Purkiss, is that a pic of her house? Did she drive through a wall in the garage because I'm not seeing a way for her to backup into the pond while backing out of the garage. Plus, if I drove into a pond I'd be able to figure out some way to break the window and swim out of the car. Heck, she had a cell phone in her hand to use as a window breaking device. I guess she was panicking and didn't realize she had the avenue of her escape right in the palm of her hand. Unless, of course, Tesla makes nonbreakable windows. Maybe a 100 lb. Asian woman doesn't have the arm strength the break a windown. Someting wong wiff dis.
Front door windows in late model cars are now laminated just like windshields. A cell phone won’t break it. And if it does break it won’t shatter because of the lamination. During an extrication we have to cut laminated glass with a glass saw or use an axe and chew around the edges then pull it from the tracks.
Yes. But the laminate will still be almost impossible to tear/cut without real tools.
Older vehicles with tempered door windows will shatter, so headrest forks can work to break those. The glass certification is located near a bottom corner of the glass so you can learn what type is installed on your vehicle.
The Chinese brand BYD that China attempting to import into the US through Mexico are really bad. China is trying to bypass the tariffs imposed on Chinese cars by taking advantage of NAFTA. BYDs have a major design flaw where the battery hangs lower than the undercarriage of the car exposing it to road hazards that can damage the battery. The EV fires in China have become common place and they want to export it to the rest of the world.
From what I saw on an aerial view of the property, and the pic shown on this post, is the only part of the pond accessible to the driveway appeared to have a small barrier at the end of the driveway with trees on one side and a building on the other. That the car would have to go over that barrier to end up in the pond. There didn't appear to be any other road access to the pond. The driveway also went downhill towards the pond. None of it makes sense.
Do you think the vehicle gently rolled into the lake or did it smoke the tires and hit the water with a huge splash? Any idea how far into the lake it came to rest? Near the edge, with just enough water to cover the windows or in the center where it might be the deepest?
Not sure where the car was in the pond. I find it curious that the car was quicky returned to the family. In fact, I believe it was the same day without any discussion of an investigation. So I have no doubt if there was evidence to be acquired from the car, it has been removed.
Given the barrier at the end of the downhill driveway, there is no way the car could have rolled into the pond. Now, if there was enough clearance between the tree and the barrier to thread the needle letting the car through, I don't know. Looking at the aerial photos there doesn't appear that the car would have had access from that driveway. It was the only place around the pond where there is paved area. She could have been off-road and reversed it into the pond - especially if stuck on the turf and tried to accelerate to dislodge the car, going in reverse instead of moving forward.
The bottom line is that we may never know what really happened. But there are too many koincidinks to dismiss this as an unfortunate accident. The hoops they jumped through to avoid over attention here in the US and in China to make this story go away is suspicious in itself. China's version of the events was outright fake news - given by a news outlet not known for such reporting. But, the chief editor is a personal friend of the Chao family. Too many strange things associated with this story.
Purkiss, is that a pic of her house? Did she drive through a wall in the garage because I'm not seeing a way for her to backup into the pond while backing out of the garage. Plus, if I drove into a pond I'd be able to figure out some way to break the window and swim out of the car. Heck, she had a cell phone in her hand to use as a window breaking device. I guess she was panicking and didn't realize she had the avenue of her escape right in the palm of her hand. Unless, of course, Tesla makes nonbreakable windows. Maybe a 100 lb. Asian woman doesn't have the arm strength the break a windown. Someting wong wiff dis.
Front door windows in late model cars are now laminated just like windshields. A cell phone won’t break it. And if it does break it won’t shatter because of the lamination. During an extrication we have to cut laminated glass with a glass saw or use an axe and chew around the edges then pull it from the tracks.
Use the headrest forks to pierce the windows.
Yes. But the laminate will still be almost impossible to tear/cut without real tools.
Older vehicles with tempered door windows will shatter, so headrest forks can work to break those. The glass certification is located near a bottom corner of the glass so you can learn what type is installed on your vehicle.
those cars ARE literal death traps. https://youtu.be/1oAVCEnO2VA?si=1nL0UsLmoJ-Vbht6
The Chinese brand BYD that China attempting to import into the US through Mexico are really bad. China is trying to bypass the tariffs imposed on Chinese cars by taking advantage of NAFTA. BYDs have a major design flaw where the battery hangs lower than the undercarriage of the car exposing it to road hazards that can damage the battery. The EV fires in China have become common place and they want to export it to the rest of the world.
From what I saw on an aerial view of the property, and the pic shown on this post, is the only part of the pond accessible to the driveway appeared to have a small barrier at the end of the driveway with trees on one side and a building on the other. That the car would have to go over that barrier to end up in the pond. There didn't appear to be any other road access to the pond. The driveway also went downhill towards the pond. None of it makes sense.
Do you think the vehicle gently rolled into the lake or did it smoke the tires and hit the water with a huge splash? Any idea how far into the lake it came to rest? Near the edge, with just enough water to cover the windows or in the center where it might be the deepest?
Not sure where the car was in the pond. I find it curious that the car was quicky returned to the family. In fact, I believe it was the same day without any discussion of an investigation. So I have no doubt if there was evidence to be acquired from the car, it has been removed.
Given the barrier at the end of the downhill driveway, there is no way the car could have rolled into the pond. Now, if there was enough clearance between the tree and the barrier to thread the needle letting the car through, I don't know. Looking at the aerial photos there doesn't appear that the car would have had access from that driveway. It was the only place around the pond where there is paved area. She could have been off-road and reversed it into the pond - especially if stuck on the turf and tried to accelerate to dislodge the car, going in reverse instead of moving forward.
The bottom line is that we may never know what really happened. But there are too many koincidinks to dismiss this as an unfortunate accident. The hoops they jumped through to avoid over attention here in the US and in China to make this story go away is suspicious in itself. China's version of the events was outright fake news - given by a news outlet not known for such reporting. But, the chief editor is a personal friend of the Chao family. Too many strange things associated with this story.