I'm expecting some disagreement but I believe the US absolutely should do the same. Privacy has become an illusion and no longer actually exists, might as well embrace total surveillance for the greater good. Wouldn't it be better if you could park worry-free anywhere because the town you're in has its own sentry mode?
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City Council Candidate hits Model 3, then flees scene
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I'm expecting some disagreement but I believe the US absolutely should do the same. Privacy has become an illusion and no longer actually exists, might as well embrace total surveillance for the greater good. Wouldn't it be better if you could park worry-free anywhere because the town you're in has its own sentry mode?
Swampgator
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That's certainly no way to win someone's vote by backing into their car, understand from reading the video description (on YouTube) that he was at a Candidates forum meeting. In watching it I can't help but feel he couldn't believe he had hit and damaged the car. I will say at least he did stop and checked it out, unlike so many other videos you've seen where you know they know they hit a car and just leave. In fact my husband's car recently was hit by a hit-and-run driver in a bank parking lot (and thanks to a bystander forced the guy to return to the lot while the bystander ran in and found my husband to tell him what she had seen).
You could tell he was probably thinking "oh man, this is more than just a little scuff mark on their paint". I wasn't sure if he was waiting for people to leave because obviously there were still people there during the whole time or if maybe he was waiting for the owner to come out. There is a noticeable stop in the video where I assume some amount of video was deleted or maybe this was two separate Sentry mode clips spliced together, but it left me unsure how much time passed between clips. Like did he wait for the owner, attempt to find the owner, left a note, whatever. I did read the subsequent posts after the video. As a former traffic court judge no less, he certainly knows what he should do and what he's responsible for. Well hope the Model 3 owner gets made whole.
You could tell he was probably thinking "oh man, this is more than just a little scuff mark on their paint". I wasn't sure if he was waiting for people to leave because obviously there were still people there during the whole time or if maybe he was waiting for the owner to come out. There is a noticeable stop in the video where I assume some amount of video was deleted or maybe this was two separate Sentry mode clips spliced together, but it left me unsure how much time passed between clips. Like did he wait for the owner, attempt to find the owner, left a note, whatever. I did read the subsequent posts after the video. As a former traffic court judge no less, he certainly knows what he should do and what he's responsible for. Well hope the Model 3 owner gets made whole.
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This is mine. I just got the sentry mode update less than a month ago. Otherwise he would have gotten away with it.
The Escalade made an impact where two panels join, bending one, scraping the other.
The estimate from a Tesla approved shop is several grand... best case.. There may be additional damage once they are taken off and other work required.
Min 2k and over a week of work (so rental).
May go up quite a bit. Obviously could be worse.
Besides being a liar, he also appears to be one of the world's worst drivers. Hitting the car next to you while backing out of your parking spot?? Really??
He will, one way or another.
But he's trying to give the run around and not share any info.
Xenoilphobe
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My favorite part was when he left his fingerprints on the bumper..
That's exactly what happened in my husband's case except it was a commercial vehicle with one of those stainless steel steps on the end. Scraped from the back of the wheel wheel and along the bumper. Don't understand why people can't just back out straight. That Escalade and the commercial truck probably were of a similar length. In my husband MS it was $3229 body/labor plus $1053 Xpel.
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sleevin
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I’m guessing he doesn’t have your vote? 
Seriously though, another classic case of someone driving a vehicle that is too large for them to handle. Hope your repair is speedy and the insurance situation isn’t too much of a pain.
I wonder how long until the local news picks up on the story.
Seriously though, another classic case of someone driving a vehicle that is too large for them to handle. Hope your repair is speedy and the insurance situation isn’t too much of a pain.
I wonder how long until the local news picks up on the story.
Wizard2416
Member
I’m guessing he doesn’t have your vote?
Seriously though, another classic case of someone driving a vehicle that is too large for them to handle. Hope your repair is speedy and the insurance situation isn’t too much of a pain.
I wonder how long until the local news picks up on the story.
Just post it on twitter... it will get picked up quite fast lol.
Hit and run at that level of damage (cost) can be a felony. Definitely press charges and get him sent back to jail.
So he showed up two days later at the police station with his info (of course not the rental info).
His claim is that he left a note, which is clearly not true since he fled in under a minute.
The police are too busy to go beyond that, so now its up to insurance.. and maybe some local news will be interested.
sreams
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Wizard2416
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I think that's called something else lol... but not against that idea.
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