Rivian Mom
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Last week, my friend got a bit of a "love tap" from someone behind her who was probably distracted as both she and the other driver were stopped at an intersection and the other driver suddenly accelerated into her even though they were still stopped. Luckily it was a low-speed impact and there was no major damage, and she was fine; however, the driver who had hit her attempted to flee the scene by going around her on the shoulder of the road and running the intersection. Luckily, she was able to follow him just for long enough to get his license plate number, take a photo of his vehicle, and report him to the authorities.
Once she pulled over to inspect the damage, it seemed like there was no body damage other than a broken license plate light and what she had thought was just a scuffed rear bumper camera. Upon getting back in her truck, she noticed that ALL cameras were disabled, not just the rear bumper one. So she attempted to restart the entertainment system with no luck. After she got home, she reviewed the footage from her flash drive, and it seems that the flash drive saved the entire trip up until 1 or 2 seconds before impact, and that is when all the cameras went offline, leaving her with no footage to show the police or insurance, not even from the side cameras that would have otherwise caught the other driver fleeing the scene by going around her.
She currently has the truck in for repair, and it seems that the damage included a broken camera along with some cracked clips behind the bumper, a broken license plate light, and a minor scuff on the silver part of the bumper. While she doesn't mind the repair (to an extent), the worrisome part of all this is that ALL of the cameras went out when only the rear one took damage. It left her wondering if it was as a result of the failure of a safety feature.
Personally, I feel had the impact been more severe, she would have definitely wanted to get footage from at least the surrounding cameras to provide any available footage as evidence of the event to her insurance. Her situation made me ask if there's something that can be done from a software perspective that can allow the rest of the cameras to remain functional even if one fails. Or probably her truck is experiencing a unique system failure?
Bummed she couldn't share any photos of the incident with me. She said she was in a bit of shock, so she didn't even remember to take any pictures until she took the truck in for repair.
Once she pulled over to inspect the damage, it seemed like there was no body damage other than a broken license plate light and what she had thought was just a scuffed rear bumper camera. Upon getting back in her truck, she noticed that ALL cameras were disabled, not just the rear bumper one. So she attempted to restart the entertainment system with no luck. After she got home, she reviewed the footage from her flash drive, and it seems that the flash drive saved the entire trip up until 1 or 2 seconds before impact, and that is when all the cameras went offline, leaving her with no footage to show the police or insurance, not even from the side cameras that would have otherwise caught the other driver fleeing the scene by going around her.
She currently has the truck in for repair, and it seems that the damage included a broken camera along with some cracked clips behind the bumper, a broken license plate light, and a minor scuff on the silver part of the bumper. While she doesn't mind the repair (to an extent), the worrisome part of all this is that ALL of the cameras went out when only the rear one took damage. It left her wondering if it was as a result of the failure of a safety feature.
Personally, I feel had the impact been more severe, she would have definitely wanted to get footage from at least the surrounding cameras to provide any available footage as evidence of the event to her insurance. Her situation made me ask if there's something that can be done from a software perspective that can allow the rest of the cameras to remain functional even if one fails. Or probably her truck is experiencing a unique system failure?
Bummed she couldn't share any photos of the incident with me. She said she was in a bit of shock, so she didn't even remember to take any pictures until she took the truck in for repair.
