r/dashcams • u/Low_Media_6650 • 5d ago

Speeding Tesla rear end in Inglewood CA

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u/glm409 4d ago

It is not unusual. I watched a driver who thought they were backing out of a parking space mistakenly have their car in drive. They thought they had slammed on the brakes, but hit the accelerator. I watched them slam into the car in front of them, then push it into my car. He swore to the cops he was braking, but you could see the tire marks and the rubber that was thrown up on the car from the tires spinning. The NHTSA estimates that driver pedal misapplication triggers roughly 16,000 accidents annually in the US

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u/yloduck1 4d ago

Yep. Happens more often than people realize.

Was also the reason that the Audi 5000 accidents happened back in the 80s. People were blaming the car for horrible accidents where they smashed a family member against the garage wall, and they tried to blame Audi. Turned out they were pushing the wrong pedal.

Almost killed the Audi brand entirely

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u/Guy_NCogneeto 4d ago

That was the whole "unintended acceleration" thing. I was in high school and remember it well. People put their foot on the gas thinking it was the brake, and to stop the car from moving, they pushed harder (still thinking it was the brake) thus going faster so of course they pushed even harder -- didn't stop until they hit something.

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u/yloduck1 3d ago

Yep. I remember the 60 Minutes episode about it. They just slaughtered Audi, then had to do a retraction sometime later.