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RegnisGnawyesterday at 9:29 PM5 repliesview on HN

The answer is that most people don't care if it benefits them. My Tesla has 6 cameras recording full time when driving and parked, but it benefits me so I enable it. It saved me $1000+ (my deductible and possible rise in insurance rates) when someone hit my car while parked at Costco (they drove off but Sentry Mode caught them).


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rubiquityyesterday at 11:37 PM

If you’d like the opposite of this story: I was reversing out of a parking spot. I had moved about 2 feet and a drunk driver hit and ran my vehicle. The driver was charged by police because driving at 40mph and hitting cars in a shopping center in broad daylight got a lot of attention.

I gave the video footage from my car to local police and insurance company and the insurance companies ruled I was at fault because I was in reverse.

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mv4yesterday at 9:52 PM

fyi Tesla employees were caught accessing private videos.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sens...

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apt-apt-apt-aptyesterday at 9:34 PM

Did that result in a hit-and-run charge for them?

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BloodyIrontoday at 2:26 AM

Thanks for recording me without my consent just because I walked past your car parked. /s

wiredpancaketoday at 12:04 AM

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