Why is Tesla in the lead in for the article. Two adults survive Tesla plunges 250 feet off California Cliff?

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I’d be down too 😁.
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I've never been there, but it looks from video from the scene that the point of rest for the car was at the arrow below (looked to be just below the denuded slide path). Witness reports said they were driving south at a high rate of speed (from the direction of the paved parking lot) so I think a possible path was the yellow line. This route would help explain how the crash was survivable because of the bowl shape of the slope and inertia of the car, it would have tended to slow the deceleration to survivable levels because of the long path the car took. (Not taking anything away from the safety of Tesla vehicles) 👍
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Did you know about this: Dharmesh Patel, driver of Tesla that plunged off California cliff, arrested for attempted murder and child abuse - CBS News
 


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I wanted to give you a
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but with the topic of attempted murder/suicide my "What's appropriate" filter wouldn't let it through.
Dharmesh A. Patel's best defense against the murder charge is: "If I had wanted to kill my family, why would I have driven a Tesla?"
 

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Lucky they weren't driving a Corolla
 

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I marked the end point and possible path of the car.

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There's also pedestrian barricades, a fence (that keeps getting knocked down) and 'no stopping any time' signs as well as 'area closed'.

You have to really go out of your way to go off there, yet people do.

-Crissa
 

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I don't know why you have a problem with that. It goes to show how impressive Tesla is for safety. The make of a car is of interest when the occupants can survive a 250 ft dive off a cliff onto rocks. This article at NBC News also has Tesla in the title, A California family survived a 250-foot plunge off a cliff. Experts say luck and Tesla’s design kept them alive. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/luck-tesla-family-plunged-cliff-rcna64547

I used to say Volvo is the safest. I'm a personal injury lawyer and have only represented one client in a Volvo, but I believe Volvo's been passed by Tesla. I wrote about it on my website
https://newyorkseriousinjuryattorneys.com/safest-cars-to-drive/
 
 




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