If you’ve ever been in a car accident, you know how difficult it can be to prove who’s at fault. This was the case for a Tesla Model 3 owner and his son who were driving in Napa, California when a pickup truck driver hit them. The truck driver ran a stop sign and t-boned the Tesla at the driver’s side door, totaling the car. The driver of the pickup truck lied to the police, leaving the Tesla owner and his son with no way to prove their innocence.
Thankfully, every new Tesla comes with a built-in dashcam (TeslaCam) that can provide video proof of what happened. In this particular crash, the pickup truck pushed the Model 3 into two different utility poles. The footage from the TeslaCam showed that one of the utility poles was broken off and pushed away from the car. The Tesla driver and his son had to climb out the window of the EV. The pickup truck also had notable damage on the front end.
The crash damaged some of the car’s cameras, but the camera that captured the incident was an Autopilot camera that isn’t typically used for the TeslaCam feature. The Model 3 owner had to request footage of the crash from Tesla, which proved that the truck driver had lied to the police. After seeing the footage, the police sided with the Tesla owner.
If you’re ever in a similar situation, make sure to check out the video for more details about how the Tesla Model 3 crash played out. There are also 20 other short TeslaCam stories to watch, featuring crashes, near misses, hit-and-run accidents, and more. After you’ve watched the video, leave us your takeaways in the comment section below.
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