CyberCRASH!! "OO7" Involved in CyberWreck!! DashCam to the Witness Stand!!

[BengalBoy]

So, after over 10 years without a car wreck, fender bender, or incident of any kind driving a car, all it took was two weeks with my new CyberTruck to hear that "sickening crunch" and feel the "what the fuck is that" sinking feeling in my stomach. Today was the day I crashed "OO7" and officially went from a New CyberTruck to a Wrecked CyberTruck. On the good side of things, no one was hurt. On the bad side of things, well, I'm very frustrated that I now own a wrecked CyberTruck and my emotional "Space Car" high has been brought back down to Earth.

Things I've learned? Tesla's are the Shit and Dashcam is the BomB! I'm a personal injury lawyer by occupation and today I got to experience the "DashCam" technology in operation in real time. Driving to lunch to meet a friend I'm merging off one four lane at a red light onto another four lane when I hear the *crunch* and feel the *sinking feeling* in my stomach. A black cross-over is dancing in front of me now and I know there has been a significant impact. Pullling over to a nearby parking lot I park and wait for the driver of the other vehicle to exit. A young teenage girl immediately starts trying to blame me for the wreck claiming I did not yeild the right-of-way? What?? I'm obviously irritated and pissed off because my brand new CyberTruck is wrecked. Traffic was stopped in the direction I was traveling through that intersection by traffic light control. I tell her I don't want to hear her complaints, my CyberTruck has recorded the incident and I'll soon know what happened. At the moment, I'm completely confused as to how it happened and where she came from? Her mother shows up. The girl suddenly begins to apologize while mother still tries to find a way to blame me for the wreck. As my friend comes over from the nearby restaurant, the young girl confide's to him she made a U-Turn and apologizes again. Hmmm, that's the first mention of a U-Turn and I'm still not sure how I could not see her in front of my CyberTruck.

And that is when the Police Officer asks me if I have recorded the wreck? I know I have *Sentry and DashCam* mode activated as I find it really remarkable technology for securing my CyberTruck and protecting myself in case of wrecks like this one. Didn't think I'd be using it so soon in my CyberTruck experience, but, here it goes and I don't really know what it is going to show. I even have to Google how to view the clips while the Police Officer waits. Going through the menus I find my *DashCam* clips and sure enough, there it is. As the Police Officer and I begin to view the video I'm realizing how powerful this tech is in the field. Right now the officer is going to prepare his Crash Report and opinion of fault based on the video as recorded by "OO7" and I'm unsure of exactly what it will show. At the moment of truth, you see me waiting at a stop behind merging traffic for my turn to enter the intersection roadway. Traffic traveling in my direction on that roadway is stopped by redlight while traffic traveling in the opposite direction is getting to turn left onto the other road by left turn signal only. As I enter on to the roadway the side camera captures the other driver making an illegal U-Turn, quickly, crossing two lanes of traffic into the front driver's side bumper area of "OO7" causing the wreck. And that explains why I didn't see her. I was not expecting such a manuever by traffic traveling in the opposite direction and had already begun to look straight ahead as I merged into my traffic lane.

So, sadly, I now own a wrecked CyberTruck and will have to go through the process of getting it repaired. Photos and notifications have already been sent to Tesla through the app. Insurance coverage and acceptance of liability still undetermined. However, in Alabama the record created by my CyberTruck proves to be invaluable when it comes to determining fault. It is no longer a "he said" vs. "she said", instead, a recorded memorandum of the event was created in real time.

Some quick observations:

a. DashCam mode is the Bomb!! It cuts both ways, but, if you are not at fault having this feature enabled is incredibly valuable to protect yourself.

b. Full Self Driving may have prevented my wreck? I can't say for sure if it would react quickly enough to avoid this wreck, but, seeing how the side mounted camera sees things happening in real-time that the driver can't, my wreck might possibly have been avoided. I'm looking straight ahead as I merge on to the roadway. I'm not looking to my left and behind me as the car makes a U-Turn and whips over into my lane. But, the CyberTruck sees it. And these are the kinds of scenerios where FSD might possibly have prevented contact by moving back to the far right lane or off the roadway.

So, I'm disappointed and bummed out for my new CyberTruck and the inconvenience I'm going to have to endure getting it repaired. I'm happy it was a low impact kind of wreck, no one is hurt, and the property damage on both sides isn't too significant. But the Geek side of me is actually pretty impressed with the safety features of the CyberTruck and how easy it is to reconcile stories about "who's at fault" when *DashCam* is activated. Now I get to experience the Tesla body shop repair first hand.

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[ÆCIII]

So, after over 10 years without a car wreck, fender bender, or incident of any kind driving a car, all it took was two weeks with my new CyberTruck to hear that "sickening crunch" and feel the "what the fuck is that" sinking feeling in my stomach. Today was the day I crashed "OO7" and officially went from a New CyberTruck to a Wrecked CyberTruck. On the good side of things, no one was hurt. On the bad side of things, well, I'm very frustrated that I now own a wrecked CyberTruck and my emotional "Space Car" high has been brought back down to Earth.

Things I've learned? Tesla's are the Shit and Dashcam is the BomB! I'm a personal injury lawyer by occupation and today I got to experience the "DashCam" technology in operation in real time. Driving to lunch to meet a friend I'm merging off one four lane at a red light onto another four lane when I hear the *crunch* and feel the *sinking feeling* in my stomach. A black cross-over is dancing in front of me now and I know there has been a significant impact. Pullling over to a nearby parking lot I park and wait for the driver of the other vehicle to exit. A young teenage girl immediately starts trying to blame me for the wreck claiming I did not yeidl the right-of-way? What?? I'm obviously irritated and pissed off because my brand new CyberTruck is wrecked. Traffic was stopped in the direction I was traveling through that intersection by traffic light control. I tell her I don't want to hear her complaints, my CyberTruck has recorded the incident and I'll soon know what happened. At the moment, I'm completely confused as to how it happened and where she came from? Her mother shows up. The girl suddenly begins to apologize while mother still tries to find a way to blame me for the wreck. As my friend comes over from the nearby restaurant, the young girl confide's to him she made a U-Turn and apologizes again. Hmmm, that's the first mention of a U-Turn and I'm still not sure how I could not see her in front of my CyberTruck.

And that is when the Police Officer asks me if I have recorded the wreck? I know I have *Sentry and DashCam* mode activated as I find it really remarkable technology for securing my CyberTruck and protecting myself in case of wrecks like this one. Didn't think I'd be using it so soon in my CyberTruck experience, but, here it goes and I don't really know what it is going to show. I even have to Google how to view the clips while the Police Officer waits. Going through the menus I find my *DashCam* clips and sure enough, there it is. As the Police Officer and I begin to view the video I'm realizing how powerful this tech is in the field. Right now the officer is going to prepare his Crash Report and opinion of fault based on the video as recorded by "OO7" and I'm unsure of exactly what it will show. At the moment of truth, you see me waiting at a stop behind merging traffic for my turn to enter the intersection roadway. Traffic traveling in my direction on that roadway is stopped by redlight while traffic traveling in the opposite direction is getting to turn left onto the other road by left turn signal only. As I enter on to the roadway the side camera captures the other driver making an illegal U-Turn, quickly, crossing two lanes of traffic into the front driver's side bumper area of "OO7" causing the wreck. And that explains why I didn't see her. I was not expecting such a manuever by traffic traveling in the opposite direction and had already begun to look straight ahead as I merged into my traffic lane.

So, sadly, I now own a wrecked CyberTruck and will have to go through the process of getting it repaired. Photos and notifications have already been sent to Tesla through the app. Insurance coverage and acceptance of liability still undetermined. However, in Alabama the record created by my CyberTruck proves to be invaluable when it comes to determining fault. It is no longer a "he said" vs. "she said", instead, a recorded memorandum of the event was created in real time.

Some quick observations:

a. DashCam mode is the Bomb!! It cuts both ways, but, if you are not at fault having this feature enabled is incredibly valuable to protect yourself.

b. Full Self Driving may have prevented my wreck? I can't say for sure if it would react quickly enough to avoid this wreck, but, seeing how the side mounted camera sees things happening in real-time that the driver can't, my wreck might possibly have been avoided. I'm looking straight ahead as I merge on to the roadway. I'm not looking to my left and behind me as the car makes a U-Turn and whips over into my lane. But, the CyberTruck sees it. And these are the kinds of scenerios where FSD might possibly have prevented contact by moving back to the far right lane or off the roadway.

So, I'm disappointed and bummed out for my new CyberTruck and the inconvenience I'm going to have to endure getting it repaired. I'm happy it was a low impact kind of wreck, no one is hurt, and the property damage on both sides isn't too significant. But the Geek side of me is actually pretty impressed with the safety features of the CyberTruck and how easy it is to reconcile stories about "who's at fault" when *DashCam* is activated. Now I get to experience the Tesla body shop repair first hand.

Wow that really sucks, but you're taking it well and appreciating the positives of a Tesla crash versus others. Hopefully you can submit some video to the Wham-Bam-Teslacam channel or even post it with photos here?

- ÆCIII

 

[Mal]

Oh man, dude. I'm sad and happy for you. Glad you're ok.

And that's a great insight about FSD, too.

 

[Cybertruck26]

So, after over 10 years without a car wreck, fender bender, or incident of any kind driving a car, all it took was two weeks with my new CyberTruck to hear that "sickening crunch" and feel the "what the fuck is that" sinking feeling in my stomach. Today was the day I crashed "OO7" and officially went from a New CyberTruck to a Wrecked CyberTruck. On the good side of things, no one was hurt. On the bad side of things, well, I'm very frustrated that I now own a wrecked CyberTruck and my emotional "Space Car" high has been brought back down to Earth.

Things I've learned? Tesla's are the Shit and Dashcam is the BomB! I'm a personal injury lawyer by occupation and today I got to experience the "DashCam" technology in operation in real time. Driving to lunch to meet a friend I'm merging off one four lane at a red light onto another four lane when I hear the *crunch* and feel the *sinking feeling* in my stomach. A black cross-over is dancing in front of me now and I know there has been a significant impact. Pullling over to a nearby parking lot I park and wait for the driver of the other vehicle to exit. A young teenage girl immediately starts trying to blame me for the wreck claiming I did not yeidl the right-of-way? What?? I'm obviously irritated and pissed off because my brand new CyberTruck is wrecked. Traffic was stopped in the direction I was traveling through that intersection by traffic light control. I tell her I don't want to hear her complaints, my CyberTruck has recorded the incident and I'll soon know what happened. At the moment, I'm completely confused as to how it happened and where she came from? Her mother shows up. The girl suddenly begins to apologize while mother still tries to find a way to blame me for the wreck. As my friend comes over from the nearby restaurant, the young girl confide's to him she made a U-Turn and apologizes again. Hmmm, that's the first mention of a U-Turn and I'm still not sure how I could not see her in front of my CyberTruck.

And that is when the Police Officer asks me if I have recorded the wreck? I know I have *Sentry and DashCam* mode activated as I find it really remarkable technology for securing my CyberTruck and protecting myself in case of wrecks like this one. Didn't think I'd be using it so soon in my CyberTruck experience, but, here it goes and I don't really know what it is going to show. I even have to Google how to view the clips while the Police Officer waits. Going through the menus I find my *DashCam* clips and sure enough, there it is. As the Police Officer and I begin to view the video I'm realizing how powerful this tech is in the field. Right now the officer is going to prepare his Crash Report and opinion of fault based on the video as recorded by "OO7" and I'm unsure of exactly what it will show. At the moment of truth, you see me waiting at a stop behind merging traffic for my turn to enter the intersection roadway. Traffic traveling in my direction on that roadway is stopped by redlight while traffic traveling in the opposite direction is getting to turn left onto the other road by left turn signal only. As I enter on to the roadway the side camera captures the other driver making an illegal U-Turn, quickly, crossing two lanes of traffic into the front driver's side bumper area of "OO7" causing the wreck. And that explains why I didn't see her. I was not expecting such a manuever by traffic traveling in the opposite direction and had already begun to look straight ahead as I merged into my traffic lane.

So, sadly, I now own a wrecked CyberTruck and will have to go through the process of getting it repaired. Photos and notifications have already been sent to Tesla through the app. Insurance coverage and acceptance of liability still undetermined. However, in Alabama the record created by my CyberTruck proves to be invaluable when it comes to determining fault. It is no longer a "he said" vs. "she said", instead, a recorded memorandum of the event was created in real time.

Some quick observations:

a. DashCam mode is the Bomb!! It cuts both ways, but, if you are not at fault having this feature enabled is incredibly valuable to protect yourself.

b. Full Self Driving may have prevented my wreck? I can't say for sure if it would react quickly enough to avoid this wreck, but, seeing how the side mounted camera sees things happening in real-time that the driver can't, my wreck might possibly have been avoided. I'm looking straight ahead as I merge on to the roadway. I'm not looking to my left and behind me as the car makes a U-Turn and whips over into my lane. But, the CyberTruck sees it. And these are the kinds of scenerios where FSD might possibly have prevented contact by moving back to the far right lane or off the roadway.

So, I'm disappointed and bummed out for my new CyberTruck and the inconvenience I'm going to have to endure getting it repaired. I'm happy it was a low impact kind of wreck, no one is hurt, and the property damage on both sides isn't too significant. But the Geek side of me is actually pretty impressed with the safety features of the CyberTruck and how easy it is to reconcile stories about "who's at fault" when *DashCam* is activated. Now I get to experience the Tesla body shop repair first hand.

Man, I am so sorry to hear that happened, and glad everyone is ok. But you sir, are a damn fine story teller. I don't mean to make light of it, but when you had that "sinking feeling in your stomach", I couldn't help but think to myself, wait until she finds out you're a Personal Injury Attorney.

So sorry to hear about "OO7", I hope it's nothing too major.

best

 

[The Tumbler]

Excuse me while i immediately run to see if i have my dash cam activated…

Glad no one was hurt! Be sure to pursue for economic damage associated with the future decrease in resale value from the incident being posted on your carfax. I recently sold my Model X, when I got the CT, and took a ~$3-4k hit by my estimation due to a minor accident on the carfax from an incident 3 years ago that was not my fault and was covered by the other drivers insurance. I had 5 people come look at the car and elect not to buy it solely due to the accident on the carfax. It was minor, with the driver door being repaired, and no other damage, but it’s on their nonetheless…

Good luck with the repair. Hopefully you get it back quickly!

 

[Crissa]

I hope you can share the video eventually ^-^;

-Crissa

 

[96Kopper02]

Do you have pics of the damage?

 

[Kuiper__Belt]

So, after over 10 years without a car wreck, fender bender, or incident of any kind driving a car, all it took was two weeks with my new CyberTruck to hear that "sickening crunch" and feel the "what the fuck is that" sinking feeling in my stomach. Today was the day I crashed "OO7" and officially went from a New CyberTruck to a Wrecked CyberTruck. On the good side of things, no one was hurt. On the bad side of things, well, I'm very frustrated that I now own a wrecked CyberTruck and my emotional "Space Car" high has been brought back down to Earth.

Things I've learned? Tesla's are the Shit and Dashcam is the BomB! I'm a personal injury lawyer by occupation and today I got to experience the "DashCam" technology in operation in real time. Driving to lunch to meet a friend I'm merging off one four lane at a red light onto another four lane when I hear the *crunch* and feel the *sinking feeling* in my stomach. A black cross-over is dancing in front of me now and I know there has been a significant impact. Pullling over to a nearby parking lot I park and wait for the driver of the other vehicle to exit. A young teenage girl immediately starts trying to blame me for the wreck claiming I did not yeidl the right-of-way? What?? I'm obviously irritated and pissed off because my brand new CyberTruck is wrecked. Traffic was stopped in the direction I was traveling through that intersection by traffic light control. I tell her I don't want to hear her complaints, my CyberTruck has recorded the incident and I'll soon know what happened. At the moment, I'm completely confused as to how it happened and where she came from? Her mother shows up. The girl suddenly begins to apologize while mother still tries to find a way to blame me for the wreck. As my friend comes over from the nearby restaurant, the young girl confide's to him she made a U-Turn and apologizes again. Hmmm, that's the first mention of a U-Turn and I'm still not sure how I could not see her in front of my CyberTruck.

And that is when the Police Officer asks me if I have recorded the wreck? I know I have *Sentry and DashCam* mode activated as I find it really remarkable technology for securing my CyberTruck and protecting myself in case of wrecks like this one. Didn't think I'd be using it so soon in my CyberTruck experience, but, here it goes and I don't really know what it is going to show. I even have to Google how to view the clips while the Police Officer waits. Going through the menus I find my *DashCam* clips and sure enough, there it is. As the Police Officer and I begin to view the video I'm realizing how powerful this tech is in the field. Right now the officer is going to prepare his Crash Report and opinion of fault based on the video as recorded by "OO7" and I'm unsure of exactly what it will show. At the moment of truth, you see me waiting at a stop behind merging traffic for my turn to enter the intersection roadway. Traffic traveling in my direction on that roadway is stopped by redlight while traffic traveling in the opposite direction is getting to turn left onto the other road by left turn signal only. As I enter on to the roadway the side camera captures the other driver making an illegal U-Turn, quickly, crossing two lanes of traffic into the front driver's side bumper area of "OO7" causing the wreck. And that explains why I didn't see her. I was not expecting such a manuever by traffic traveling in the opposite direction and had already begun to look straight ahead as I merged into my traffic lane.

So, sadly, I now own a wrecked CyberTruck and will have to go through the process of getting it repaired. Photos and notifications have already been sent to Tesla through the app. Insurance coverage and acceptance of liability still undetermined. However, in Alabama the record created by my CyberTruck proves to be invaluable when it comes to determining fault. It is no longer a "he said" vs. "she said", instead, a recorded memorandum of the event was created in real time.

Some quick observations:

a. DashCam mode is the Bomb!! It cuts both ways, but, if you are not at fault having this feature enabled is incredibly valuable to protect yourself.

b. Full Self Driving may have prevented my wreck? I can't say for sure if it would react quickly enough to avoid this wreck, but, seeing how the side mounted camera sees things happening in real-time that the driver can't, my wreck might possibly have been avoided. I'm looking straight ahead as I merge on to the roadway. I'm not looking to my left and behind me as the car makes a U-Turn and whips over into my lane. But, the CyberTruck sees it. And these are the kinds of scenerios where FSD might possibly have prevented contact by moving back to the far right lane or off the roadway.

So, I'm disappointed and bummed out for my new CyberTruck and the inconvenience I'm going to have to endure getting it repaired. I'm happy it was a low impact kind of wreck, no one is hurt, and the property damage on both sides isn't too significant. But the Geek side of me is actually pretty impressed with the safety features of the CyberTruck and how easy it is to reconcile stories about "who's at fault" when *DashCam* is activated. Now I get to experience the Tesla body shop repair first hand.

@BengalBoy I’m so sorry, brother! I’m glad everybody is OK!
That is infuriating. I have no idea how I would’ve reacted if that had happened to me. It’s good that you’re in high spirits though. I’ve never had a Tesla, but it’s amazing the technology they put into it over the years and I can’t wait to play with all of it. I’ll definitely have all cameras recording at all times! I have a ring dash cam in my car that’s forward facing and backwards facing into the cabin, but that’s it. To have cameras all around the CT will be a Game changer.
I hope getting 007 fixed won’t take too long and her insurance doesn’t give you too many problems! Keep us updated.

 

[BengalBoy]

Man, I am so sorry to hear that happened, and glad everyone is ok. But you sir, are a damn fine story teller. I don't mean to make light of it, but when you had that "sinking feeling in your stomach", I couldn't help but think to myself, wait until she finds out you're a Personal Injury Attorney.

So sorry to hear about "007", I hope it's nothing too major.

best

It sucks! However, no one is hurt and "007" is fine. All cosmetic, no front end damage or anything that affects it's drivability. I'm lucky. It will get fixed, and I got to experience the tech first hand. As my sister said when she saw the footage, "it's a rolling camera."

 

[BengalBoy]

Wow that really sucks, but you're taking it well and appreciating the positives of a Tesla crash versus others. Hopefully you can submit some video to the Wham-Bam-Teslacam channel or even post it with photos here?

- ÆCIII

When the insurance claim dust settles, I'll be happy to show it. It really is remarkable and I'm glad I'm rolling with the "DashCam" activated. Like I said, it cuts both ways. Could show you're the at-fault driver? The police officer was very impressed with how clear and high resolution the video is.

 

[BengalBoy]

Oh man, dude. I'm sad and happy for you. Glad you're ok.

And that's a great insight about FSD, too.

The side camera really catches it all as the U-Turn is whipped around at the "Turn Left Only" lane. How many people go through making a U-Turn at this major intersection a day is unknown. However, I'd like to think "OO7's" video will help educate the AI programming the CyberTruck FSD algorithms.

 

[BengalBoy]

Excuse me while i immediately run to see if i have my dash cam activated…

Glad no one was hurt! Be sure to pursue for economic damage associated with the future decrease in resale value from the incident being posted on your carfax. I recently sold my Model X, when I got the CT, and took a ~$3-4k hit by my estimation due to a minor accident on the carfax from an incident 3 years ago that was not my fault and was covered by the other drivers insurance. I had 5 people come look at the car and elect not to buy it solely due to the accident on the carfax. It was minor, with the driver door being repaired, and no other damage, but it’s on their nonetheless…

Good luck with the repair. Hopefully you get it back quickly!

You make an excellent point and I'm familiar with the "diminution in value" claim. I've helped similar people in the past. New car or highly custom car. My body guy and I looked carefully at it and it is purely cosmetic. Fixed it temporarily with some "duct tape" and double edge tape. Haha! I told the young guy helping if "duct tape" was good enough for Apollo 13 it was good enough for my Space Truck.

 

[BengalBoy]

I hope you can share the video eventually ^-^;

-Crissa

Hopefully soon!

 

[BengalBoy]

Do you have pics of the damage?

Apparently, not? I took photos of the damage through the "Tesla App" as a part of my "Service Request" report. I looked and it did not save those shots to my camera app.

 

[BengalBoy]

@BengalBoy I’m so sorry, brother! I’m glad everybody is OK!
That is infuriating. I have no idea how I would’ve reacted if that had happened to me. It’s good that you’re in high spirits though. I’ve never had a Tesla, but it’s amazing the technology they put into it over the years and I can’t wait to play with all of it. I’ll definitely have all cameras recording at all times! I have a ring dash cam in my car that’s forward facing and backwards facing into the cabin, but that’s it. To have cameras all around the CT will be a Game changer.
I hope getting 007 fixed won’t take too long and her insurance doesn’t give you too many problems! Keep us updated.

I can promise you my temperature was up, but, she was young and upset. At the time, I honestly had no clue where she came from? All I could say to her was that the truck recorded everything that happened. (and it did) The next part of this journey will be the insurance claim and Tesla Body Repair experience. I'm sure hoping that parts won't be a problem? For the time being silver duct tape will have to do.

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