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This is what getting sideswiped in a Model 3 looks like
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ℬête Noire
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Perhaps the truck driver gave a vehicle description for the first collision they claimed and it match something that shows up on the video the police officer will likely want to try track that down. Or the police want to try figure out if it was an imaginary description and are trying to rule out it's existence (so they can figure out whether to charge the truck driver with lying to them).
xilex
Model P3D
Not much you an do different. Something like that statistically will probably not happen again. Or if it does, its going to be 12 years from now when you've forgotten about this thread.
Can't control a rogue vehicle coming to take you out. You can only have limited movement along the x-y axis.
What you can control is being in the safest car ever tested by the NHTSA when something does happen.
paranoidroid
Member
Scary video and glad you're OK!
I wonder why collision avoidance didn't kick in like we've seen with other videos:
This makes me wonder under what circumstances it will avoid and when it won't.
I wonder why collision avoidance didn't kick in like we've seen with other videos:
This makes me wonder under what circumstances it will avoid and when it won't.
One difference in all the videos we've seen where avoidance kicked in was the cars were merging into a Model 3 from the side. Where dashcam videos always showed the car within field of view. This truck came from behind and fast, you didn't see the truck until it had already sideswiped the car. Perhaps it didn't see the truck fast enough, like an avoidance blindspot.
That truck was speeding AF, that's some scary action movie crap. I would've been terrified. The Model 3 took it like it's an old school chunky Volvo geesh. The truck sideswiped the car, tried to swing its tail around and the Model 3 just said "no".
That truck was speeding AF, that's some scary action movie crap. I would've been terrified. The Model 3 took it like it's an old school chunky Volvo geesh. The truck sideswiped the car, tried to swing its tail around and the Model 3 just said "no".
However the sound of screeching tires was a sign of things to come. Hate hearing that sound while I'm driving on the expressway. Once saw a horrible collision happen a bit in front of me and fortunately was able to move out of the way, not completely unscathed, something stuck in my grill I could see tumbling at me but couldn't avoid, but did better than others caught up in it.
ℬête Noire
Active Member
The angle the truck struck the OPs car at, and from the tire squealing going on prior out of frame, is very suggestive that the truck was at a much sharper angle than normal traffic sees, so yeah that means a lot less time for sensors to note it as an object approaching from the side like that.
My car has moved sideways a few times to try to avoid collision but usually it has been when someone has been slowly drifting into my lane.
This happened way too fast I think for anyone to do anything about it. I showed CHP the footage yesterday, and they seem to think that what really happened is that he was driving way too fast, likely using his cellphone, and when he looked up and realized there was slower traffic in front of him, he tried to brake but couldn't stop fast enough so he swerved into the right lane and then lost control. Supposedly this is also what the skidmarks seems to indicate when they came back the next day to look at them. This guy must have been going really fast. I was doing 63mph at the time and there is clearly a large speed differential when he crashes into me (and that is after he has been braking for a few seconds).
This happened way too fast I think for anyone to do anything about it. I showed CHP the footage yesterday, and they seem to think that what really happened is that he was driving way too fast, likely using his cellphone, and when he looked up and realized there was slower traffic in front of him, he tried to brake but couldn't stop fast enough so he swerved into the right lane and then lost control. Supposedly this is also what the skidmarks seems to indicate when they came back the next day to look at them. This guy must have been going really fast. I was doing 63mph at the time and there is clearly a large speed differential when he crashes into me (and that is after he has been braking for a few seconds).
ceekz
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I once ran over an archery target that appeared suddenly when the car in front of me swerved to avoid it- I was fenced in my lane and no room to maneuver. Went under my MINI Countryman, taking out an axle boot and tearing up some of the undercarriage. The owner of the load took responsibility but I was cautioned by the CHP that if I filed a report, I could be cited. In California, the driver is at fault for not controlling the vehicle if it hits something. Even if it jumps out in the road in front of you, like a deer. Or an archery target. On the plus side, the weather here is fantastic.
woodisgood
Optimustic Pessimist
Glad nobody was hurt. Hooray for a heavy small car with a low center of gravity!
not dashcam footage from v9 as it does not capture audio. also, at the bottom of the footage you can read blackvue.
i hope in future iterations tesla will capture 360 video as impact is not limited to the front of the vehicle.
Since it was mentioned, CVRP has exemptions for unavoidable vehicle sale.
https://cleanvehiclerebate.org/site...cvrp/documents/CVRP-Implementation-Manual.pdf
I suspect they'll be more friendly in circumstances where the collision wasn't your fault.
https://cleanvehiclerebate.org/site...cvrp/documents/CVRP-Implementation-Manual.pdf
The California Man said:
The California Man said:
The California Man said:
I suspect they'll be more friendly in circumstances where the collision wasn't your fault.
Good work staying calm and sharing the experience.
That was kind of the hit I had in my Nissan Versa Note in 2009 and car lost traction, tires came out, steering was on rim, skid to the other side of highway, hit the boulder, came back to the middle Lane, spinned twice, smokes, radiatiator and few other things fell to the ground. Luckily traffic stopped and internal hardcore frames kept us alive.
With M3 it looks like almost nothing happened. Just Wow! Happy to get mine last month.
Almost had this happen to me this morning. Just like you previously stated about idiots using the exit lane to speed past slower traffic and cut back in at the last moment. I was fortunate that I heard his engine floored and caught him/her coming into me so I nailed the brakes at the last second and avoided the impact. I rarely hit the horn and give the finger but I reacted out of reflex more than anything else. The roadrage still is affecting my blood pressure but the morron just continued speeding away and thankfully we will probably never meet again.
This was with V9 yes. Actually the first day I drove this car with V9 after getting it installed.
Thanks for this information. So it looks like I'm good on CVRP, federal tax credit and PG&E credit. For me the only outstanding question then is the San Joaquin Valley Drive Clean rebate (for which I have to send yearly reports as well with my insurance information, so it would be impossible to hide, not that I would).
I did hear back from the insurance adjuster though, and as far as they can see right now (but they are going to have to start dismantle the car to see if there are any hidden damages they can't see right now) it looks like it is going to be possible to repair it.
