- Well, well, well.
This is an interesting video
that I did not plan on making today.
I just got an alert on my phone
that the Sentry Mode had been triggered on Lincoln's Tesla.
Which means that somebody bumped the car,
or somebody tried to break into it, or something.
And I got a call from 911, not that long after it,
and it's the police saying,
"Are you the owner of a Tesla model Y that is blue?
Somebody has crashed into your Tesla model Y,
and a police officer is in route to the car,"
and they would like me as the owner to be there for the car.
I'm the owner but my son Lincoln
is the one that was driving it.
He's probably at a restaurant.
Because Lincoln was inside of Jimmy John's
eating a sandwich for lunch. (whooshing)
Lincoln, I knew that you would get into an accident
at some point.
- Me too.
I figured I would too.
- [Man] I didn't think it would be less than two months
into owning the car.
- I didn't either.
And I can't believe it's not my fault.
- [Man] All right, so explain what happened, Lincoln.
I wanna hear the story.
- So I went to lunch just after school.
I went to Jimmy John's, it was terrific.
But then after, mid, when I was eating
I got a notification on my phone,
and it said, "Sentry Mode has been something.
It's been alerted or something.
And I was like, "Oh, that's weird."
So I tried to enable the live camera
but it wouldn't let me look at it.
And I was like, "Oh, it's probably fine."
So I tried to look at it, but it didn't ever show up.
So I just kept eating.
I was like, "Everything's fine."
- [Man] So the alarm is going off on your phone,
"Sentry Mode activated."
- I got one notification.
- [Man] But you just figured, "Oh, it's fine."
- I was like, "Yeah, its..."
- [Man] It's it's no big deal.
- Yeah, it can't be that big of a deal.
And then I walked out after eating
and then there were two people sitting by my car.
I was like, "Oh no, this can't be good."
And I walked up and just saw this.
(dramatic music)
Yeah.
- [Man] What did you say when you first saw it?
- I was like, "Oh, wow!"
- [Man] How did you feel inside when you saw it?
- I was a little sad.
I was very sad. (sad violin music)
It was in a really tight spot.
And then there was a little concrete barrier
right in front of me.
I was like in a weird place, it was like a bush.
And I thought at first I could be in trouble
because my back left tire was just barely on the line.
And I was like, "Oh!"
- [Man] This parking lot is the worst.
There is a pillar that's right there, big old light pillar.
And he parked as close as he could to Jimmy John's.
(bell chimes)
And there were two cars in there.
One of 'em was really small.
- [Lincoln] It was like a totally full parking lot.
I went around a couple times
and that was the closest one I found.
- It's the worst parking lot in our city.
The stalls are extra small.
Even though he parked bad, he was still on the line
and within his area.
And they just did not judge the turn right at all.
- Nope.
It wasn't even that close, the first, yeah.
- It was the two of the nicest ladies ever.
Probably- - They were so nice.
- I don't know, in their '60s, maybe late '50s to '60s.
Super nice, they were going to TJ Maxx to buy a door knob
for their house, or something.
Can we see the footage inside of your car?
- Yes.
- So the police officer was really nice
and he came and he was asking some questions,
and I was like, "I have the footage, if you wanna see it."
'Cause the Teslas are so awesome.
This is one of the reasons why I wanted to have it
for Lincoln.
And for a teenager, I feel like it's such a good car.
First of all it's the safest SUV in the world.
But then also when you park all the cameras are recording.
And so if somebody bumps the car hard enough
or actually hits it, it activates
and it saves the recording of everything that just happened.
There is a little bit of a flaw
in the design of these cameras.
It recorded the minute before the impact,
and then the minute after the impact.
But right when it actually hit, there's a bit of a gap.
It's really odd.
And I can see why sometimes it's jumpy
when you're on the Tesla system.
Just look at this, is this right?
Here comes the car,
and then boom, that's the end of it.
It didn't even hit it yet, and it stopped.
And so that's definitely a little bit
of a weird issue with Teslas, is that
the actual impact moment is a little hidden, kind of.
The good thing about this is,
they have a license plate on the front of the car.
In the state of Utah, it is required to have a license plate
on the front and the back.
You can get a ticket for not having it on the front.
I don't like them on the front because they look ugly
and change the aerodynamics.
So I don't put 'em on there.
I could get a ticket someday, but I never do.
They basically come and they do an incident report,
and they had the driver of that car
write down exactly what happened and sign an affidavit,
saying, "This is my statement of what happened."
Which is really nice because sometimes in the moment
when you're in an accident,
sometimes people will tell the truth and be super honest.
Then they leave, they talk to their insurance agent
and the insurance agent's like,
"Don't say that you did anything wrong.
Let the facts speak for themselves.
Nobody knows what happened."
And then the story chain changes.
And so you're not required to call a police officer.
They don't write a report about it
when it's in a public parking lot.
It's really a discussion between you and the other car,
or person.
And so it makes it really tricky
because people can sue each other or whatever,
but it really is just between the two people.
And so, but the nice thing about calling the police
and having them come out and fill out the incident report is
he did all the stuff, he got everybody's information.
And then he also had the person write down
what exactly happened and document it-
- Had them sign it.
- And they sign it.
So that now what happens is we called the insurance company,
we filed a claim with their insurance company.
They're gonna take 24 hours.
They're requesting the police report.
And then they're going to review the police report,
their lawyers to everybody.
And then they'll decide whether they wanna pay or claim
or not. (car engine revving)
They wanna protect themselves.
And they also wanna see,
is there any way for them to get out of it?
Not the people, the insurance company.
And so they'll look at it.
It should be cut and dry, what happened?
It wasn't Lincoln's fault, it was their fault.
All state needs to pay for it.
Then they'll start the process and we're gonna have to wait.
I don't know.
- I know that this car is going to sit in Vegas
for probably a month, and just sit there being worked on.
And by that time I hope I get a rental.
That'd be ideal.
- He's gonna get a gas car for a rental which-
- [Lincoln] Probably. (blipping)
- Maybe Lincoln will just have to drive the Roadster
for a little bit.
- Okay, golf clubs fit in there.
- I don't want him driving the Roadster.
My first accident was two years ago.
It was exactly two years ago, almost to the day.
And it was with Leslie's white car,
and same type of situation, some older people backed out
and they backed right into my car and hit it.
And it took like a month and a half
until we got my car fixed.
So check out this.
This is a little Tesla USB stick right here.
This is what was inside of the car.
I'm taking this into my computer right now
to download the footage
so that I can send it to the police department.
The police officer sent me his contact information
and said, "Email me the footage."
What are your thoughts about Lincoln's first crash?
- I feel like if there was going to be a crash
this was the best scenario because he wasn't in it.
He didn't get hurt.
The ladies were super nice,
and I love that they said how nice Lincoln was.
That made me really happy, actually.
- [Man] All right, so let's make a little guess.
Today, for us is February 28th.
How long do you think it'll be
until the car is back and fixed and whole again?
- May 15th, right before school's out.
- Goodness gracious.
- [Man] What do you think?
What's your guess?
- April 30, 30th.
- [Man] April 30, 30th?
- No. - Okay.
- No, April 19th.
I'll work it in. - 19th.
Okay, how about you London?
- 28th February?
March 30th.
- [Leslie] Oh!
- Yeah, one month.
I like London's timeframe.
I'm just gonna give it three months from right now.
Three months, whatever that might be.
(door sliding) Who's that?
March, April, May.
End of May when school's out,
that's when you're getting it back.
- Brutal.
- [Man] I know that's brutal. (Leslie laughing)
In the meantime,
we've missed giving you rides around town, Lincoln.
We can give you rides again.
(Leslie clapping)
See, she's happy.
- Yes I do, I love driving you.
- You're giving me rental.
(door slides)
- [Man] You're not allowed to drive rentals
'cause you're not over 25 years old.
- Oh my gosh, I forgot about that.
(Man laughing)
- We'll figure it out.
- We will figure it out, but-
- We will give you an update.
I just repeated Lincoln twice.
I guess the lesson is, at the end of every February
we don't ever need to go to a restaurant and park
in a parking lot because somebody will hit us.
- [Lincoln] Yep, you're right.
- Is that the lesson?
- [Lincoln] That is the lesson.
- That's the lesson.
- Oh, wow!
We'll figure it out. (whooshing)
- Okay, I'm watching the footage
and there's a different angle.
There's a back angle of this at the moment of impact.
So it hits, it backs away.
There's a couple that's over here on the left side,
one in a blue shirt and one in a black shirt
and they're sitting there.
They saw it happened
and then they get their phones ready.
The lady goes walking and then the husband grabs his phone
and tries to be sneaky.
Look at him.
He grabs it and he's taking a picture, right there.
He took a sneaky picture of it.
She's like, "Hey," pointing, "Take a picture."
You could see her pointing, like, "Get their license plate."
He gets his camera out and takes a picture.
'Cause it looked like they were gonna run.
They weren't trying to run.
There's nowhere to park in this stupid parking lot.
And I'm sure these nice ladies were stressed.
But there were some good Samaritans behind
that looked like they tried to do their job.
So that's nice.