Model 3 crash @ +100MPH

[MacGreiner]

Tesla Model S debris launched into homes in high-speed crash, driver cited for DUI

Contrary to the report, it is a Model 3 when you look at the crash pics.As if this didn't confirm it, the driver is not not the sharpest tack in the box based on his twitter feed.

That is some serious protection.

 

[GreenMtnM3]

Wow, can't believe anyone in that car survived, much less walked away.

 

[MP3Mike]

Amazingly the battery pack doesn't appear to have caught fire itself. Though it did suffer from a RUD and spill cells all over the place, of which at least one of was reported to have started a fire.

 

[Daniel in SD]

This is the first crash posted here where I actually believe the speed. That dude is ridiculously lucky, passenger seat is ripped out...

 

[RayK]

Though it did suffer from a RUD and spill cells all over the place, of which at least one of was reported to have started a fire.

Good to hear that innocent bystanders were not harmed. Amazing that the driver walked away with minor injuries but I hope that they throw the book at him. Was not familiar with the term RUD; had to Google it and then came up with this...

RUD, The Mad Libs Game (select one word from each column to come up with a description for the accident):

Rapid.........Unscheduled.....Disassembly
Really........Unfortunate.....Destruction
Remarkably....Unusual.........Damage
Randomly......Uncontrolled....Disaster

 

[Mr X]

And he fled the scene! Wtf


Extremely lucky to be alive

 

[TechVP]

Placed a lot of homes and lives at risk. Ashamed this guy behaved this way, in my otherwise very safe town.
-TechVP

 

[iwannam3]

A couple smoking hot battery cells went through a home's windows and one landed on a bed and the other in someone's lap! The car must have been rotating rapidly and spewing batteries everywhere! The firemen picked up loose battery cells and put them in metal buckets! Bucket should be full of water to eliminate thermal runaway. Could turn into a lithium fountain! In Germany they have portable tanks they immerse whole cars in after a wreck to contain battery fires. Too many cars erupting in fire hours or days after an accident.

 

[run-the-joules]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

He wins a brand new trip to jail!

 

[Saturday]

Moral atrocity aside. This guy ran away from the scene with only minor injuries after his car was ripped in half. Jesus that car is safe

 

[Daniel in SD]

Moral atrocity aside. This guy ran away from the scene with only minor injuries after his car was ripped in half. Jesus that car is safe

It's amazing the way the car ejected every other seat just to protect the driver.

 

[MP3Mike]

It's amazing the way the car ejected every other seat just to protect the driver.

It could be that the only thing that kept his seat in place was the seat belt. (And his own weight.)

 

[timk225]

A phone pole and 2 trees, he had to get some nice air off that wreck! I'd like to see the camera video.

I thought it was RUDE - Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly Event.

 

[Daniel in SD]

It could be that the only thing that kept his seat in place was the seat belt. (And his own weight.)

Good point.
When I see that picture it looks like almost pure luck that he survived. If he were in any other seat it looks like he'd be dead.

 

[Kevin-rf]

I'm just waiting for him to upload the dash cam footage.

Assuming he didn't launch that USB stick into the next county.

 

[OCR1]

It looks like a Duracell factory exploded.

 

[SlimJim]

Did the men in black recover all 4,416 cells? We do not want to get the batteries stolen to other companies snooping for the secret alien sauce.

 

[Rockster]

Does anyone else gag at the phrase “high rate of speed”?

Seriously.

Police and journalists love that phrase and they all use it to mean “velocity” when “rate of speed” really means acceleration.

Just stop.

 

[EmOne]

Does anyone else gag at the phrase “high rate of speed”?

Seriously.

Police and journalists love that phrase and they all use it to mean “velocity” when “rate of speed” really means acceleration.

Just stop.

I would aver that it doesn't actually mean anything in good English. If you really wanted to talk acceleration, you MIGHT say a high rate of change of velocity.

 

[SageBrush]

Does anyone else gag at the phrase “high rate of speed”?
Police and journalists love that phrase and they all use it to mean “velocity” when “rate of speed” really means acceleration.

"Me, speeding ?! Not a chance. Velocityzing, maybe."