Sentry Cam caught Hit & Run

[ONEDVSMOFO]

Long story short, a guy backed into my M3 while it was parked and took off. He was found later because of SC footage.

SC caught the whole thing. Paint/clear coat scrapes on the front bumper.
Does anyone have any advice on seeking depreciation type settlements?

The guy has Geico, not sure if it’s valid. Waiting to for my insurance to contact them.

 

[ONEDVSMOFO]

Oh and I’ll post the video once I figure out how to blur license plates.

 

[Gizmo35]

Glad to see sentry solving crimes.

 

[IceIceBaby]

Long story short, a guy backed into my M3 while it was parked and took off. He was found later because of SC footage.

SC caught the whole thing. Paint/clear coat scrapes on the front bumper.
Does anyone have any advice on seeking depreciation type settlements?

The guy has Geico, not sure if it’s valid. Waiting to for my insurance to contact them.

Depends on state... In va, by default unless you decline coverage, uninsured motorist coverage is automatically added to ins coverage up to 50k. this means that if the other party has no insurance, your insurance will cover all repair costs, rentals etc... up to 50k and then press charges against the offending party. Else, if they have coverage, their insurance should cover it and then they'd have to fight some legal battles with the county/state...

 

[NedH]

Oh and I’ll post the video once I figure out how to blur license plates.

Why blur the plates? He committed a crime. It's in public.

 

[St☰v☰]

Why blur the plates? He committed a crime. It's in public.

I've often wondered the same thing.

 

[Msjulie]

The guy has Geico, not sure if it’s valid. Waiting to for my insurance to contact them.

If your insurance company is happy with the video, great. Sometimes they want a police report as well - eager to see how this works out. Hit and run guy should be fixing your car AND facing some consequence for running I'd think.

 

[Garlan Garner]

I think that one of the penalties from a court hearing for getting caught damaging a tesla on a tesla cam would be to charge a model 3 up - from 1% charge left......

by pedaling a stationary bike without stopping.

It would take a week.

 

[ONEDVSMOFO]

Why blur the plates? He committed a crime. It's in public.

It’s purely CYA on my part. While I know it’s a public place and expectation of privacy is low, I’d hate to deal with anything the guy may try and bring up.

 

[Rothgarr]

Oh and I’ll post the video once I figure out how to blur license plates.

Why do you need to blur license plates?

 

[Rothgarr]

Same thing happened to me (see video below).

This is before the rear cam was enabled in an update. i showed the footage to the copes, they went to the guy's house and arrested him and got me his insurance info. I then sent the video to the guy's insurance and they immediately accepted responsibility.

 

[whatthe2]

Same thing happened to me (see video below).

This is before the rear cam was enabled in an update. i showed the footage to the copes, they went to the guy's house and arrested him and got me his insurance info. I then sent the video to the guy's insurance and they immediately accepted responsibility.

Wow that dude is the worst parallel parker ever.

 

[Rothgarr]

Wow that dude is the worst parallel parker ever.

Right? he HAD to be drunk or something considering how many tries it took him to get in and out of that spot.

 

[Garlan Garner]

Wow that dude is the worst parallel parker ever.

He should have let the car self park itself so that...….


…...oh yeah that's right....its not a Tesla.

 

[needp3d-]

let him replace the front bumper cover for you
$1950 ($600 itself+labor+re-calibration)

 

[SMAlset]

@Rothgarr having the two side cameras really helped provide clear evidence of him hitting you and nice you had structures nearby to clearly see the car’s lights reflecting off of them to help illustrate what happened.

Thankfully Tesla has been able to add the rear camera to TeslaCam to provide better accident coverage. Glad you had enough convincing footage without it to get him arrested for hit and run.

 

[mjopling]

Same thing happened to me (see video below).

This is before the rear cam was enabled in an update. i showed the footage to the copes, they went to the guy's house and arrested him and got me his insurance info. I then sent the video to the guy's insurance and they immediately accepted responsibility.

Really interesting and informative. Thanks for posting.

 

[St☰v☰]

What a piece of work the GMC driver is... hit and run and ONLY when confronted does he take responsibility. Depending of the value and circumstances, that could be a felony in California.

 

[Luudcrs]

Does anyone have any advice on seeking depreciation type settlements?

It's only a bumper cover, so not sure this even applies.

let him replace the front bumper cover for you
$1950 ($600 itself+labor+re-calibration)

Re-calibration of what? I'm getting my rear bumper cover replaced soon. And the rear bumper cover alone from Tesla painted in factory black is $900 before taxes.

 

[hudsoncat]

Hit & run happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I had a clear video (front camera) of the dude getting into his car and then backing right into mine, license plate clear the entire way... I downloaded the video to a thumb drive and gave it to the cops (per my insurance company). The cop laughed the entire time the video played, called a couple other cops in to see it... Tesla's are still pretty rare in my town, the cops were impressed. Dude's insurance took swift responsibility apparently when they heard there was a video.