A Twitter account called Hold My Beer a few days ago he shared a short but interesting video. It shows a Camaro driver pulling up with a Tesla. It looks like the driver of the Camaro is trying to get the Tesla driver to compete with him, even on a busy public road. Bad idea? Yes, for all the obvious reasons, and the video certainly proves it.
Hopefully, the Camaro owner learned the lesson, but we’ll be surprised if we know he hasn’t tried such stupid actions in the past, and the most surprising thing is that he has no plans to do so in the future. Maybe the Tesla owner can share videos with police to make sure the Camaro driver gets what he deserves.
In any case, even though the video is short and not too easy to understand what is being said, it looks like the Camaro driver is harassing the Tesla driver. It looks like the Tesla driver says his car is, in fact, a Tesla, but he’s not interested in competing. According to our friends from Teslarati, the Tesla owner asks the Camaro driver to leave him alone.
The driver of the Camaro does not answer no and hits the accelerator pedal. In a few seconds, he loses control, crosses all traffic lanes and turns onto the side of the road, damaging his car. Fortunately, no other car came in contact with the Camaro and it appears no one was injured. Check out the original Twitter post below:
Fortunately, all Tesla vehicles have built-in control cameras and a multi-camera Sentry Mode security system. We believe that features like these should be available to at least most, if not all, cars. This video appears to have been filmed with a smartphone, but thanks to Tesla’s built-in camera systems, owners can safely record images of incidents like this to help authorities and insurance companies.