Comments by "SeanBZA" (@SeanBZA) on "Wham Baam Teslacam" channel.

  1. No 15 will absolutely bet the Jetta driver was on the phone on either FB or WA, and a look at their phone data logs will show this being consistent from the time they got on the freeway as well, up to the crash. Could result in them not only getting charged with negligence, but also with them getting a suspension, if not having the license revoked. Submitter can easily get a civil case from this footage, and claim back all the costs not covered by insurance, like hospital bills, lost time, rental costs and even for therapy and long term injury treatment.
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  2. Yes, but with a clear view of the vehicle deliberately polluting, they can send the video to the local traffic police, and they will very likely impound the truck for inspection, and give him a fine for deliberately defeating an anti pollution device.
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  3. Other driver can also claim for lost time as well, plus a rental Tesla while his is in the shop. If a judge says this is deliberate and he has prior records he might award treble damages as well, just to drive the point home.
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  4.  @mundanestuff  They hit for sure, jeep is prone to roll over because of height, but airbags already deployed means they hit the rear of the other vehicle, hard, and were launched up from the side by that impact. Likely wheel hit the other car on the side, and rode up it.
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  5. But he did merge behind the truck, and then entered the turn lane before being deliberately cut off. Truck driver is fully at fault here, and hopefully is charged both with reckless driving and criminal assault with a weapon as well, and is taken off the road for a few years as well. All his actions were both deliberate, and could easily have resulted in serious injury to the other driver.
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  6. Riley needs a lawyer to help him go after the CHP officer, and get the department to pay out for the issue.
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  7. Send to the insurers and let them all file suit against the cause, and see how they like having multiple suits filed against them using the video evidence. As their insurer likely will pay out, and file suit against the driver as well, they will absolutely not be doing road rage in the future, as they will be walking to get around, because no car and no house.
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  8. I think his favourite sheep ran off with a guy in a Tesla.......😀
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  9.  @webcomment8895  Low speed impact, vehicle was stopped so the airbags did not go off. Airbags are not made by Tesla, they contract the entire airbag and controller out to a specialist supplier, like Bosch, so use the standard deployment impact forces. You had the impact cause injury, but the primary restraint system (seatbelt) did prevent him getting serious injury, and the passive safety systems (crumple zones) absorbed the majority of the impact as well. If the airbags went off for every similar energy event, you would find them going off on things like hitting a kerb, braking hard, hitting a speed bump over the listed speed, or even a shopping trolley hitting the front. Would you like to have your airbags deploy like that old meme of the car honking at an old lady crossing slowly, and then she hit the front of the vehicle with her handbag, triggering the airbags?
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  10. Or it was close to end of shift, so why get into overtime (likely unpaid as well) for a ticket that probably will be dropped by the DA when the other driver pleas poverty, or that they were not guilty.
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  11. Yes, thinking closer to $6500 to fix that, Tesla service is expensive.
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  12. Tesla, where they control both parts supply, and if you use them for insurance you also have to use their body shops. that $12k is more than I have paid for motor vehicles my entire life added up. I can buy a new vehicle by me for less than that amount.
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  13. Right on red in an accident is still classed as red light running, so will get a good chunk of the blame still, as after all they deliberately disregarded a lawful instruction to stop, and did not check the intersection was clear before entering.
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  14. Plus in full HD video as well, likely to be a video played at the insurer office to all staff as a "look at this bonehead here". Has to now pay for the damage to their own vehicle, the damage to the Tesla, and likely also got a lovely ticket from the local traffic department for an illegal overtake as well.
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  15. At least that driver had chains on, seen plenty who do not. Yes have had the chain save my bacon.
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  16. You can bet, with this clear video, that she is being roundly criticised on social media now, as with a time and location, there is bound to be a few viewers in the area who recognise the airhead. Plus could also be charged with vandalism, and forever banned from the mall as well.
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  17. Yes send the repair bill to their insurer, and file a police report for malicious damage to property, and as the damage will definitely exceed the criminal threshold the company will be both paying for the damage, and also be sitting in front of a magistrate or judge to explain, with full video as well, exactly why they should not be found guilty, and have to pay. Accident would be if he was doing the entire road, but this is deliberate aiming, and also shows intent, in that it was done separately from any other work, and was also done by trespassing into the yard as well, off the mandated road clearing only.
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  18.  @1dariansdad  Get a lawyer, they put a motion before a judge for cellphone location and metadata (remember this is not classed as personally protected data specifically by the US Supreme court, as it is classed as data used by the phone companies internally for billing purposes, so is not protected speech) which will give them all the details for that day. Then at endpoints and traffic cameras simply request footage, and see the renter was driving. Then the civil case goes ahead, plus the renter now also has, after losing the civil case, now additional charges of making false statements to the police, plus insurance fraud, and a few others that can be tacked on. then will also have to pat for the damage to the rental truck, plus the replacement of the other 2 vehicles written off by the renters negligence. That rollover definitely had injuries, you do not walk away from that unscathed, you will have bruises, torn muscles, and back and neck damage as well, just not fatal.
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  19.  @wadeparent5360  Well, probably still driving with original drums, and brake linings, plus original brake fluid...... At least from the way that left rear locked up, but right rear barely slowed down.
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  20. Shows they at least put the bumpers out there to absorb impact properly, as the bumpers did the job they were intended to do. Yes granny in the camry was driving inattentively, and range rover will guarantee was on the phone in some way.
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  21. You need to watch Russian dash cams as well, where you have dogs, cats and even pigeons using a pedestrian crossing. None so far have shown chickens though. Amazing is that so many Russian drivers stop at them, while others just race through, generally being right on time for the accident.
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  22. Francois the object they used is a spark plug, which is hard enough and heavy enough to shatter the safety glass there. Best defence is to put in an anti shatter film on the glass, still will shatter, but now they are unable to gain access via the shattered window, as the film keeps the glass in one piece, like laminated glass.
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  23. Problem worldwide.....
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  24. No20, titled Grace Under Fire.......
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  25. Russian dashcams also have this.
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  26. Will not blow up, but will make the roadway burn.
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  27.  @Corro_Dedd  Because the anger over what he considered to be a massive slight against him was such that he forgot that the car is a driving camera. But as he now has a charge of vandalism against him, which might be taken as destruction of property over the threshold, he now ends up with a criminal record, and if he is in the country on any sort of visa the visa will never be renewed either.
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  28. Yes the owner of the truck is at fault for allowing a suspended driver to drive, so can be sued for the medical costs and the balance of the costs to make him whole again. That it might be a new vehicle instead of similar model age is irrelevant, lowest cost will probably be new.
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  29. Green here means wait, look both ways (even at a one way street) and let the obligatory minibus taxi cross, because for him it was just "fresh red", and stopping at lights, and road rules in general, are a mere suggestion, and not anything he should actually worry about.
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  30.  @dertythegrower  Truck can still be taken and sold to defray costs.
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  31. Will bet was both driving too fast, and was well lubricated after leaving the pub. Accounts for the speed, because drunk thinks speeding will get them home faster, so less time for an accident, and also delayed responses means he was not able to follow the curve in the road either.
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  32. Dogs get cold as well.
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  33. No, just driving like an arsehole, driving too fast for the prevailing conditions. Just because he was 5 under the limit is not going to magically make the tyres grip better when you hit a nice patch of water and start to plane. Should drive according to conditions, not speed limit in heavy rain. Should have been doing under 30 in that condition, like the other drivers on the other side were doing.
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  34. Only reason the driver was not cited is because doing so means the cop has to fill in another 2 pages of paperwork. So let the insurance company fill that instead.
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  35.  @bogglesbiggins1101  Because cops will not bother, and the bike generally is a lot faster than a police car, plus can go through gaps as well that the car cannot easily follow. however the rider probably uses that route often, and it is easy to run a DMV check on all bikes that model and colour in the area, and then see which owners fit the age range of the rider, and then simply go to the registered address, and view the bike. No plate, tow it away, and illegal size the same. But not going to be done, because that takes 3 things the police do not have, ground work, thinking ability (police do not hire intelligent people as basic officers deliberately) and also wanting to be proactive about crime.
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  36. Already out on monitored release, pretty sure that also means not even the golden arches will hire them.
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  37. Yes, impact hard enough to trigger restraint systems, not the airbags, as the system is smart enough to detect the collision angle and direction, so merely fired seat belt tensioners on the occupied seat to keep the driver from flailing around the interior, and then also commanded the ECU to shut off fuel and disable the engine, plus also automatically unlocked all doors as well. So the driver can still turn off the car, and start it again, though there will be a big warning about safety systems faulty, and that service is required, along with a warning about limited performance mode being enabled. Bosch is clever that way.
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  38. Eric simply has to sue the other driver in small claims, for the full amount, plus costs, as it was the other driver who was negligent in clearing their vehicle of snow and ice before driving, which is actually an offense. After all he has video of the vehicle, and the side camera view of the driver. Driver claims to court he was not driving still has to pay as registered owner, then must either have a police report of the theft of the vehicle, dated before the incident, or sue the responsible party they lent the vehicle to instead.
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  39.  @kenbob1071  Any excuse they can figure till they get a subpoena......
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  40.  @Derpy1969  So graduated up from the BMW driving school, and got tired of driving an Audi.
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  41. Varies from state to state, many do not even require a roadworthy when buying a vehicle, or even an annual check for fitness to operate. Also varies from country to country as well, many do not require insurance, and then the insurance you claim from your insurance, they pay out then claim back from the other motorist's insurance, or from the other motorist themselves. Really only in the USA is uninsured other party insurance a thing. Here by me all policies come with a high coverage for other party damage, which will cover the damage in most cases, unless you hit a supercar, or total 3 Teslas in a single accident, where you are completely at fault.
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  42.  @eden20111  Likely their insurance, though you can bet they probably will not cover the other party damages and will refuse insurance with them. Then will take them to court to recover the payout plus costs.
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  43. Plus no real aftermarket parts either, all major parts with massive DRM that makes them worthless as spares as well without doing all sorts of non DMCA approved work.
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  44. No manufacturer will put a full size spare in the back, if there is anything there it is a skinny temporary use one, or a pump and a can of fix a flat. Lighter, so that they can meet that EPA mandated mass and then also save an extra 0.001MPG on fuel use, or in this case an extra mile of range on test track cycle. My car has a full size spare, and my sister got a full size spare for her car as well, as it came with a well for one, just had in it a styrene dummy inner with the jack, spanner and pump, but no spare, cut to reduce mass and cost of manufacture. spare fitted perfectly, and even the dummy fitted in the rear of the tyre. Came in handy when she found one of the myriad potholes that make driving akin to dodgem cars. So thankful my wheels are actually 70 profile, not the more common 50 or less profile, which are basically painted on rubber, and which cause the rim to crack or buckle, and the tyre itself to be destroyed.
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  45. But as this likely was a rental, no anti sway hitch, and likely driver did not do the simple thing and apply trailer braking, either because did not thin, or it was not working.
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  46. Pawel can also ask the parking garage for the footage of the vehicles entering and exiting at around that time, because almost all have very good camera coverage of entrances and exits, and they would likely release the footage for the court case, once asked by a lawyer.
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  47. You can see on the big mirrors the dome at the bottom, there to provide coverage of the blind spot next to the vehicle, and often trucks will have an added mirror on the front of the engine cover that provides added visibility in those areas in front as well. The white car was in view of at least the mirrors, truck driver did not look before turning, only a few seconds earlier when merging into the freeway. By me almost all HGV are cab over engine, and the mirrors are in front of the cab, so they cover all blind spots well with the big convex main mirror, and the inset convex bubble mirror at the bottom, if there is not a split section that is convex and aimed down.
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  48. Probably a rental as well, just his name is George of the Jungle, and he did not watch out for that tree......
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  49.  @vipermageex5861  Mostly because the video now means the officer now has to add it to the electronic case file, and this extra 30 seconds is time (and hard thinking) away from either dozing in the vehicle, or sitting in a chair at the PD telling tall tales.
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  50. A large number probably, and they might do it for many times before they either wreck the vehicle in a single vehicle accident, or have an accident that causes death, and are breathalysed at the scene.
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