Hey all-
I'm new to this forum and am seeking some advice for a terrible situation I'm in.
Last month I was driving my 2017 Model 3 to a hike in California. There was a narrow 2 lane road (one lane in each direction) going downhill to the trailhead parking lot. As I was driving down, I saw a Fire department utility truck driving towards me. I pulled over my car to the right as far as I could, close to an adjacent rock wall and completely stopped. The fireman completely stopped his truck as well. Adjacent to the truck was a cliff/drop off. It seemed like it would be a very tight fit and I honestly thought the fireman would either back up into the parking lot right behind him or instruct me to back up so we could make some room to pass each other. However, after a few seconds, the fireman decided to drive forward and try to squeeze past me.
He ended up scraping my rear bumper and quarter panel, causing about $10,000 of damage according to the insurance estimate. I was pretty upset but the fireman assured me that "we'd get you car taken care of" and to meet him at the top of the hill to wait for the police.
When the police arrived, they took his statement and informed me that he is claiming HE was completely stopped and I drove into him. I am completely shocked that a fireman would blatantly lie about the accident. I honestly never expected it. There were 3 other fireman on the truck when it happened but they all left the scene of the accident before they could give a statement. I am getting on my insurance adjuster to get statements from them but I am not very hopeful that they will tell the truth either.
Unfortunately, I did not have a USB plugged in to capture dash cam footage (I was using both outlets to charge two devices, lesson learned). I was wondering if there is any way to pull timestamped telemetry data from the car that would confirm that my car was stationary when the truck hit me.
I sent a data privacy request to Tesla through the website but it shows no data during the time of the accident and the excel cells for Accelerator Pedal position/vehicle speed/etc are all blank. Does anyone know of any other options I have? I've talked to my local tesla dealer and they haven't been helpful. At this point, its about the Principle and I don't want this scumbag to get away with it. Cost is not an issue. Thank you in advance for any insight or advice!
I'm new to this forum and am seeking some advice for a terrible situation I'm in.
Last month I was driving my 2017 Model 3 to a hike in California. There was a narrow 2 lane road (one lane in each direction) going downhill to the trailhead parking lot. As I was driving down, I saw a Fire department utility truck driving towards me. I pulled over my car to the right as far as I could, close to an adjacent rock wall and completely stopped. The fireman completely stopped his truck as well. Adjacent to the truck was a cliff/drop off. It seemed like it would be a very tight fit and I honestly thought the fireman would either back up into the parking lot right behind him or instruct me to back up so we could make some room to pass each other. However, after a few seconds, the fireman decided to drive forward and try to squeeze past me.
He ended up scraping my rear bumper and quarter panel, causing about $10,000 of damage according to the insurance estimate. I was pretty upset but the fireman assured me that "we'd get you car taken care of" and to meet him at the top of the hill to wait for the police.
When the police arrived, they took his statement and informed me that he is claiming HE was completely stopped and I drove into him. I am completely shocked that a fireman would blatantly lie about the accident. I honestly never expected it. There were 3 other fireman on the truck when it happened but they all left the scene of the accident before they could give a statement. I am getting on my insurance adjuster to get statements from them but I am not very hopeful that they will tell the truth either.
Unfortunately, I did not have a USB plugged in to capture dash cam footage (I was using both outlets to charge two devices, lesson learned). I was wondering if there is any way to pull timestamped telemetry data from the car that would confirm that my car was stationary when the truck hit me.
I sent a data privacy request to Tesla through the website but it shows no data during the time of the accident and the excel cells for Accelerator Pedal position/vehicle speed/etc are all blank. Does anyone know of any other options I have? I've talked to my local tesla dealer and they haven't been helpful. At this point, its about the Principle and I don't want this scumbag to get away with it. Cost is not an issue. Thank you in advance for any insight or advice!