks were flying, cells too. SMH.
AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
It’s hard to see from straight on, also likely less obvious due to the height of the Google camera mast, but there is a significant rise, in addition to the standard crown of the road. If you hit this at 70mph (easily possible here) you’ll leave the ground. Which is what looks like happened. It wasn’t much of a hop. But enough.
RayK
Active Member
There really wasn't much you could see in the video. A blurry Model 3 goes by person filming, goes through an intersection, (bounces), hits a tree, sparks fly.
edit: If you search with Google, "twitter tesla model 3 crash tree florida" you'll find one of the clips.
edit: If you search with Google, "twitter tesla model 3 crash tree florida" you'll find one of the clips.
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thesmokingman
Active Member
I think a lot of other factors are at play. The car was most likely lowered, with track mode on, hence all the tire smoke, lots of stupid choices made, check.
Videos are removed so we can expect some investigations are under way. I just hope this won't be another blame Tesla cuz, its Tesla thing.
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