TESLA VS SEMI TRUCK IN MASSIVE 6-CAR PILEUP CRASH
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- Tesla Model S is crushed in a massive highway crash, and the Tesla Dashcam footage helped the police solve what really happened. In this episode, Tesla owner share their experiences in crashes, near misses, hit & runs, and other Tesla Sentry Mode events in Episode 223 of Teslacam Stories, the ultimate Tesla show.
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Someone who says "I do not look where I drive, because car makes beep before I hit something" should have their license revoked forever.
i have a wide fish angle 4k backup camera but still use mirrors in conjunction especially since i have hitch cargo.
Might as well have said, "I just back up until I hear a screaming sound." lol
Yeah I couldn't believe that person said that. It blows my mind
I’m 66 and I think anyone over the age of 60 should have to take a driver’s road test. Hopefully, autonomous cars get here before I can’t drive anymore.
nah, just have them retake the license test... 1000 times.
"Eric isn't sure why the truck didn't just run over the red VW instead of swerving into a traffic lane" fixed that for you. There is clearly no shoulder there.
Exactly! There's a guard rail to the right of the trucker...thats why he didn't use the shoulder.
You took the words right out of my mouth! :)
I was expecting him to say, "Shoulder? What shoulder, Eric?" after the comment but seeing that it didn't, he either agree with Eric's statement or just ignored it.
Can you believe that truck driver didn't see the stopped traffic and at least slow down a little? I definitely would have cited him if I were the cop. Also the Tesla driver should have been able to stop safely so probably should have been cited as well, but the punishment the semi dealt to them was already painful enough!
@@sssnake2332 Do you even drive a truck? You must think trucks, like trains, can stop on a dime thus knowning nothing about kenetic energy.
Replacing a door, 10k USD, that is insanity!
Yea our model y got hit in the front and needed a new fender bumper hood suspension paint tire and wheel and way more and light for just 7,800
at a tesla body ahop and it looks brand new
This is why all of our insurance rates are going up.
Yea
The whole car costs 35k, somehow it doesn’t add up. Probably half of the expenses are labor.
That first one and "most likely totalled" is hilarious. That mofo is extremely totalled.
fr bro
and several times over
we seen some teslas get totaled because of a rear end, that tesla is most definitely totaled
'Tis a scratch
The first one that Teslas done if they did not total it, it will never look the same that Tesla is done
It's insane just how many accidents could be prevented in a years time by simply keeping a safe following distance.....
But here we are
And, I don't know, maybe actually paying attention to their damned driving.
Well, we're talking Americans here aren't we ? Get in the car, switch on, engage drive and turn off brain. Could have been a pick up causing the problem as per usual too, couldn't it ?
I try to keep 1 car length per 10mph open between me and the car in front but EVERY time i do, people just take that as an opportunity to cut me off
Put down that cell phone, and/or tablet. I've seen people watching TV while driving. SMH. No wonder their reaction time is TOO SLOW.
For the first clip, with the semi rear-ending, the was NO shoulder on the right. There was a guardrail. Which is why the trucker swerved to the left not to the right.
And I think they were trying to get between car which would have pushed other to the side, instead of flattening them from the rear. He seems to have limited the direct blow, and minimized the possibility of injury to the people in the cars he knew he was going to hit.
If you also look closely, you see the car in front of the truck was also moving into the shoulder.
@@josephjoestar515that’s because the guardrail ended there but where the semi was there was no shoulder
Yes because hitting stopped traffic with an 80,000 lbs rig is better than hitting a guardrail...
@@moody9287 He was in the moment and probably didn't think of that. Panic makes you do stupid things.
0:37 I guess he didn't took the shoulder because there is none
right? i was thinking the same shit, shoulder you mean guard rail?
Yeah... did Eric actully watch his own video?! WTF...
There's only 2 lanes and no shoulder on either side lol, the truck chose to swerve into the guard rail (and the Tesla) instead of plowing through 3 or 4 cars in front of him.
The whole incident in the first clip could have been avoided of everyone involved wasn't following so close. It's a straightforward concept that most people ignore.
It's crazy to me that the tesla was not at fault, unit 1 and 2 didn't collide, unit 3 (tesla) hit first for not keeping a safe distance, the semi had his own separate incident causing him to to hit the tesla. So to me semi and tesla were 30%-70% at fault
If you were to listen and watch the Unit 1 and unit 2 did collide before tesla hit unit 1@@JesusPerez-yc6yu
and imo it looks like eric had plenty of time to stop
@@JesusPerez-yc6yu 1 and 2 did collide, that's why 1 was found at fault because they collided with the car in front of them which then caused a pile up. Although I would have cited the Tesla and the semi driver too since they were all following to closely to avoid obstacles on the roadway.
@itsthedude6155 oh I didn't see then collide. I figured it was because he slammed on his brake that caused the pile up, but the semi should have been a separate case, because 1 & 2 didn't cause him to move and wreck the tesla
All of these Tesla repair costs are absolutely insane. You can thank them for the increase in insurance rates across the country. You’re telling me that the minivan that backed up into that black Tesla created enough damage to warrant replacing the entire door for 10k?!?!?!?
I blame the body shops for milking Tesla's (Tesla tax). Looking it up, a whole new door should not cost more than $2k. You're telling me they did $8k in labor to install the door?
@@Supertrooper697 doesn’t matter if it’s Tesla or the body shops. They’re making our coverage rates go up all of over the country.
They replace the door to get the car back to the insured party quicker. The damaged door still has salvage value, and can be refurbished and resold after being taken off the car. The cost of repair does not equal the outflow of money from the insurance companies.
When they total a car and cut a check for it’s value, they’re not just losing all that money. They go and auction the totaled car for its salvage value.
In the end, this process actually helps reduce insurance costs. They’re saving money doing this. Your car spends less time in the shop, they pay less for your rental. Your logic just spreads inaccurate information and tries to propagate unjustified hate against Teslas.
Thankfully, most car damages are Warranty and Insurance Covered. Real life charges are freaking stupid.
I drove a 2005 PT Cruiser until the time expired with it in 2015, then they wanted $800, $800, $800, $800, $800, $800, $800, $800, $800, $800, $800, $800, $800 until you surrendered the car. One car part each cost.
11:54 In Germany this accident would be separated into 4 accidents:
1.: Unit 1 crashing into unit 2
2.: Unit 3 crashing into unit 1 (edit: maybe not, see discussion in the comments)
3.: Unit 4 crashing into unit 3, 5 and pushing 3 into 1
4.: Unit 6 crashing into unit 5
The reason for this is that you always have to keep a safe distance where you come to a stop without crashing into the car in front of you.
Is that right? So if I'm following a car at a safe distance depending on my speed, and that car crashes and comes to a complete stop, I'd need a huge following distance to be able to come to a full stop too, you can't expect every following distance to be in readiness of a complete stop/crash. At 60mph it would be about 75-100m, do you always leave 100m gap in front of you? Really silly if it does work that way in Germany.
the minimum safety gap required by law is half the amount of speed (km/h) in meters. so if you're travelling 60mph this means you're travelling 96 km/h this means you have to keep a safety gap of at least 50 meters.
@@DimensionDynamics Germany has about 1/5 the number of fatal crashes per person than the US although they drive about half the number of miles your average US citizen does.
Oz same
@@DimensionDynamics AFAIK, it doesn't work that way.
Edit (hit send to early): You keep half the number on your speedometer in meters (works out to roughly two seconds: 100 km/h is 27 m/s, half of 100 is 50 m, two seconds would be 54 m). That distance is usually plenty to come to a safe stop.
Units 1, 3, 4, and 6 have some degree of fault. 1, 3, and 6 all failed to keep proper following distance, though I will take 6 with a grain of salt considering that we cannot directly see them in the video. I think the swerving semi speaks for itself, as they were in the other lane and should have probably been traveling at a slower speed, considering how big it is. 5 was just at the wrong place at the wrong time, being sandwiched between the semi and the barrier, and 2 was just following traffic.
This is 100% accurate, literally the only correct answer
I have some experience in traffic collision investigation. This is the correct answer. And honestly, it doesn't really matter what the police report says, insurance companies will determine their own levels of fault.
@@shavenyak1 I disagree. The first contact was the Rav4 plowing into the lead car. A lawyer could argue that the Rav4 couldn't have stopped that quick using only brakes, so the POV Tesla following distance was adequate, and the collision between Tesla and Rav4 was a direct consequence of Rav4 causing an accident. So my point is, as long as the car you are following crashes first, you are not responsible for rear-ending it. This would make the semi liable for crashing into the Tesla&Acura (chnaged lanes), and also the Transit hit the Acura before the semi made contact, which makes the Transit responsible for their part of the wreck.
6:03 never rely on the car technology to guide you when reversing 😭 This is absolutely insane & idk be scared driving next to them
Here's my 2 cents on the first crash:
Unit 1 was not at fault
Unit 2 is at fault for crashing into Unit 1
Unit 3 is at fault for crashing into Unit 2
Unit 4 is at fault for crashing into Unit 3 and Unit 5
Unit 5 got sideswiped and crushed between Unit 4 and the concrete barrier, so not at fault
Unit 6 is at fault for crashing into Unit 5
You have units 1 and 2 backwards; unit 2 is the sedan in front.
We can't see Unit 6 in the video so just going by what we DO SEE you can't tell whether Unit 6 is at fault for anything or not... and normally I would say "going by the police report..." but in this case the police report is so insanely off I would not trust the rest of it.
I think unit 5 was a RDX not a MDX
I agree. I was a traffic cop for over 7 years. Everyone except unit 2 (the lead vehicle that stopped in time) and 5 would have been cited.
Dan wasn't sure his car would stop...."
Bull. Schittola.
He didn't want to stop. He KNEW the drivers were sick of waiting and one was turning around (albeit in an unsafe way) and "Dan" wasn't having it. He put himself in FURTHER danger attempting to drive behind the stopped pickup. Could've EASILY been an accident but he CHOSE to risk it.
Most accidents are preventable but some prefer to risk it.
What the truck did was illegal, but that cammer was reckless as hell. I cant even imagine what would have happened if the pickup truck reversed into him and pinning him to the barrier. What a dumbass of a cammer.
It looked like he had plenty of distance at that speed, and in the video the rate of braking was very slow. There was no jolting, or forward roll due to the force of hard braking.
its a 35mph zone and he "couldnt stop" in 6 seconds
Eric was lucky in his wreck. my friend was rear ended by a semi in 2015 and she died. she wasn't in a Tesla. she was in a Nissan Cube. the truck driver had fallen asleep and she was the last car in a line of stopped traffic
Of course she died , she's in a Nissan Cube😂
@@Afijamesbonddoesn't make it funny?
Bruh seriously have some respect
Sad, I have learned to pay more attention to cars behind me these days.
scumbag@@Afijamesbond
Was traveling down 71 heading home from visiting family when the wreck seen in Eric clip happened. Never expected to see the video on Wham Bam. Happy to hear everyone was okay.
#12 - Dan was hoping the truck would move out of the way so he wouldn't have to slow down. Note to Dan, when a car blocks the entire road in front of you, you slow down.
Yes, agree that insane not to apply full brin this situation...
Dan is 100% stupid!
This is the reason we have so many accidents because ppl like Dan
It is surprising that police only cited one driver for following too closely in the first incident.
6:36 don’t know how intentional it was to turn towards the curb but good job by the ford owner to avoid adding another car into an accident. Whether intentional or not, they save someone time.
The intention is both avoid hitting the front car and being able to get out if the rear car doesn't stop.
They had a campaign in the UK some time ago saying 'only a fool breaks the 2 second rule' from the front vehicle passing an object. Ir was clever as it took this time to say the phrase. Looking at the first incident you only just get past 'fool' in the steady spacing before the emergency stop was required. It is universally ignored though but it seemed wise advice and I try to leave this gap.
I remember back in the sixties there was a campaign to stop tailgating. The TV part of it was a newly-married couple following a lorry too closely. They didn't show the crash but they showed the car being loaded on a tow truck. It was destroyed to the extent the couple could not have survived. The TV spot was quite controversial at the time.
@@davidmillar-haskell8863 those are the best ones! A dose of reality is usually the best medicine for leaving a lasting impression.
1:06 Headlight on the ground still lit, its a bit creepy to see, tethered by its powered like a eyeball popped out.
Yea
#14 the paint can: it's got fingerprints on it, and before someone says they were wearing gloves, I bet you he wasn't wearing them when he picked it up and bought it ESPECIALLY the bottom (if paint didn't get under the can)
Hope they catch the a-whole who dumped the paint on the car. He probably lives nearby. I'm surprised they didn't track this guy without his mask on another camera since cameras are all over the place.
5:14 NOT THE MATING DISPLAY 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
#11, if the Tesla owner was paying attention as soon at the truck pulled out to start the U-turn he should have realdy begun to slow down. This is why some drivers today just simply crash into people, they don't use their common knowledge when driving.
3:19 maybe if Dan tried his brakes
Gotta love that Tesla with the black “friends of coal” KY license plate haha
Is Tesla ever gonna stop price gouging the hell out of replacement parts? I'm surprised there has not been a lawsuit yet.
Cost me $1200 to replace a headlight on my 2019 Corolla Hatchback. OEM parts are not cheap
Bulk of repair bill amount is on labor, and repaint.
@@Trust_but_Verify still wouldn't cost that much for other manufacturers
1:53 probably everyone involved at fault. Without the footage, Eric M could at least attempt to get away blaming the entire damage to the Toyota's rear on the truck. But even himself he wasn't able to keep a proper following distance..
You don't know how logic works do you?
If you following something at a good pace then that thing infront of you comes to a sudden dead stop. Counting the .3 seconds of human delay reaction time plus tesla immediate auto braking... if that rav 4 was paying attention. That tesla wouldn't even hit them.
Or did you fail middle school
If 2 objects are going the same speed. Then 1 object gets stopped immediately. The object behind it has no where to go but to hit it.
If 2 objects are going the same speed. 1 object starts to slow down. The other object will copy and slow down.
So either way you look. The tesla couldn't avoid it do to the rav 4 sudden stop from rear ending the car infront.
That's the things you need to pay attention to in school and in driver's ed
@@levilaraki9524clearly you don’t understand safe distance and defensive driving
@@S0L1D_ They don’t seem to understand how to engage in civil discourse, either.
Or turn on your flashers if you get into sudden slowed traffic
@@johnfoltz8183that’s what i do, if i encounter a situation where i have to drastically reduce my speed or even come to a whole stop on a highway, i hit my hazards. i see it as basic communication to the driver behind you
i used to live in the same town in the first video. that area near the rest area has been under construction for YEARS. i’m surprised there aren’t more accidents. i’m there every now and then. it’s ridiculous. i hope eric is ok!
I love how wham baam puts the clip instead of others youtubers that you have to watch until the end of the video.
Thanks, Wham Baam.
3:11 this is Hwy 17 (runs north and south) that connects the San Jose area, or the south bay, to Santa Cruz. Scott's Valley (beautiful place) is before you drop down into Santa Cruz and Capitol and Hwy 1. It's often, for many many years, referred to as "blood alley" for the sheer number of fatalities it has had over the years. It got so bad at one point that they finally lowered the speed limit, and have a heavy California Highway Patrol or aka CHP presence on Hwy 17 both directions. The biggest issue with this Hwy is there are very few shoulder areas on it.... So when an accident happens it'll back traffic up for several miles, which makes getting first responders there a very difficult job..... It's also a high enough altitude to get snow....
In the first clip: "I don't know why the trucker didn't go on the shoulder instead of hitting the cars." If you look when it first occurred there is no shoulder on his right, it's just a guardrail.
@Eric.M I’m glad you survived that crash. I hope you you are okay.
No click bait is refreshing ❤
Teslas often totaled out with significantly less damage than their gas powered counterparts due to safety concerns over potential damage to the battery packs.
and best safety for tesla passengers without regard for car damage
Eric M's vid: looks like the semi was dodging the orange car in it's lane that seem to brake due to the suv(?) behind eric that swerved in front of the orange car.
On the scene, the truck driver said he didn't turn his wheel at all and that he just hit the brakes and it pulled into the left lane.
4:33 - Staring at Miles with love in his eyes
No one was hurt lol! I’d be like “ my fkn neck! Call an amberlamps! “ lol
Idk why there is any speculation that the first video with the Tesla crushed by the semi would even be remotely fixable. The unibody is completely mangled, not to mention knowing how expensive Teslas are to fix in the first place for the most minor damage…
10,000$ just for a door ding is insane
The cost of repair quoted by insurance does not equal the actual amount they pay in the end.
I watched the new dash cam vid and security cam video and I am sooo excited for this one
Kerbe has a similar encounter to me in a parking lot with an older person. I was taking my brother home from his physical therapy session and a veteran driving a van with a towing hitch backed up and caught his hitch in my passenger side wheel pulling it out of alignment and totaling the car. He hadn’t been paying attention to more than his backup camera.
4:20 That enormous truck barely managed to haul all the empty space. 😂
I know the reason that driver was acting like an a$$....he's a Florida Man!! Check the license plate.
@@maggiestrasser9815 I'm actually impressed how well-behaved he is then! 👏🤣
Love your vids keep up the great work 👍🏽👍🏽
Deserve the best videos yet I hope to be able to see more of them.
I am sick and watching Wham Baam Teslacam and its really making my day better,keep the good work Wham Baam Teslacam
4:55 The Viper ACR-X driver definitely did not know what he was doing. He's lucky the tires didn't bite and snap the steering back. That car is no joke and if you don't respect it, she will prove to you why she's called the widow maker. There's a reason it still holds a high Nurburgring lap record even though it's more than a decade old. His skill ran out is what happened here.
12:12 frightliner! scary!!
You hit the nail on the head with Florida drivers. To make matters worse, 25% of cars in Florida are uninsured.
I hate it so much. It's the reason why our premiums are so damn high.
Always love your videos
6:15 $10,000 for a door. There are 4 doors on that Tesla. So, you're paying mostly for the doors when you buy one?
No surprise on the collision: it's always going to be the car in the front that made "first contact". Everyone behind that will be a chain reaction of that first collision.
This is so insanely incorrect. You are supposed to maintain a following distance that allows you to stop safely even if the vehicle in front of you comes to a sudden stop. Eric 100% deserves a citattion for failing to maintain a proper following distance and driving too fast for the situation.
@@WeAreGoingSomewhere Agreed which is why I said the first car that MADE contact (not "took" contact). Meaning the first person to rear end a vehicle is at fault.
I love your videos they’re so good please make more?
0:38 Eric isn't sure why trucker ... while he alone was not capable of maintaining safe distance and rear ended the RAV4 in front of him 😀
Lol, he was keeping a safe distance. Looks like the tesla driver was keeping a 3+ second distance between the Rav but if they go from 50+ to 0 in under 2 seconds due to a collision there is nothing you can do. I am also not sure if tou watched the video but the police also stated that the tesla driver was not at fault or committed any infractions like unsafe following.
The relying on beeping sensors is a death sentence💀💀💀
1:23 sir that tesla is beyond totaled… idk why he thought even for a second that it would be able to be fixed
10:30 You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel.
Under rated comment 😂😂
5:26 vipers have no TC or ABS at all, therfore it cannot be turned off, as it isn't even there 😂
#11 I am also a car guy and know about drifting, and to me it doesn’t look like the viper was drifting intentionally. Those cars are notorious for being overpowered without much downforce which means they don’t have too much traction, and if you turn traction control off then you better have full control of that car.
Eric was one of many tailgaters there. He's actually partly at fault, but the cops were nice to him.
If you can't stop before hitting someone in front of you it means that you are not maintaining a safe following distance. Duh.
I like how he said the Truck should've used the Shoulder Instead of swerving to the next lane. I will agree that the Swerve to the Left lane was a bad call but there is literally no shoulder for the truck to swerve on to
But steering into the guard rail would have slowed the truck down and may have prevented it from hitting any of the other cars, potentially causing injuries/death.
@@kenbob1071 And either cause the truck to flip over causing a Bigger accident or even ricocheting the Truck into the left Lane anyway
6:20 wild how a little bump leads to a $10,000 door replacement. Love teslas but they need to fix that. Pun not intended.
I love your videos so much!!
Wham Baam, I own a tesla model 3
11:48 is the answer of the first crash.
I find myself simultaneously cringing and laughing while watching Idiots in Cars. It's a rollercoaster of emotions, but it sends a powerful message.
10:45 - [Singing] "You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel!"
Number 1 ,the semi couldn’t go anywhere else, also there was no shoulder on that part of the road you can see the guard rail on the passenger side and concrete barriers on the other side
That’s what I’m saying lmao 😂
he could go somewhere else, like follow with at least 5 seconds of separation in the first place.... you vehicle needs more time to stop? Then stay far behind others, you don't have F1 brakes so stay far behind period.
@@armanddesarrierespays719 - In that heavy traffic, 10 cars would pull in front of that truck if it backed 5 seconds off of the car in front and would eventually be at a standstill with all other drivers angry at him for blocking traffic. That truck was easily 4 or 5 car lengths behind the car in front. The cars following too close in front of the truck were at fault (and the police agreed).
Guard rails are made to be broken.
It is a chat, got confused...anyway. Good luck.
The Viper drifting video triggered the comment about "Manufacturer Suggests Not to Disable the Traction Control". Ummmm, one of the stated features of the Viper was No Electronic Driver Aids. There isn't Traction Control to turn off.
quite exited to see some videos from malaysia next year
13:39 I think the cops got it wrong. Complicated situations like this can't be determined who's 100% at fault. In the end, the cars got rearended should be paid by he cars rear end them. The Rav 4 should pay for the Avalon. The Tesla should pay for the Rav4. The truck should pay for the Tesla and some of the Acura for improper lane change, the Ford transit should pay for the Acura as well. It's a chain of event.
I agree
13:31 they couldn't be more wrong lol
Great videos. Info: I77 to Charlotte is solely in NC, not SC. lol.
Ooh I love vipers especially acr ones
Most of these accidents are from ppl oblivious to blind spots, not paying attention or not responding the right way
1:58 already knew the semi is 100% fault.
Its always them
Not 100%, the tesla was tailgating and crashed long before the truck hit.
Wrong. The semi driver is a victim of the other drivers following too close.
I like how you couched this video!
hmmm wait wait was that the middle finger? 4:13
4:30 $10k fine for rolling coal.
Couldnt you consider the trucker at fault because he was also following too closely in congested traffic? Even if the first two bumps didnt happen, the semi still was following too closely to the red vw in front of him🙃 Good thing everyone was okay!
I woke up on Saturday when to go sit on my couch was missing and then I watched this video now I found it thank you I still don't know how I got there
0:37 "Eric isn't sure why the trucker didn't use the shoulder instead of swerving into a traffic lane" - if you look closely you will see that *there is no shoulder at that particular spot of the highway* - the guard rail sits right next to the RH traffic lane, ruling out any evasive action in that direction (the truck would have tipped over into the ditch). Oh, sure the guard rail ends immediately after the spot where he swerved but, as it was, the trucker had no choice: whether he chose to stay in lane or to swerve, he'd have collected a pile of (s)crap metal anyway.
Did that one submitter really name his kid Elon? That isn't going to age well.
It was my clip, Elon is also a Bible name.
5:07 Hi Viper ACR owner and avid racer of said Viper ACR. They are somewhat difficult to drive but not THAT bad, unfortunately for many outside of us enthusiasts and racers, these have become status symbols for those who actually can not handle them. The owner handled that car terribly.
0:35 Wait in that first video that truck had no shoulder to go into. There wasn’t a shoulder on the right but maybe he could have still opted to run into the barrier…
guardrail might have slowed him down a tad but not enough to not possibly kill the people in it by him going into the space and knowing vehicles structures if you hit a car on a corner the 2 main frames will absorb more impact but pretty sure the driver judging by his wheels was trying to steer towards head on into the cement guardrail to stop him either way the trucker should have had more space between him but minus that it was his only choice
02:40 If that were my Tesla, I'd leave the white paint on the vehicle to assist in identifying it as mine in large parking lots. As the years roll by with more & more Teslas on the roads & in parking lots, one will want unique markers. In addition, the weird paint job will deter thieves. "Look for the black Tesla with the spilled white paint job!" Thanks for the video!
1:57 Split responsibility. Tesla driver responsible for hitting the RAV4, semi responsible for hitting the Tesla.
How on earth was the semi-truck not found even a little bit at fault? It swerved into the TRAFFIC lane which crushed 2 cars (Acura & Ford) when otherwise they wouldn’t have been involved in the accident. And I’m sorry but if the Toyota was found at fault for driving too close behind then couldn’t the same be said for the Tesla considering it hit the Toyota before the semi pushed it back into the Toyota?
The semi should have had good vision over everyone that things were slowing down ahead. Lots of blame to go around on this one.
Because trucks are NOT always at fault, and physics is a thing. The truck driver was trying to avoid the red car that stopped in front of him after being cut off by the brown Honda CRX that merged right. I would go so far as to say that truck drivers are usually the victims in crashes and inexperienced, distracted drivers in cars are usually at fault.
@@chiplangowski3298 it is still a preventable accident, the truck should have slowed down enough, the driver should have seen what was going on and be prepared for a stop in front of them. The driver should have been ticketed for not controlling his truck.
It's called a chain reaction. One driver sets it all into motion and is found at fault.@@greg227
@@greg227 - In that case, every driver involved in that accident should have been ticketed too. None of them controlled their cars either.
Sorry for being late DR wham with my daily prescription of Tesla crashes
I live in Scotts valley CA and that was the first time that my town has been featured yessssssssssss they were also driving on highway 17
2:57 I know an Asian when I see one
i liked my own comment
Edit: I unliked my comment bc i started getting bullied in the replies
Nuh uh
No
dont care didnt ask
No one cares 😊
You do
You're all doin' great out there!
8:09 you forgot to roll the TESLA BEHAVING BADLEY jingle for this accident
I think the semi truck is also at Fault because he switched lanes and he didn’t have a safe following distance either
yeah, that police report is absolutely wrong. The RAV4 driver was at fault, the tesla driver was at fault, and the freightliner driver was at fault. All 3 of those vehicles were following too close and struck the ones in front of them.
Model 3 highland is better than Model Y!
i disagree
But why?
Wham baam, do you use Tiger blood Jewel's music?
Ouch