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

[HaulingAss]

Currently, the frunk facia and fender panels the tape is stuck too I hope to be replaced. The front fender at point of impact looks scratched at edge and is pushed back into fender guard and under windshield/window frame. Honestly, I want everything replaced considering it only has 900 miles. If it has a scratch, I want it new. A buddy of mine who represented Allstate for decades say's $7500. I say $5000. Wheel, tire and suspension don't appear to have been damaged. Inside wheel well plastic at edge is damaged and I want it replaced. It is going to be another adventure in CyberTruck ownership and the Tesla experience.

Those repair estimates are ridiculously low. A Toyota Rav4 with visible damage limited to one quarter panel damaged could be more than $7500! Body shops have raised their rates tremendously after covid. I'm not sure what's going on but wait times have gone way up and prices have skyrocketed. Also, there is usually more damage than immediately apparent in such an accident, and many body shops are not that reputable, if they can say a part is questionable, they will replace it (which might require additional extensive disassembly).

I'm glad you came out unscathed. One thing I would caution all Tesla drivers is to be hyper-aware whenever accelerating (or turning sharply) because other drivers see an empty space in traffic and don't expect anyone to fill it so quickly. Of course, it's still the other driver's fault if you have the right-of-way, but that is small consolation so it's something to be aware of if you want to keep your car in undamaged condition.

When we took delivery of our first Model 3 after waiting 3 years on the reservation list, I was hyper alert because I knew the car was not replaceable in any reasonable timeframe, given the imbalance between supply and demand early in the production ramp. The Cybertruck is in the same situation right now. Fortunately, it's quicker to repair than it is to replace a totaled Cybertruck!

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[CyberGus]

My post updated with "after" photos of damage.

At least the repair is a color match ?‍

 

[Cyber_Skerple]

Umm.....Read what you wrote again. If the thing is an AI, you don't program it in any traditional sense.

I have a small consumer-grade drone that actively avoids obstacles occurring anywhere - up, down, sideways, doesn't matter. It routes around them if possible to continue its flight path.

Very interesting

 

[mhaze]

At least the repair is a color match ?‍

Unlike a painted surface, residue from the duct tape can be easily removed from the stainless surface. Just think - "what if it was a kitchen pan? - oh wait, it is. sort of..."

 

[BengalBoy]

At least the repair is a color match ?‍

Yep!

 

[DumpsterFire]

Great advice! I've represented many a person who trusted a driver to make a fender bender good if allowed to leave a scene. My best story involved a client who convinced a guy to let him leave a fender bender scene and possibly avoid a DUI backing out from a bar if he agreed to pay him $5000. Client gives the other driver the check and leaves. Next day, other driver tries to cash the check only to discover a "stop payment" has been placed on the check and my client's name is not, "Bill Clinton."

Yup. I almost learned this the hard way. I will always, always, always call the cops and get a case number if they’ll come.

StateFarm tried not being a good neighbor when my model 3 was rear ended. They told me since the tweaker who hit me wouldn’t call them back to give his side of the accident, they were denying the claim.

If I hadnt a case number from the cops, it would have been a lot more work.

StateFarm can suck it. Also Mahomes is a turd furgeson That is all….?

 

[Eagle4]

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.

Bummer rod's custom body and Huntsville is certified Tesla repair. They're the ones who are straightening out the Klingon attack from my model three shuttlecraft.

 

[Crissa]

Yup. I almost learned this the hard way. I will always, always, always call the cops and get a case number if they’ll come.

You'll be sad to find out you don't get a case number from most states. Oregon, Washington, California expect you to self-report any collisions if needed.

But as long as you have documentation - photos are good - your insurance company isn't allowed to just ignore you if they can't find evidence to deny your claim.

At least, out here.

But wow, what a red flag for using State Farm that they'd lie like that.

-Crissa

 

[BengalBoy]

Yup. I almost learned this the hard way. I will always, always, always call the cops and get a case number if they’ll come.

StateFarm tried not being a good neighbor when my model 3 was rear ended. They told me since the tweaker who hit me wouldn’t call them back to give his side of the accident, they were denying the claim.

If I hadnt a case number from the cops, it would have been a lot more work.

StateFarm can suck it. Also Mahomes is a turd furgeson That is all….?

State Farm is one of those insurance companies I cannot recommend as a reasonable company to deal with. Along with AllState, two of the most difficult and low-balling companies I have dealt with through the years. Two of the easiest and most reasonable to deal with are USAA and Progressive. Many a person has developed a "soft tissue" neck and back injury because State Farm or AllState tried to low-ball their property damage, demand the use of used parts, or got cheap on the rental car.

 

[ecotrials]

Nailed it.

Maybe I am naive, but what about personal responsibility. If I am at fault, I am at fault. Stories about people trying to weasel out of their responsibility earn disdain in this discussion. Yet some folks seem to be arguing in favor of said weaseling??

 

[BengalBoy]

Bummer rod's custom body and Huntsville is certified Tesla repair. They're the ones who are straightening out the Klingon attack from my model three shuttlecraft.

Thanks for the information! I'm certain it will go to a Tesla body shop just to be sure it is repaired properly. Can't be too many experienced in "CyberTruck" repair at this point? For the most part, it looks like a bolt off/bolt on for the major damage to the frunk facia. Everything below the light bar has to be replaced and it appears to be a sectionalized part rather than the entire frunk. New plastic fender liner and bumper (scratches) Re-adjust front fender away from front door and upper window frame stainless steel piece. Most importantly, "remove duct tape and glue."

 

[CarMan ElecTruck]

Did the CT win??

 

[BengalBoy]

Did the CT win??

Well, I wish I could say my duct tape frunk is an artistic sculpture representing a metaphor for the "tape of humanity" holding the Robot together. However, all I see is my wrecked "OO7." I try to tell myself it is indeed a tough vehicle that despite cosmetic damage is not otherwise impaired. I'm fortunate it appears to have "won" the battle.

 

[Cyber1qhorsey]

Is dashcam mode 'on' the default? I have so much to learn about any Tesla, as I haven't owned or leased yet.

 

[BengalBoy]

Is dashcam mode 'on' the default? I have so much to learn about any Tesla, as I haven't owned or leased yet.

On my CyberTruck it is "off" by default. You have to activate it and format your memory card (preinstalled) to enable the feature.

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