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Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps
Plenty of dashcams have the ability to monitor while parked and many have front and rear cameras, some have more. Tesla sentry mode doesn’t record audio.
So tell me this. Regular car with a dashcam that stays on while parked. Shit goes down in front on the car somewhere. Owner cannot be found. Will you tow it? Same scenario with a Tesla, will you tow it?
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Most people don’t use aftermarket dash cams, and many who do only use front cams. Additionally, in 14+ years of responding to crashes, I haven’t come across A SINGLE driver with an aftermarket dash cam that had it active while parked (…
e.g. a parking lot collision where another driver hit their parked vehicle). Conversely, I haven’t come across a single Tesla driver that
didn’t use sentry mode. The Tesla’s sentry mode can/will activate with loud noises, etc.. That is what I meant by audio capabilities. The probability of obtaining footage from a Tesla is very high.
I’ve never towed/impounded a Tesla as evidence for that reason, but now that there’s precedent, I just might (…
if that Tesla is part of my crime scene). That was very smart thinking on behalf of those Oakland P.D. officers.