Looks like a Michelin Pilot AS4 that comes the Model Y Performance comes with from the factory, according to google. The tread direction looks okay if comparing the 2nd outer-most treads with pictures off tirerack.
Car plunges 250 ft off Devils Slide off Pacific Coast Hwy
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Looks like a Michelin Pilot AS4 that comes the Model Y Performance comes with from the factory, according to google. The tread direction looks okay if comparing the 2nd outer-most treads with pictures off tirerack.
The article I read said all four occupants were seriously injured, where at first it was reported that children were unharmed. So it looks like the story is still developing.
I sure hope this was an accident and not an intentional act on the part of the driver.
I sure hope this was an accident and not an intentional act on the part of the driver.
Serious environmental pollution if they don't get it outta there.Model S; the big sedan.Correction; I thought the news reported it as a Model S, but I may be wrong. That looks like a Model Y Performance, because of the door handle and Turbine Wheels.
The wreckage is being pulled up with a crane. I am not sure of the current status.
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I found the reporting of this story to be a good example of media bias and subliminal messaging against Tesla, which isn't at all surprising. Why was it necessary in the initial reports to point out that it was a Tesla ? Would they have mentioned the make of car had it been just a ubiquitous Camry ? Nope. They needed to plant a seed in readers minds that it may have had something to do with autopilot and a dumb-a** Tesla driver.
We now know that the driver has been charged with a criminal act.
By the way I live in the Sou. Cal. mountains and regularly traverse the State highways that have many hairpin curves and no guard rails which could easily mean a long drop down a steep rocky mountainside. I don't even take my Jaguar out of the garage in wet, snowy, icy or even very cold temperatures as the tires are high performance summer types and get hard and slippery below about 40 degrees.
However I am looking forward to a trip up the PCH in the spring and driving on those types of highways is a joy rather than a panic inducing task.
We now know that the driver has been charged with a criminal act.
By the way I live in the Sou. Cal. mountains and regularly traverse the State highways that have many hairpin curves and no guard rails which could easily mean a long drop down a steep rocky mountainside. I don't even take my Jaguar out of the garage in wet, snowy, icy or even very cold temperatures as the tires are high performance summer types and get hard and slippery below about 40 degrees.
However I am looking forward to a trip up the PCH in the spring and driving on those types of highways is a joy rather than a panic inducing task.
Yes, the CHP believes the crash was intentional, not an accident.
And yes, Teslas are probably the safest car you can buy from an accident standpoint.
Regarding the tire posts, the CHP has been performing a through investigation of the accident and tire issues have not been mentioned, so far.
It is true however, that Performance Teslas come with summer tires, could be Michelins, Contis or Bridgestones I believe.
This crash appears to be no accident.
The Tesla Model Y saved 4 lives that day. Incredible structure and engineering.
“We were very shocked” to discover that people in the car had survived the crash, said Brian Pottenger, battalion chief with Cal Fire’s Coastside Fire Protection District.
“Accidents on that cliff are not rare. We do respond to a lot of vehicles on that cliff,” he told CNN. “What’s rare is that we do not get a lot of survivors – surviving this type of accident is very rare.”
Pottenger said the car contained an adult male, an adult female, a 9-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. The children were both secured in car seats, which remained intact and in place, he said.
Crews freed the two children and used a rope to lift them up the cliff in baskets. Later a California Highway Patrol helicopter hoisted the two adults to safety.
It is true however, that Performance Teslas come with summer tires, could be Michelins, Contis or Bridgestones I believe.
This crash appears to be no accident.
The Tesla Model Y saved 4 lives that day. Incredible structure and engineering.
“We were very shocked” to discover that people in the car had survived the crash, said Brian Pottenger, battalion chief with Cal Fire’s Coastside Fire Protection District.
“Accidents on that cliff are not rare. We do respond to a lot of vehicles on that cliff,” he told CNN. “What’s rare is that we do not get a lot of survivors – surviving this type of accident is very rare.”
Pottenger said the car contained an adult male, an adult female, a 9-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. The children were both secured in car seats, which remained intact and in place, he said.
Crews freed the two children and used a rope to lift them up the cliff in baskets. Later a California Highway Patrol helicopter hoisted the two adults to safety.
IMO, doesn’t matter what CHP says or how thoroughly they conduct their investigation, the driver is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
It’s a very serious accusation.
It’s a very serious accusation.
They're lucky to be alive.
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This made me extremely emotional. My heart goes out to those children.
I did that drive up the PCH and 101 last year
The drive up to Big Bear, as also an example of the hairpin curves and no guard rails, which is why Caltrans is overly cautious with the chain controls in the winter.
And the Angeles Crest highway, is also notoriously dangerous... people driving too fast in a car they have not enough skills for.
FTFY
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Agreed. I did not appreciate the thought that this might be true. It is a serious accusation and a serious accident. The driver has been charged and arrested. He will be booked into San Mateo County Jail upon release from the hospital.
I hope it is not true, because if it is, it is pure insanity.
It is not. You can find numerous articles of: driver of Porsche, driver of Toyota etc.
What will make people focus is the fact that Tesla has history with auto pilot etc.
Deservingly so.
Actually, this is a testament to the Tesla's safety.
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If true, this will have lifetime effects on those two kids. LIFETIME. I really hope it was an accident because the trauma of the accident and now arrest of their "daddy" (if he was a good dad otherwise) will continue this terrible nightmare for them.
My 5 year old is my life and like everyone here, i will do anything to protect him.
My 5 year old is my life and like everyone here, i will do anything to protect him.
A lot of cars protect their occupants from death in accidents that they shouldn’t survive.
It is safe car, no doubt, like all cars on the market today.
It really sounds like there is a smoking gun, a dash cam or something.
CHP is immediately speaking in strident terms, dare I say, like Idaho.
CHP is immediately speaking in strident terms, dare I say, like Idaho.
If they have brought charges this soon, I'm sure he admitted it or got testimony from the wife and kids. Mental issues need to be dealt with so this doesn't happen. Looks like the guy was a medical doctor.
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