Highway 5A crash

[Lon12]

So sad to hear about this crash.
I've taken this road many times as it avoids the elevation changes that highway 5 has. Also very scenic and less traffic.
Alberta man, 2 children killed in Highway 5A crash near Kamloops, B.C.

 

[Lon12]

Well I have to say that I'm surprised this crash has not become front page news for the Tesla haters out there. Let's hope this is the new normal for us.

 

[Vawlkus]

It’s Canada, we don’t do anything newsworthy these days.

 

[Paul8810]

The owner was apparently a member of the Tesla Owners Club of Alberta and a GoFundMe campaign has been started. Cochlin Family Support Fund organized by Amy Davies

 

[5_+JqckQttqck]

RIP

 

[bolero]

Mike Cochlin is the brother in law of my wife's co-worker. I haven't met the family but I did met the my wife's co-worker. She always asked about the Model 3 and planning to buy one. RIP to her brother in law and nephews. Mike has an instagram account and has the latest pictures from their trip.

 

[MarcoRP]

Oh well.

Now we know the Model 3 is not cliffproof. Shame.

Then again, what car is?

 

[YusufT]

Well I have to say that I'm surprised this crash has not become front page news for the Tesla haters out there. Let's hope this is the new normal for us.

Probably because the article doesn’t contain the word Tesla anywhere

 

[YusufT]

Oh well.

Now we know the Model 3 is not cliffproof. Shame.

Then again, what car is?

I mean its the worlds safest car. However this was unfortunate and my prayers to the family

 

[Paul8810]

Video footage of the scene in this article. Man, two children die in crash south of Kamloops

Road conditions look fine. Wonder if he had a medical incident while driving. Brutal situation.

 

[bolero]

Sad news, after losing her family in a car accident last February, Erin Cochlin passed away over the weekend. She took her life , details unknown. RIP . Condolence to the family.

 

[Shayne]

Appears from the photo they may be hard to flip but if they do all that glass an't worth much. An insulated steel roof option (lots of roll bars) would be good for us up here.

 

[Paul8810]

Sad news, after losing her family in a car accident last February, Erin Cochlin passed away over the weekend. She took her life , details unknown. RIP . Condolence to the family.

Brutal situation made even worse. Can’t even fathom. Tough times for many right now.

 

[scramies]

So very sad and heart breaking. RIP

 

[MassPlay]

I mean its the worlds safest car. However this was unfortunate and my prayers to the family

Condolences

Well I have to say that I'm surprised this crash has not become front page news for the Tesla haters out there. Let's hope this is the new normal for us.

In my car club circle one of the reasons people tend to point out Tesla events is the misleading claims like "world's safest car" while talking about NHTSA crash data as the implied source of this "award". NHTSA has repeatedly told Tesla to stop because its untrue (NHTSA to Tesla: Stop claiming your cars are the safest). It really burns me to have this repeatedly happen with our cars; they're great cars, extremely safe (only 5 other cars got the top safety rating), but why the need to over-claim and make them a target? Its like the Tesla marketing department and fanbois just can't be happy with a really great car that's "one of the safest cars in the world".

 

[Lon12]

I just drove this route again a couple of weeks ago. Traffic was very light so I experimented with autopilot. It was not able to slow enough on its own for the corners. I would have to take over for a lot of them. Also a long stretch of gravel now beside a lake. Wouldn't recommend it if you are trying to keep your car clean.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Condolences


In my car club circle one of the reasons people tend to point out Tesla events is the misleading claims like "world's safest car" while talking about NHTSA crash data as the implied source of this "award". NHTSA has repeatedly told Tesla to stop because its untrue (NHTSA to Tesla: Stop claiming your cars are the safest). It really burns me to have this repeatedly happen with our cars; they're great cars, extremely safe (only 5 other cars got the top safety rating), but why the need to over-claim and make them a target? Its like the Tesla marketing department and fanbois just can't be happy with a really great car that's "one of the safest cars in the world".

Tesla is simply calling the NHTSA's bluff in its favor. To make Tesla stop, the NHTSA has to admit that its method of calculation is wrong and come up with a new one.

It does the same thing with Autopilot, daring the NHTSA to try to demonstrate that use of Autopilot reduces safety, knowing that it could probably whatabout the NHTSA on a whole bunch of things that the NHTSA doesn't dare try to stop.