11-11-2013, 10:59 AM | #571 |
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I saw this last night via my USA Today iPhone App.
Accident victim backs Tesla as Feds deepen probe http://usat.ly/1hwsSv2 |
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11-11-2013, 11:37 AM | #573 |
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You make some good points JST. Especially the point about what migth have happened to a regular car and its driver if it encountered a "large metallic object' in the road. Seems quite possible that anything big enough to pierce the Tesla's reinforced underbody would surely have pierced the floor of a regular car.
It is kind of crazy that there have been 3 of these incidents so close together. That's some really back luck for Tesla. Even in the NYC area I can't remember the last time I saw or hit a metallic object in the road. Car-eating potholes yes, but large road debris no. |
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JST makes some good points -- similar to my thoughts after the first fire.
The only thing worth adding is that at least the first of the 3 cars was equipped with air suspension, which lowers the car at speed. If the 3rd car also had air suspension, I'm wondering if the lower ride heigh contributed to the impact -- basically less clearance made it "easier" for these objects to touch the underside of the car and penetrate. (I'm going to ignore the 2nd one -- from the crash pics, it appears the car got airborne due to extremely high speed and punctured the battery either when landing or crashing through a concrete block wall). I'm curious since my car does not have air suspension -- so has fixed ride height. I've seen a Tesla parked with the air suspension set to low -- and there's a good 2 inches less clearance...
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I have two road debris stories:
I had an assignment in Oakland, CA and was on the I-880 doing about 60 mph or so. My exit was coming up, so I flipped my signal, looked in the rear view mirror and then looked over my right shoulder at my right rear blind spot prior to changing lanes. As I looked forward again, I saw a HUGE engine block on my lane and swerved just in time to avoid it. It would have REALLY ruined my day (and my engine, trans, diff, etc.) if I had smacked it dead on. There was a story my friend in a Level I trauma hospital told me about a traveler who ran over a pretty big road debris while he was traveling at a high rate of speed on I-80 AT NIGHT. Of course, he didn't see it until it was too late, and the impact was so powerful that it went through the floor board. The debris (or the floorboard sheet metal, don't know which) went up and cut one of the guy's femoral arteries. The femoral artery is one of the biggest in the human body, and supplies blood to the lower leg. It has A LOT of pressure (I have seen one cut, and has enough pressure to make blood spurt a 12-inches away from the body). Needless to say, the traveler bled out and died in route to the hospital. He never had a chance. Whenever I drive, I look out for debris. And if I have time and an area to safely pull over, I will take the debris out of the way. To me, that's just common road courtesy.
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