I honestly think that the touch was light enough that she didn't know she hit the car only because she stayed parked there. Otherwise she would be incredibly stupid to stay parked there.
Elon already confirmed there will be, with options to set for sentry mode to: 1. always turn on 2. turn on only when away from certain locations (ie home) 3. always off There are some other options I don't recall off the top of my head. Option 2 is what I'll be using. Also, there are phone apps that can already do this. Android users can do it through Tasker w/ Tesla add-on. TeslaFi can as well.
It is the right thing to do. If people start to realize there's a good chance they are being videoed when damaging others' cars, they may think twice or three times before maliciously doing their nasty thing. Same goes for obnoxious if not dangerous driving out on the roads. Next time someone cuts you off, hit the record button and call it in. The existing laws do no good unless you can prove what you say. Having immediate video of dangerous criminal behavior is going to make for some quick action and perhaps arrests. And since this is all new, it will go viral, which is exactly what we want. Why do video burglar alarm systems work? BC the bad guys realize those systems raise the odds of them getting caught. Same principle here: the more people know they can be caught on video doing the wrong thing, the less inclined they will be to do it.
Wow, that is scary... just think, that lady is out there driving around every day, with kids in the car. She can't even handle a simple parking job - imagine how bad she is on the roads! Sadly, there are just too many of these people now, which is why I would like to see self driving cars take over the world. What if we made driving tests really hard?? People like her should not be allowed to drive...
Isn't that a local regulation thing? For instance, in TX I have to have front license plates so I have them on my Tesla Model 3. It was very easy to add the bracket (stick-on supplied by Tesla) that allows plate to be added to front.
You should see a gray "x" instead of a red dot when the flash drive is full. I saw it the other day when mine was full.
This is why I am in favor of mandatory & enforcing front plates. Has nothing to do with aesthetics. Has to do with my fellow humans being douche bags & can't be trusted in incidences such as this.
Would you be okay if someone did it to your car? I would be livid if someone damaged my car and didn't even bother to leave a note. Fixing a fender bender costs a lot of money. I think public shaming is appropriate.
Hitting your car and then leaving is a hit and run. My point was the public shaming was appropriate because she left instead of taking responsibility.
Tesla insurance rates should keep dropping as insurance companies get used to Sentry and Dash cam videos.
Got a little triggered watching this...and my old MS will never have SM. Going to park far, FAR, away from other cars.
WOW. You're definitely NOT in Occupied Kalifornia ... They'd never even take action on this unless you were way out in a rural area. Hope you're able to nail this idiot. Sad that she's reproducing with zero ethics or consideration for others.
This is what happens when driving is considered by our career politicians as a "human right" so we give out licenses to anyone, including those not legally here and people like this broad, who clearly sucks at driving and is a danger to others. Places like Germany don't play around with the privilege of driving, and therefore can have much safer roads with "suggested" speed limits on the Autobahn. We get what we elect, and if we want to stimulate public transit, people like this woman should lose that privilege and be riding the bus. Win-win for everyone!
I have seen A LOT of cars hit another car... and drove to a different parking spot to park. I will leave a note on the car that got hit with other car's license plate number and make/model. It's kind of hard to tell if she noticed it or not... at one point she did seem like she glance OP's rear bumper. Interesting thing is that if she would have backed out and park somewhere else, there would be no camera footage at all. The only reason it records was because she got out of the car next to OP's car. Sentry mode does not record a car pull in next to your car unless a person got in/out.
In Ca hitting a car and leaving is a misdemeanor and a felony if there is bodily harm. Happened to my wife’s car (parked, no one hurt), Good Samaritan got a plate number and using that I was able to have my insurance find out who’s car it was, and then made a claim on their insurance, who paid for the damages. We decided not to press charges, he was an old guy and we left it to karma, but we were made whole thru his insurance no problem. Only if you go thru your own insurance (I.e. have no idea who hit you) will there be a deductible, and it wouldn’t be through comprehensive, it would be collision. Comp is for vandalism and theft.
I thought Sentry mode is supposed to notify you asap thru the app if there was an incident. If not, it should...maybe next update? Also, my drive got full when sentry mode was on and it just stopped recording. I didn't notice until I was on the road after a few hours. So for the rest of the trip, I didn't have any recording. It's a good thing nothing major happened. The solution (until there is a better fix) is to have another flash drive in the car ready to be used.