By my research, an M5 costs about the same as my house did.... what kind of job did that teenager have that he could afford an M5?
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 5:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Note the driver was asked "What's your total range?" just before the > impact. Clearly the BMW blows through a stop at high speed, and somehow > apparently doesn't see the pizza delivery guy right in front of him. > However, I had to wonder if the driver was busy checking range instead of > looking left and right. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: brucedp5 > Sent: 03/13/14 02:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: Teen-Crashed BMW M5 ice @60mph into Tesla-S, > bragging-rights? (video) > > > http://www.carscoops.com/2014/03/tesla-puffs-out-its-chest-about-model-s.htmlTesla > Puffs Out its Chest About Model S Crash with BMW M5, But is it Like > That? March 09, 2014 By John Halas Tesla Motors, ht2 Raphael from Autofilou > [images > http://www.carscoops.com/2014/03/tesla-puffs-out-its-chest-about-model-s.htmlPHOTO > GALLERY video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxBvI-k7JEI Model S struck by BMW M5 VWH· > Mar 7, 2014 ] Electric carmaker Tesla has shared an interesting story from > one of its customers who was involved in an accident with a BMW M5 E60 V10. > The crash, filmed from a dash-cam mounted on a Model S, occurred in May of > 2013 (according to the video date) when Tesla owner and driver Mr. Vernon > H. encountered an M5 at a "four way blind intersection in a quiet, unlit, > residential neighborhood". "A teenage boy driving a BMW M5 at approximately > 60 miles per hour (96km/h) completely ignored his stop sign and impacted > the front end of my Model S," said Vernon in a blog post on Tesla's site. > Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, with the Tesla occupants suffering > some minor bruises from the airbags, and the BMW teen driver escaping > uninjured. As one would imagine for Tesla to post this story, there's a lot > of bragging going on with Vernon stating that the M5 suffered "unbelievable > amount of damage" after the "BMW had hit me hard enough that he had flipped > and rolled his car at least twice and bounced off a large tree". He then > goes on to write that, "my Model S, on the other hand, had damage to the > front bumper and looked pristine rearward of the bumper. When I looked in > the bushes, I saw that the BMW had hit me with enough force to completely > snap off a rear wheel and suspension." You can read Vernon's account of the > incident in full below, but before you do, allow me to mention a few things > from the perspective of someone who read the story and watched the video. > Looking at the pictures and without seeing the video or knowing the exact > circumstances of the crash, one could embrace Mr. Vernon's enthusiasm about > the heavy damages sustained by the BMW and the chest thumping about how the > Tesla survived with only a broken bumper, but doing so, would be wrong. > What you need to take into consideration is the speed, mass, direction, > approach / departure angles, and the contact point of each vehicle involved > in this collision. Whereas the Tesla was virtually rolling down the road at > a low speed, the BMW was visibly going faster, and more crucially, the > Model S' was moving forward when its tougher front end hit the M5 while > traveling in a different direction on its softer side, starting from the > corner of the front bumper. I'm sure someone with a physics degree can give > a far better and more scientific explanation (feel free to do so in the > comments), but in the end, the M5 was effectively T-boned, forcing it to > violently change course, going off the road, before tumbling and smashing > into a tree, which is what caused most of the damage you see in the > pictures - not the encounter with the Tesla. Yes, the Tesla's airbags saved > its passengers from potentially serious injuries, but I think the fact that > the teen driver made it out alive and unhurt (according to Vernon's > account) from such a forceful rollover accident, sounds far more impressive > to my ears... ... Mr. Vernon H's account of the accident from Tesla Motors' > blog: "I've used this incident as a teaching point to my teenagers that no > matter how defensively you drive, or how confident you are of your > surroundings, disaster can always strike. Given this reality of life, I'm > glad that I drive the safest car on the road. I wanted to write and share > what I experienced when my Tesla Model S was involved in a major traffic > collision. I had been driving my 60kwh Model S for about three months. I > was thrilled with my purchase, having done a family road trip from the San > Francisco Bay area to Southern California and Las Vegas over spring break. > We never experienced any range anxiety, paid a grand total of three dollars > for charging the entire trip and astounded bellmen and valets everywhere we > went when the five of us would exit the car and unload seemingly endless > amounts of luggage. Needless to say, I was devastated when we were involved > in a major collision. My wife and I, as well as another couple, were going > home on a Friday night - my wife's birthday. We were crossing a four way > blind intersection in a quiet, unlit, residential neighborhood, when > without warning, out of the corner of my eye, I saw headlights approaching > at an extreme rate of speed and heard the loud roar of an engine. I barely > had time to shout an expletive before the other car struck us and my > airbags deployed. It turns out that a teenage boy driving a BMW M5 at > approximately 60 miles per hour completely ignored his stop sign and > impacted the front end of my Model S. Everyone in the car confirmed that > they were all right and exited the car. I called Tesla service at almost > midnight and, to my surprise, someone answered the phone and was able to > give me advice on securing the car for towing. The police and fire > department arrived within minutes and informed me that the other driver had > come to a stop down the road; I had previously thought it was a hit and > run. When I examined the other car, I saw an unbelievable amount of damage. > The BMW had hit me hard enough that he had flipped and rolled his car at > least twice and bounced off a large tree; he was on his wheels facing the > opposite direction of his initial travel, and the car had experienced an > incredible amount of damage from the impact and rollovers. My Model S, on > the other hand, had damage to the front bumper and looked pristine rearward > of the bumper. When I looked in the bushes, I saw that the BMW had hit me > with enough force to completely snap off a rear wheel and suspension. > Luckily, the driver of the BMW was dazed but otherwise appeared uninjured. > I am enclosing some pictures of the cars involved in the collision as well > as dashcam footage. When you examine the images taken at the moment of > impact, you can see that the Model S barely moved laterally when the M5 hit > our front end. The occupants experienced a slight jostling and the only > injuries sustained were bruises due to impact from the lower airbags. In a > previous iteration of my career, I was a Navy Flight Surgeon assigned to a > Marine Corps F/A-18 squadron where my training and duties included aircraft > mishap investigation. When I examine the aftermath of my incident, I am > convinced that fortuitous timing and the solid construction of my Tesla > Model S saved our lives, the lives of another couple and prevented four > young children from being orphaned." 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