zoomer0056
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No, the article said "he is considering buying the Tesla", the Tesla in the accident.
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Tesla goes over cliff-pacific-coast-highway-California-miracle survivors
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zoomer0056
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Critical thinking, junior.Just the facts ma'am.
Read a story today that they were a two-Tesla home. I still feel for the authorities to come to that conjecture they also spoke to the wife in the hospital. Everyone was conscious after all and wouldn’t you think they’d ask her what happened, maybe tactfully even asked the kids what they remember liking parents fighting in car or such. If he intended to kill all of them and it wasn’t some accident or medical event on his part, I have no doubt the mom of two would tell them honestly what happened. From what neighbors interviewed said they seemed happy and were well liked. Sure we’ll learn more once he’s arrested and the charges get filed. Just so hard to imagine taking out everyone but from the news we know it happens. Nice looking family and just so sad that’s what police think happened.
The UK rag, the DailyMail says "witnesses" saw the car make a U-turn before going over the side. I think the graphic is poor, since they have "3" where there's a guardrail The car went off at least 50ft south of that spot. And, from other reports, the U-Turn most likely happened in the obvious parking lot, not where "2" is marked.
I guess we shouldn't expect anything but sloppy journalism from a rag like the DM, but this is the first time I've seen anything saying the car was going northbound. Seems odd, since the family was going home from the holidays from SF back to Pasadena. Should have been southbound.
Especially odd, since the CAL FIRE Incident Commander, already said on video that the vehicle was traveling southbound.
I guess we shouldn't expect anything but sloppy journalism from a rag like the DM, but this is the first time I've seen anything saying the car was going northbound. Seems odd, since the family was going home from the holidays from SF back to Pasadena. Should have been southbound.
Especially odd, since the CAL FIRE Incident Commander, already said on video that the vehicle was traveling southbound.
The only point I really care about is #4. Mr. Patel is going to have plenty of time to think about the consequences of his actions. He could have done the whole 'Bless the beasts and the children' thing without his family in the car.
ev_go123
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Yeah certainly location of the number 3 is incorrect; there's a guard rail at 3. The only place it makes sense for him to have left the road is at that dirt path, halfway between the 1 and 2 numbers, where there isn't a guard rail, the same as you posted earlier.
If the u-turn bit of the story is correct, I wonder if he was driving northbound searching for a good place to drive off the cliff, saw the dirt path on the left, did a uturn, drove back to the dirt path and then went off the road. I even have to wonder if he had picked that place ahead of time, it seems like one of the higher/steeper cliffs on HWY-1 that doesn't have a guard rail. We'll have to wait for more details from the investigation.
There is already a 4+ page thread here on TMC on this topic, here:
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Tesla goes over cliff-pacific-coast-highway-California-miracle survivors
Amazing survival story. Not sure if it's a 3 or Y? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/03/tesla-cliff-pacific-coast-highway-california-survivors/10981909002/
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No matter how good that ultra high strength steel, I'm glad the Y landed on its wheels and not its roof. That was one hell of a ride.
On NBCnews, an accident reconstruction expert, a prof at Cal State-Sacramento, says he doesn't believe the car flipped. His computer simulations show "it couldn't have". He says the car's heavy battery kept the car tires down, not tilted forward as a typical ICE.
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thesmokingman
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It would be rather hard for any other brand to have a comeback for this result. lolthe comments are golden
This is the best kind of PR for this car although I wouldn't buy it at these prices, just glad I have mine lol
I agree 100%. But, this is America, where you're innocent until proven guilty, so will reserve judgement until a verdict has been rendered. Not that my judgement will matter one ounce. In any case, that goodness for their survival, whether intentional mischief or not.
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