2 killed after Tesla Plaid crashes into Palm Harbor home

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I disagree. It takes more skill and common sense to handle the high horsepower vehicles we see today, like the Tesla Plaid. Would you give a 600+ horsepower car to your 16 year old son? There's a reason for that.

Very sad that an innocent woman ended her life in such a horrific and tragic manner. So the owner of the Tesla made the tragic mistake of letting (likely) a person take the wheel of his car who likely didn't know the area and maybe didn't realize how fast the Plain can accelerate.

The flip side is modern vehicles also have better brakes, tire/traction, suspension geometry, and all the nanny-devices.

Whats safer and easier to control, a 700hp '21 Charger Hellcat or a 300hp '69 Charger?
 

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I don't know man. Getting slammed on your porch by a 5000 lbs missile does not sound like fun. It was also slowed down after going through numerous walls so there is no guarantee she died instantly and could have been in a lot of pain.
At least she had ice cream.....
 

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At least she had ice cream.....
Actually there were 4 people in the Plaid so it was perhaps a 5,800 lbs missile. Does that change your mind? ;) The fact that not everyone in the Plaid died is kind of impressive as far as collision safety goes.
 

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I don't know man. Getting slammed on your porch by a 5000 lbs missile does not sound like fun. It was also slowed down after going through numerous walls so there is no guarantee she died instantly and could have been in a lot of pain.
Eh, even if it wasn't instant lights-off (and I'm betting it probably was), there's no doubt that she would have been in total shock and incoherent. The pain would've been minimal in shock, if present at all, and she'd have been on another planet with her thoughts if she was even still capable of thinking. And this whole thing, start to finish, would've lasted only moments.

However, I'm thinking it was probably something more like this: I'm just here chilling at the casa, enjoying some cookies n cream, when all of a sudden, and without warning, there's a loud noise and the lights go out.

Either way, both of those scenarios are a damn sight better than slowly withering out in a nursing home somewhere or getting chewed up by cancer. Jmo
 

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Eh, even if it wasn't instant lights-off (and I'm betting it probably was), there's no doubt that she would have been in total shock and incoherent. The pain would've been minimal in shock, if present at all, and she'd have been on another planet with her thoughts if she was even still capable of thinking. And this whole thing, start to finish, would've lasted only moments.

However, I'm thinking it was probably something more like this: I'm just here chilling at the casa, enjoying some cookies n cream, when all of a sudden, and without warning, there's a loud noise and the lights go out.

Either way, both of those scenarios are a damn sight better than slowly withering out in a nursing home somewhere or getting chewed up by cancer. Jmo
Plus, ice cream....
 

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Eh, even if it wasn't instant lights-off (and I'm betting it probably was), there's no doubt that she would have been in total shock and incoherent. The pain would've been minimal in shock, if present at all, and she'd have been on another planet with her thoughts if she was even still capable of thinking. And this whole thing, start to finish, would've lasted only moments.

However, I'm thinking it was probably something more like this: I'm just here chilling at the casa, enjoying some cookies n cream, when all of a sudden, and without warning, there's a loud noise and the lights go out.

Either way, both of those scenarios are a damn sight better than slowly withering out in a nursing home somewhere or getting chewed up by cancer. Jmo
I looked at the house layout again and she was probably in the back facing Manning Road so yes I agree she probably died instantly because the car only had to go through a wooden fence before hitting her.

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I’m not even sure what to say after reading this thread on another forum.

 

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I’m not even sure what to say after reading this thread on another forum.

Wonder why they would need this?

 

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This is what happens when such speed is so readily available in an appliance that attracts no skill retards
This is it in a nutshell. People now consider a motor vehicle as an appliance, one that they put as much effort in deciding upon as a toaster oven...
 

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Wonder why they would need this?


I could only speculate, but I saw the same thing happen when my best friend was killed. Ironically, he also owned his own business. His wife managed the office and she not only lost her husband and his income, but hers also. A friend initiated a go fund me unbeknownst to the widow, and my initial reaction was the same as yours. She ended up really needing the money to get back on her feet.

Edited to add that it also appears a family friend started the go fund me in this scenario based on the different last name.
 

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