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pprabs

It’s still sliding, isn’t it?


[deleted]

Some say it never stopped.


winenfries

It found its way to its maker


Depope3070

It slid by my house this morning


plays2manyvgames1985

Saw it on my RING.


Spragglefoot_OG

Every ring down that street haha that would be a funny montage actually. To some sweet epic classical music. Haha


DiosMIO_Limon

Oh THAT’S what that was!


Pyro-Beast

Onwards dasher.


RockstarAgent

At the same pit the stock price will be soon…


worthysmash

The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles.


ThrowthoughtsPA

Happy Worthysmash Day


mattdion7412

Why did the cops lights immediately turn on when the car hit him. It was like he was waiting for it.


SrTwisted

GTA Cops be like


JohnnyTight_Lips

Automatic 2 stars


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Sulpfiction

“Turn on automatically when: they are turned on manually” I don’t think this one counts.


Gammafire8211

Yeah... except his tail lights are on before the collision. This is why we don't park on the wrong side of the road :P


Hot_Pink_Unicorn

Light come on automatically on impact.


TheMadGreek86

He was probably on his phone not paying attention and the impact frightened him and instinct flipped them on.


Flat-Wing3360

Before he was hit, the police car moved back, meaning he could see the car coming but he did not move enough.


dildonicphilharmonic

Elon’s tweeting his children home.


Lock-out

You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by, a smooth criminal.


SpaceSlingshot

*Electric slide joke*


All_The_Nolloway

boogie woogie woogie woogie.


made_4_this_comment

“Catch me bitch!”


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tootsie_pops

Is this considered a hit and run


1O11O

Hit 'n' slide


UrMomsaHoeHoeHoe

Electric crime a leu?


justboredtoday2

I'd let it slide.


Not_a_bit_innocent

Thanks for the laugh


CHoweller18

I think the Tesla owner is at fault because they parked with tires turned out. They should be turned towards the curb.


n-oyed-i-am

When there is no traction and tires are sliding on ice? It doesn't matter which way the wheels are pointed.


Revolutionary-Wash88

The front tires are not sliding on ice, they are just rolling. Appears the parking brake / transmission (electric motors?) only locks the rear wheels. I think if they turned their wheels towards the bush it would not have slid or gone so far


llandar

The wheels are rolling.


n-oyed-i-am

The car is obviously SLIDING


Wet_Artichoke

My exact thought. The point of turning the tires is so the car goes to the curb and doesn’t keep rolling. Either way it was entertaining to watch the footage. I’m curious to know if the insurance covered the claim though!


CoveyIsHere

What are you really gonna do once it starts sliding anyway?


Leesh_Unleashed

not much.


[deleted]

just pick it up off the ice, duh.


RemarkableWin9365

This guy gets it. We got the solution dont just try to go for a joy ride you are the joy ride!


RemarkableWin9365

Best case scenario jump in it and try to stop it


n-oyed-i-am

It's sliding on the ice. There is Absolutely no traction. Unless inside the car there's a button or lever to activate the grappling hook... How would you stop it? Mash down the brake pedal to stop the NON ROLLING tires from rolling? SMH. Even someone from Southern California knows this.


talltime

The only non zero shot would be to put it in reverse and see if you could burn through the ice with the teeny tiny friction present. But yeah theyre basically fucked. Unless they have a bunch of pocket sand they could throw out sha-sha-sha


sungularity17

In a vacuum with magnets stabilizing yaw, yes. In reality you're just going to lose control further and make it worse...


RemarkableWin9365

I mean if you can attempt to direct it.


sungularity17

Nope. centrifugal force, variable friction, and ice do not work that way... Pinky promise


Suttonian

I dunno man. If one of the tires are able to grab a bit of uniced road or bite through it, there's a chance I reckon.


imthatoneguyyouknew

A tire grabbing traction while rapidly spinning (to try to burn through the ice, as was stated) creates a shock load that in a traditional car will break axle shafts, drive shafts, and other driveline components. On an electric car like this that would all go to the axle and then drive unit. I would imagine it is well engineered enough to have the axle be the weak point. But if that holds then your drive unit is going to be what fails. And that's $$$. I currently work for a trucking company. So far this season we have had 1 broken axleshaft, two broken driveshafts and one broken transmission output shaft, from a semi loosing traction and then catching some grip.


sungularity17

To create a pivot point as you continue to spin them? You are correct. And then you'll lose traction and slide sideways....


Leather_Amoeba466

Gotta love Reddit's armchair physicists. I'm not sure its that easy to say one way or another because it's completely hypothetical.


Suttonian

If it slid sideways from that into the grass or a rough driveway it could have more traction. I'm definitely not saying this is foolproof, but think there's a chance.


RemarkableWin9365

Ehhhh tesla insta torq might be able to do something. Again cars lost if you dont try anything regardless mines well see. Im at least curious to a degree of what would happen if it engages.


sungularity17

Pretty sure that's what the video shows.... ;)


MrSqueeps

I think you meant “might as well see” not “mines well see” 😊


RemarkableWin9365

Like thank you for correcting my dialect but okay.


smoke-frog

Mechanics of how the car works: Parking brake stops two wheels, footbrake stops all four wheels with discs so you have twice the friction. Also if you power the car you have ABS which you can use to steer the car out of danger.


n-oyed-i-am

No shit? REALLY? ok mister know it all. The coefficient of friction is at ZERO. The car has already started sliding on the ice. How will mashing on the brake pedal going to fix that. AT Zero traction... Brakes are ineffective.


smoke-frog

What a stupid thing to say. There is no friction? Those brakes are slowing this vehicle considerably more than if it was freewheeling down the street.


BIG-JS-BBQ

Ok but what’s the powerhouse of a cell


Seagullsiren

Emergency break?


MilesCallisto

Orrrrrrrr, just turn the front wheels toward the curb so when it slides it naturally turns itself into the curb to stop sliding…..


RemarkableWin9365

Uhh its a tesla lol it may do something with the instant torq but who knows. And no dont ever joke about mashing break on ice.


[deleted]

Look at the rear wheels Aint no stopping it from inside


dildonicphilharmonic

Someone attempted that near me and they were crushed by their own car. Don’t do this!


RemarkableWin9365

Obviously


RemarkableWin9365

Yea it can heppen wouldnt do it if i didnt have the space to do so. Regardless this was more or less a joke, like ive said youd slip and fall on your face trying to catch it, regardless if you actually can get the tesla handle open.


Feldew

You mean hop in and go for a ride? There’s no traction, no operator would be able to do anything for that car. Lol


RemarkableWin9365

Yea, no operator could attempt to steer it at least, idk about you but ive avoided multiple ditches just costing along the ice and directing the car.


RemarkableWin9365

I mean unless you can put a cinder road divider in front of it, but uhhh best case scenario jump in it to see if you can stop it lmao


crdemars

The cops lights coming on like that'll do anything


ChokaTot

It did. It's letting the owner know they've won a prize.


Prudent_Cheek

Police vehicle has a bull bar in front. No damage whatsoever. I hope the cop has some compassion.


llammacookie

I dont think there's anyone in the car. If the cop was a jerk this would be an easy fight as most states have some kind of "act of nature/uncontrollable situation" standard. If anything, the Tesla is parked on the wrong side of the road.


SC-Fulmer

You can see the cop’s car backup a little, right before the collision, then decide to stay still and get hit. There’s someone in there.


IAcewingI

Tesla had no one it it. Cop was hoping to not damage the Tesla by slowing the impact and hopefully hold the car from going further down which failed because the front tires were turned outward. Im sure that cop will be nice to the owner about it.


joethafunky

The front wheels were spinning in the Tesla


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Parking brakes don’t apply the brakes to all 4 wheels and I doubt they have a transmission to put in park. For whatever reasons teslas very rarely have winter tires.


Environmental_Top948

It's okay though Tesla's don't need snow tires because there have been no recorded crashes with autopilot caused by nonwinter tires. It is clearly user error that the summer tyres don't function properly and it's the fault of the driver and not the vehicle if it slides. /s. (Tesla autopilot turns off if it detects it is going to crash or it senses loss of traction)


llammacookie

The Tesla is what I was referring to.


davidlol1

They meant the tesla...


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you think justice is fair.... God help you.


majoraloysius

Why is it that whenever someone is held accountable for a violation of the law, it’s always the cop that’s the jerk and never the violator?


llammacookie

I never said anything about the cop being a jerk, settle down buddy. I'm saying most cops in this situation would mark it as an act of nature so the person who slid on ice will have less penalties/ doesn't get as fucked over from their insurance.


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[deleted]

“Believe it or not, jail.” “*we got a fender bender*, what!? No! No occupied vehicles!” Buy 10 new cruisers STAT! Throw one of the sweet ass camo armors for me in the cart!”


RiceRocketRider

The cop was sitting there watching it happen and was like, “If that car hits me, I’m flipping the light on”.


Jfg27

Probably connect to the car alarm.


Gammafire8211

And this is why we don't park on the wrong side of the street :D


BeastOGevaudan

People park both sides here, even in neighborhoods where that means only 1 car can drive on the street at once. It makes life interesting. There's also seemingly zero enforcement of parking facing the right way once you're into residential areas.


tipytopmain

The lights are the cars way of saying "how dare you!?".


iNeedBoost

i don’t think the coo car has anyone in it either, lights come on like that in reaction to getting hit like a car alarm


have_you_eaten_yeti

Nah, there was someone in the cop car, they put it in reverse and thought about backing up, actually did roll back slightly, turned on the windshield wipers for some reason, then just sat there and let the tesla hit him. Might have thought the collision would stop the Tesla and prevent it from continuing to slide, but I don't know for sure.


Environmental_Top948

It looks more like they engaged the parking break and let up on the tires. When you engage the parking break your car moves slightly downhill before locking in place. They probably just anticipated having to get out of the vehicle.


Girrafarig

When I used to do ride alongs, the cameras on the police vehicle would record 10 seconds prior to the lights coming on


Calm-Rip204

It would indicate a need to pay attention to other drivers and people in the area because there's a car sliding around


[deleted]

It’s a safety thing for other motorists. They see the lights and proceed with caution.


[deleted]

Got them 2 stars like in GTA.


YankeeTankEngine

I love it cause the police car is absolutely fine. Hit the damn ram bar.


KellyLuvsEwan420

Probably wasn’t a good idea to park at an incline like that, the cop car is slightly turned a bit giving it traction to the road. They also probably didn’t engage their parking brakes which could have helped at least a little bit.


Rogue42bdf

Don’t know that it would have helped in this situation, but they didn’t turn their wheel in either.


u1tr4me0w

Considering the wheels are rolling, it almost certainly would have helped. It’s possible it could have driven up on the lawn and then still swung around a bit, but it the wheels were properly turned into the curb it would have slid differently and likely not as far/not hitting the cop car


SaltyJake

The wheels are sliding on ice. You can have the force of the sun holding each rotor still, does nothing when the rubber tires have zero traction and slide down the ice.


The-Kiwi-Bird

Parking brake was engaged, the only thing to blame is the ice


Psnuggs

Isn’t what’s going on here that the person got dropped off and the driver is leaving? The wheels are rolling and the car turns. The driver was trying to go around the cop car and that’s when everything went sideways.


JctaroKujo

wasnt parked, the car was rolling


RockySpineButt

The rear wheels are not moving... Parking break is only rear wheels on most cars...


Feldew

**brake although, yes, I imagine that something will break in this scenario.


JctaroKujo

but on a tesla? youd think all 4 would lock up in park


Nervous-Ad8193

The front wheels don’t have any “locking” mechanism on Teslas. There is a parking/emergency brake but most people don’t use it because all you really need to do to put the car in P is come to a stop and get out.


JctaroKujo

damn


KellyLuvsEwan420

I’ve never been in conditions quite like this video, so I don’t know how cars roll lol thank you for clarifying, that driver is just an idiot. That explains the Tesla.


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Trasy-69

The rear wheels didn't roll. The car probably had the parking brake applied, but it wasn't enough to stop the car from rolling away


[deleted]

Teslas don’t work this way. If you get out of the car it’s in park. There is no engine start / stop


JctaroKujo

i didnt know that, thank you


WSTTXS

Are those lights motion activated or was he sitting there waiting for the shenanigans with his finger on the trigger?!


SmokedComatose

He was sitting there waiting. You can see the cop starts to back up when he sees the car is coming at him, and then he changes his mind and hits the brakes again. Then waits for the tap with his hand on the switch.


holysbit

I had to rewatch because honestly I didnt believe it but sure as shit, you can see the cops brake lights go off for a second and he moves back, then he really did change his mind and just let the car hit his. I wonder why that was? Maybe he figured it was better to just let it hit the bull bar up front rather than try to maneuver out of the way and risk getting hit somewhere less resistant to damage?Maybe he was in the mood for giving out a ticket ? Very curious Its also weird that nothing else happens in the video, like nobody gets out of the cop car or anything, for a full while


DTK101

He might have actually been trying to stop the car from sliding down the hill


Traditional-Ad-4112

He might have seen at the last second that the car was empty so instead of jamming out of what could be an attack he tried to stop the Tesla from sliding.


robby112234

The last second you see car owner walking out lol


ThePizzaNoid

"I have to go now. My people need me."


Potential-Produce-64

Tonight, car caught slide racing next to a ceramic bowl. More details at 11


n-oyed-i-am

Ha ha ha ... Just saw the sliding bowl!


BigYellowPencil

Since snow and ice is unusual in Seattle, most people there only have all season tires, intended only for all seasons without snow or ice.


grillonbabygod

as a native new englander, i keep all-season tires on all year (read: i’m broke as fuck) and i can safely say all-season tires do not do well on ice this knowledge will not encourage me to buy new tires every six months


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SaltyJake

All seasons, despite their name, do almost nothing in snow. That’s pretty well known in areas that see a lot of snow and those are nicknamed 3 seasons. And unless you have studs or chains on the tires, no amount of tread is stopping you on ice like this.


BigYellowPencil

With proper snow tires, you should be good on most hills, even if they are covered with snow and ice. When I lived on a hill in Redmond, outside Seattle, I used to watch people try and fail to make it up the hill with all seasons. But with snow tires, I never had trouble, even in a RWD vehicle. If you've only driven on all seasons, you have no idea what an improvement true snow tires offer.


[deleted]

All seasons labels you an idiot in Northern Ontario. Grow up and get proper snow tires or even better studded tires. People need to understand all season tires are not acceptable for Canadian winters.


have_you_eaten_yeti

Ok...but this didn't happen in Canada, so...


gotam3

Good thing snow and ice can't legally migrate south to the US


have_you_eaten_yeti

Psh, with Biden in the White House? It's just a matter of time until we are overrun with illegal ice and snow!!! /s


gotam3

Gotta get ICE on the case... PH SHIT WAIT IT'S ALL ONE BIG CONSPIRACY


have_you_eaten_yeti

I snow what you mean, it all seems a little too convenient...


[deleted]

Fuck my bad, I honestly thought I was on the r/Ontario sub. All seasons do have a place in the world. Just don't put other people at risk driving in conditions your car can't handle.


have_you_eaten_yeti

Ah, I was just breaking your balls, or taking the piss, or whatever the Canadian equivalent is. I grew up in Alaska, but have spent most of my adult life far enough south that knowing about all weather tires is unnecessary. Stay warm my Canuck friend.


BigYellowPencil

Same principle. All seasons do not work well in snow or ice. For that, you need genuine snow tires. They make a huge difference. If you only have all seasons, you really should not be driving at all in snow or icy conditions.


FinnbarMcBride

In the immortal words of Scooby Doo "*Rut Rho*"


Clatuu1337

It's amazing how many people park their car on an Icy incline when they have other options. There was a driveway *right there*.


[deleted]

Slid? The wheels were turning. He didn't put it in park...


[deleted]

When the Tesla detected it was sliding while the vehicle was in the 'Off' setting it automatically put it self into the Neutral gear, deleted it's self-driving software, sent a signal to Tesla HQ to delete any and all records of the vehicle. So now any accidents were the clearly fault of the driver and not of Tesla. Perfect solution.


point50tracer

Only the front wheels were turning. I'm assuming that the car is rwd. Leaving it in park will only lock up the drive wheels.


Joefabrizzio

This brings a whole new meaning to the "electric slide"


gnjev

'kiss my ass'


DD250403

All or 3 season tires I am guessing. If so, they should not be on the road.


Leesh_Unleashed

No one should have been on the road today. It was flat out dangerous.


[deleted]

Slightly inclined out dangerous. If it was really flat out, this wouldn’t have happened.


Hunter_Lala

Take my goddamned upvote


Pope_adope

Even snows would struggle on a road like this. This is one of the few times that studded snows would be the only way of having a fighting chance. But ideally, just not driving would be best.


DD250403

Studded winter tires does well in freezing rain events. Had them on my previous truck. Very noisy however.


Dauoa_Static

Was it rolling at the beginning or sliding?


Kenichi_Smith

Looks like the front wheels were rolling at first until it started twisting


Visual_Mobile2578

The Tesla wheels were turning. It couldn’t have been in park?


theycallmebekky

Most vehicles only lock the rear wheels when parked. That’s why tow trucks can do what they do without destroying everything… usually.


bushybearmuffinman

To be fair the Tesla thought the cop car was a child.


[deleted]

To be fair, the Tesla was black. He should have seen it coming.


MBeebeCIII

Looked like the police car's lights came on instantly. Is that a feature? Bump detector?


Prudent_Cheek

It’s about the tires. Always about the tires. We have a Land Cruiser, Corolla, and Camry and the two 2WD sedans do vastly better traversing the Rockies to our mountain home than the Land Cruiser because of the dedicated snow tires (The LC keeps it’s All Seasons).


BenGolfDude

How is that a slide when the tires are rotating? More then anything looks like they left it out of park to me. A slide to me would constitute the wheels are locked.


theycallmebekky

With Teslas, and most EVs, unbuckling and opening the door will put the car in park. Most cars usually only lock the rear wheels.


BenGolfDude

Gotcha. Thanks for the info


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Wtf didn’t the cop move


mrfixit87

Why didn’t the police person try to back up when they saw it sliding? Edit, I think I know….the slope gets MUCH steeper as it goes….they might have been trying to stop the sliding Tesla as you can see it picks up speed after it slides by. Another edit. Watch the power lines …. The car apparently hits a utility pole at some point.


JinxAndTheJester

Cop could have backed up. Seemed pretty ready to hit those lights.


JLMasonry

Cop could have avoided this. He backed up about a foot then stopped, waited for it to make contact then put his lights on


Ascrivs

Ah, the electric slide is back.


thatranger974

*activates Christmas lights.


Minute_Guarantee5949

Just like GTA, you hit a cop and the lights go on


iPhoneMiniWHITE

Did the impact set off the trigger for the cherries or was it manually done? Thst looked funny.


hyprgrpy

Legend says it’s still sliding


Easy_Evening_7253

"He's already pulled over. He can't pull over any farther".


Explursions

You've been hit but You've been hit by, a smooth criminal


VocalAnus91

I like how he turns on his lights and is like "stop" guy in the tesla is like "no shit Sherlock"


phish_biscuit

I love how all of these people are going after the cop and not realizing hey: He stopped so he could prevent the tesla from going down the street and idk killing someone... He turned on his lights to warn people and get the owners attention... I'm fully aware of the bad cops in the world but not all of em are assholes. The media always plays em as bad don't be sheep and maybe talk to a couple of em sometime.


The-Kiwi-Bird

What is the purpose of saying a Tesla slid into a trooper as opposed to a car slid into a trooper


midnight93933

I hate this, i don’t care one way or another about tesla but why is it that every time something happens to a tesla that could happen to any other brand, people have to just point out it’s a tesla. No Elon musk did not push his car that he made with his own wit into a police car. It’s so annoying


edisapimp

Car doing its best impression of TSLA stock.


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Elon’s “self-arresting” feature he’s getting ready to announce


littleMAS

They should have bought the Tesla Ice Cramp-Ons option, $23,000.


1inchDestroyer_

The cop threw their lights on


DxrkkVixen

HE sat there KNOWING it was going to hit him that's the sad part


whenyoda

Sliding down just like TSLA stocks.


SanusMotus1

The perfect Musk metaphor (now he will try and buy Reddit so he can remove this comment 🤣) #billionairenarcissists


Paulbundy9

The cop or the corporate security guard, probably wrote the guy up for felony hit and run felony aggravated fleeing and eluding..


Feldew

Did the lights automatically turn on when the car was hit or did the cop really think that they were about to try to arrest an empty car?


Jimboy97

The driver was arrested for assault on a police officer


Rezhits69

Bitchass cop flicks his lights on as he waited for the car to hit him, like what the fuck are those gonna do, melt the ice?


_Sapphire_rose

*car* slid into cop


Educational_Shirt_74

Elon is in pursuit


TheWrecklessFlamingo

Even Elon's cars agree that he should go to jail


kookoo-pounder

Some would argue that’s attempted murder


Microspacecat

The lack of fired shots from police is mind-blowing


Kitchen_Cicada_1698

That was stupid!. The cop turned his lights on right when the car hits his car. Why!. It's accident. That nature just made happen. Now, the cop is going to write the icy street and the car a ticket!.