Hit and run caught on cameras...Help identify blurry license plate

[Rountad]

Hi all.

I was driving my Model 3 past a line of cars today when a silver Lexus pulled out directly in front of me. He was only about 30% into the lane when we contacted and then he kept driving, hitting another Lexus as he fled the scene.

Are there any graphics experts who can sharpen up a blurry license plate from TeslaCam footage?

Thanks!

 

[jjrandorin]

Why not just turn the video over to the police, and/or your insurance? What would you do with the information if someone was able to determine it, beside "turn it over to the police or your insurance", which will likely run their own tools on it?

Let me edit this and say "there isnt anything wrong with the thread or question asked in the thread", because some might get the impression I am intimating that. I am just asking a question on why not let insurance, etc do their job on this instead of trying to sleuth it online.

 

[Rountad]

I have done so with both, but I know that I care more about my problems than someone else does. The police said that a report will be complete in 10 days. Now that means that they have a lot of work, don't consider it a huge priority, or perhaps both. Giving them a clear image vs a blurry vidcap will make their job easier and probably make for a better result for both injured parties.

 

[KenC]

324-2958, that's my 5 second guess. Actually, putting up the video, may help people decipher the plate, since seeing something dynamically can help.

 

[jjrandorin]

324-2958, that's my 5 second guess. Actually, putting up the video, may help people decipher the plate, since seeing something dynamically can help.

Cant we just say "Enhance!" at the screen and have someone tap a couple buttons and get it clear, like they do on TV?"

 

[android04]

Posting the original file or link to the original file would help. Anything else will have compression artifacts. Can also try sharing the clip in the r/teslacam sub-Reddit.

 

[Rountad]

Zipped the mp4 file that the front TeslaCam captured...

 

[TexasTezla]

Well, its a Texas plate so its 3 letters followed by 4 numbers....

 

[TLLMRRJ]

Did the cops look at the video and tell you it was the other guy's fault? I ask because it's one of those where they may say you could have stopped in time to avoid the collision. It's not like he blind-sided t-boned you. I always slow down and keep an eye out expecting cross traffic to pull out like that when the other lanes have come to a stop. People also just pull out in front of you to get out of the slow lane without looking. I've seen it too many times to feel comfortable barreling down the road in that situation.

 

[TexasTezla]

Did the cops look at the video and tell you it was the other guy's fault? I ask because it's one of those where they may say you could have stopped in time to avoid the collision. It's not like he t-boned you. I always slow down and keep an eye out expecting cross traffic to pull out like that when the other lanes have come to a stop. People also just pull out in front of you to get out of the slow lane without looking. I've seen it too many times to feel comfortable barreling down the road in that situation.

It's very clear it was the other guys fault...and I wouldn't say the OP was barreling down the road. You can clearly see the OP moving to the right to avoid a collision hoping the Lexus would see and stop. No doubt in my mind it was the Lexus fault 100%. He didn't even seem in a hurry to get away either! It looks as though that chunk of plastic was the Lexus side bumper too!

 

[jetytri]

wow, sorry this happened to you. i watched the video a bunch of times but sorry i can't help. hopefully someone else will come along to assist. it'll be nice if one day the videos would be a lot more sharp.

 

[Rountad]

Yes, they said it was his fault when he pulled out into traffic without allowing enough time, when he hit another car while fleeing, and that hit and run is a felony.
Yes, that was part of his car.

 

[pnwadventures]

Zipped the mp4 file that the front TeslaCam captured...

Zipping an mp4 just makes it bigger, fyi.

 

[drtimhill]

I've seen it too many times to feel comfortable barreling down the road in that situation.

He probably wasn't going that fast, videos tend to make the car appear faster moving that it is (try it yourself, drive at 25mph, then grab some Dashcam footage and watch it .. it will appear faster).

 

[drtimhill]

Zipping an mp4 just makes it bigger, fyi.

Sometimes. but the ZIP format is sensible enough to fall back on storing uncompressed data when it can't compress it .. so it ends up only fractionally bigger.

 

[drtimhill]

Why not just turn the video over to the police, and/or your insurance? What would you do with the information if someone was able to determine it, beside "turn it over to the police or your insurance", which will likely run their own tools on it?

My guess is the police dept are not going to put work into this .. so if he can get even a few digits of the plate, that combined with color/model of the car should narrow it down pretty much.

 

[focher]

I threw it into Vance AI (as one of their freebees). Still doesn't really give enough clarity to read outright, but maybe possible to narrow down if one had access to a plate lookup.

 

[NedH]

Probably a stolen car

 

[Stranger Dings]

Did you check the footage from the side camera? You were in front of him for a bit, so may have a better view of his plate.

 

[Rountad]

Yes, I looked at all the cameras. The left side camera showed the hit, parts flying, and that he had no front plate. It did not get any view of the rear plate. The front camera was the only one that got a view of the plate.