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Too early to say, I think.
by new_realist 5y ago
Too early to say, I think.
- King-Aaron 5y agoPossibly, though if the original articles were reporting that 'no one was in the drivers seat', then there must have been a fairly substantial impact to throw the driver into the rear of the car. Plus, it was a 100D on a back road, I can't imagine they'd be doing a leisurely pace... Conjecture, of course.
- igetspam 5y agoBack road? Says they made it 550 feet from his home in a culdesac before leaving the road. What's the quarter mile trap speed of a 100D and what are the power numbers? How fast could it really have been going, under its own power, before gravity took over?
- vesrah 5y ago125mph-ish is what they trap in a quarter mile, 1/8th mile (660ft) trap is in the 95-100mph area.
- igetspam 5y agoElectric instant on torque can be a dangerous thing. So assuming just under the 1/8 mile number, we're probably around what? 80-85 mph before leaving the road? That'll do it. I assume it's a TX culdesac, similar to mine and not dense pack like my old one in CA. Plenty of ace and temptation to do something I'll advised.
- taneq 5y ago200km/h in 10.5 seconds, apparently.
- macksd 5y agoDidn't one of the early statements from the investigation say that they knew that no one was in the driver's seat at the time of the accident? I don't know on what basis they would make that statement and of course it could be erroneous, but all the more reason to remember we all know so little we probably can't reason about it well enough for conjecture to be much better than random guessing. edit: Indeed [https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/business/tesla-fatal-crash-no-one-in-drivers-seat/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/business/tesla-fatal-crash-no...]
- jsight 5y agoYeah, but despite his certainty the usual disclaimers about initial investigations apply. I think the officers weren't thinking about how many people would pick up on their words.
- m463 5y agoA policeman would just write up "Too fast for conditions".