2
0

Inheritance accelerator feature drives Tesla gifting


 invite response                
2019 Apr 17, 3:25pm   1,060 views  10 comments

by Al_Sharpton_for_President   ➕follow (5)   💰tip   ignore  

A 77-year-old Hawaii resident was killed when she was ejected from a Tesla involved in a collision on the San Diego (405) Freeway in Long Beach and then struck by a third car, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Judith Blankenfeld of Hilo was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which was reported about 9:40 p.m. Monday on the southbound 405, south of Lakewood Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The 78-year-old man who was driving the 2018 Tesla and a second passenger, a 73-year-old woman, both from San Clemente, suffered minor injuries and refused treatment.
They were both wearing seatbelts, but Blankenfeld was not, according to the CHP. The preliminary investigation revealed the Tesla driver made an unsafe turning movement causing the vehicle to collide with a raised concrete curb at the end of the Lakewood Boulevard on-ramp.

The Tesla then traveled onto the right shoulder, where it struck a stopped, unoccupied 2011 Chevrolet, the CHP reported. The collision with the Chevrolet tore the right rear passenger door off the Tesla, causing Blankenfeld to be ejected onto the number five southbound lane, where she was struck by a 2008 BMW driven by a 54-year-old Long Beach woman, according to the CHP.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Woman-77-Ejected-From-Tesla-Struck-By-BMW-and-Killed-on-405-in-Long-Beach-508673011.html

Comments 1 - 10 of 10        Search these comments

1   RC2006   2019 Apr 17, 3:51pm  

Shit happens.
2   Heraclitusstudent   2019 Apr 17, 4:08pm  

Someone was killed in a car accident.
Shocking.
3   Ceffer   2019 Apr 17, 6:33pm  

Tesla euthanasia. Couldn't the car just have electrocuted her?
4   Ceffer   2019 Apr 17, 7:59pm  

I saw an old rust bucket gardening truck with a hung over driver rear end a fancy Tesla during bumper to bumper on the Sunol grade a while ago. Although it was strictly low velocity, I was impressed with how much damage and crumple it did to the Tesla.
5   NDrLoR   2019 Apr 17, 9:20pm  

Ceffer says
I was impressed with how much damage and crumple it did to the Tesla.

The way it is intended to work, dissipates the energy by damaging the car.
6   WookieMan   2019 Apr 18, 4:31am  

willywonka says


That gif is brutal (the first dummy ejected is epic) but every teenage driving with their permit should watch shit like this. Not wearing a seatbelt should be a much larger infraction in the grand scheme of things. Like suspend your license for 30 days and a $1k fine.

And I'm one that shy's away from regulation, but I've know too many people that got injured or died from something as simple as not wearing a seatbelt. (And yes, there's a lightening strike chance a seatbelt could cause death or slower reaction, but the risk isn't worth it from the most likely vehicle accidents seen on the road)
7   Booger   2019 Apr 18, 6:08am  

They were going to die soon anyway.
8   HeadSet   2019 Apr 18, 6:51am  

every teenage driving with their permit should watch shit like this.

In the old days, the schools driver's ed showed films like this, but with lots of blood.
9   CBOEtrader   2019 Apr 18, 7:18am  

Booger says
They were going to die soon anyway.


Funny. Post trimester aborters use the opposite logic
10   socal2   2019 Apr 18, 8:39am  

HeadSet says
In the old days, the schools driver's ed showed films like this, but with lots of blood.


Yep - I remember those.

Please register to comment:

api   best comments   contact   latest images   memes   one year ago   random   suggestions